'Granfer' - the crofter - also was a carrier for a while. Before the shooting season got underway, servants of both host and guests were sent ahead with all the luggage, guns, etc. Carriers were in great demand when the steamers docked. A bit like a midern day taxi rank at a station. The family feel this is how Granfer must have met his future wife. The only time he left Scotland was when he married in the West Country.
Granfer was once 'done' for going through a village at what was estimated to be 'about 20mph'. Afterwards, he placed an advert in the local newspaper which read: 'Guaranteed - by law - to be the fastest service in the west. Great-granny fell for a boy racer!
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