Daily Life at the Moot
The Rovers were at Monzie for eight activity-packed days
Moot Pictorial
"The Moot Pictorial was the daily paper written on the Moot site and published each morning by the Perthshire Advertiser in Perth and distributed on site before seven o’clock." Moot, p 66
Pictorial Office
"During her mid-morning break, Annie sauntered through the camp to the Moot Pictorial office. She saw Mary Kemp in the distance, trailing morosely behind her father, and she shouted but Mary either didn’t hear or feigned deafness. Annie went inside the office and bought three copies of the Moot Pictorial." Moot, p 96-7
Guided tours
"He sat on the heather, legs stretched wide apart. ‘We’ll bide here a while,’ he said. ‘Catch your breath. It’s another hour to the summit of Lawers.’ " Moot, p 98
The Shaggie Burn
"They collected their plates of haggis and went in search of the others, finding them lazing beneath a sycamore tree by the side of the Shaggie Burn.” Moot p 134
The campsite
"The morning was already warm. The campsite was quiet, most Rovers having already departed on their day’s excursion." Moot p 78
Loch More
"James handed him a pewter mug of tea and sat down beside him next to the burnt-out fire from last night. A few recalcitrant Rovers were frying breakfast in a skillet perched atop a smaller fire, squatting close as though urging the bacon to cook faster." Moot p 157-8
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