Re: Trough the Caledonian channel mid marts

Tony of Judicious wrote:

There is a lovely anecdote in "Sea Room" about when Nigel Nicholson
decided to stay on the Shiants for a few weeks so he ordered supplies from
Fortnum and Mason in London (as, I guess, one does if you decide to stay
on your uninhabited Hebriedean island) and they sent them up to Scotland
by train
(as you could do in the '30s). Nicholson landed on the Shiants with his
supplies, the fishing boat left, he unpacked his supplies and found a
note:

"Unfortunately, due to railway regulations, we have not been able to
include
the matches. Trusting this will not incovenience you".

Woops.

Priceless!

.

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