“Having lived in Linlithgow for 20yrs and playing an active part in various community organisations and events, it is a great pleasure to share the sites, history, characters and stories of the town, both with locals and visitors from further afield.”
Anne hails originally from Glasgow, but also boasts a proud Gaelic heritage, with her Mum, one of the dwindling band of native Gaelic
speakers, and her MacLeod ancestors, coming from the Isle of Harris, where she spent her childhood summers on a traditional croft. And, yes they did spin wool on an old-fashioned spinning wheel, and made Harris Tweed on a traditional loom, though thankfully, the tradition of walking the cloth using fresh urine had long died out.
She is passionate about History, particularly the Stuarts and Mary Queen of Scots and loves historical novels – as a great introduction to many events and characters in history. Outlander is a perfect example of this, opening the eyes of the reader to the events and lifestyle of the 18th century.
“Having lived in Linlithgow for 20yrs and playing an active part in various community organisations and events, it is a great pleasure to share the sites, history, characters and stories of the town, both with locals and visitors from further afield.”
Anne is also an enthusiastic amateur genealogist and loves nothing better than getting immersed in the family trees of our ancestry visitors – and unearthing new information or special places to visit.
(As many of our guests have already carried out extensive ancestry research, we do use the services of local professional genealogists for those extra tricky queries)
“The best thing about working with Mary’s Meanders is meeting lots of lovely people from all over the World with a shared passion and love of our beautiful country.”
