David, As Lachie has told you, all Munros are welcome at the castle but it is not quite as simple as he stated. You cannot just roll up at the castle and expect to be shown round. The correct way of going about arranging a visit - & this is a quote from a higher authority - is as follows:- "For the moment the best arrangement for making a visit to the Castle is to either write or telephone my mother direct, Mrs E M Munro of Foulis, Foulis Castle, Evanton, Ross-shire IV16 9UX Scotland Tel. No. 0044 (0)1349 830212 giving as much notice as possible. She can then arrange a mutually convenient time with the prospective visitor(s) or make alternative arrangements if she is to be away at the time of the planned visit." Have a great time and if you visit the Clan Munro website you will find that you can even stay at the Castle - for a price, of course. www.clanmunro.org.uk & follow the link to "The Pavilion." Rosskeen is very close to the Castle and to the Storehouse of Foulis. You are lucky as the shop & restaurant have just re-opened after having been closed for some time. If you are not sure how to get there, visit the tourist bureau in Inverness & they will direct you. Visit the Storehouse first & they will give you good directions to the castle. By the way, my Munros are also from Rosskeen but I have hit that brick wall at about 1800 with my Donald Munro & Catherine Dingwall! Don Munro ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lachiemunro@aol.com> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [RossGen] Visits to Ancestorial regions > Dear David, > > Since you're a Munro, go to Foulis Castle near Evanton. It's the home of > the > clan chief, and any Munro can show up at any time, and get a welcome. > > Also at Evanton, is the 'Storehouse of Foulis' which is the Munro Clan > Museum, which also has a viewpoint for local seals. > > I believe there is a museum at Invergordon of local history. Put the word > 'Invergordon' into your browser and you'll find lots of things. > > If you go to Invergordon, check to see if there's still a passenger ferry > across to Cromarty, on the Black Isle, or if you have a car, you can drive > round > there. Cromarty is worth a visit. > > > Lachie (Munro) > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > >

Hi folks, There hasn't been a ferry from Invergordon over to Cullicudden for at least 20 years but a 15 minute drive south of Invergordon and one mile from The Storehouse of Foulis at the foot of Ardullie House (another old Munro family home) is Ardullie roundabout and the causeway bridge over to the Black Isle which joins the Black Isle just below Culbokie. The Storehouse closed a couple of years ago and it was a big blow to tourism in Easter Ross. Hector had probably kept it open longer than a hard headed businessman ever would and last summer it was partially run as the museum and birds-of-prey visitor attraction but it always looked empty. About 4 weeks ago it was reopened as a self-service restaurant and farm shop by 3 enterprising young business people and the museum and birds of prey will be returning I understand. It is great to drive past almost every day and see up to 30 cars in the car park and hopefully this time it will succeed as a business venture as we have precious few supporting our heritage, in spite of the claims of the Scottish Executive and their lackeys! Since I am writing this message, do any of you have in your family trees in Ross-shire, Sutherland or Caithness, examples of Munros marrying Sutherlands? I would be very interested to hear the detail as we have some Sutherland families in Caithness with sons called Hector and they must therefore have Munro grandmothers somewhere in them. Cheers Mark John M Sutherland-Fisher Director: Czech Match Ltd North Cadboll House, North Cadboll, Fearn by Tain, Ross-shire. IV20 1TN Tel and Fax: (0044)1862 871877 Mobile: 07765 272815 e-mail: info@czechmatch.co.uk website: www.czechmatch.co.uk "Bringing Two Worlds Together" -----Original Message----- From: Don Munro [mailto:dmun1249@bigpond.net.au] Sent: 17 April 2005 13:24 To: ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [RossGen] Re: [RossGen] Visits to Ancestorial regions David, As Lachie has told you, all Munros are welcome at the castle but it is not quite as simple as he stated. You cannot just roll up at the castle and expect to be shown round. The correct way of going about arranging a visit - & this is a quote from a higher authority - is as follows:- "For the moment the best arrangement for making a visit to the Castle is to either write or telephone my mother direct, Mrs E M Munro of Foulis, Foulis Castle, Evanton, Ross-shire IV16 9UX Scotland Tel. No. 0044 (0)1349 830212 giving as much notice as possible. She can then arrange a mutually convenient time with the prospective visitor(s) or make alternative arrangements if she is to be away at the time of the planned visit." Have a great time and if you visit the Clan Munro website you will find that you can even stay at the Castle - for a price, of course. www.clanmunro.org.uk & follow the link to "The Pavilion." Rosskeen is very close to the Castle and to the Storehouse of Foulis. You are lucky as the shop & restaurant have just re-opened after having been closed for some time. If you are not sure how to get there, visit the tourist bureau in Inverness & they will direct you. Visit the Storehouse first & they will give you good directions to the castle. By the way, my Munros are also from Rosskeen but I have hit that brick wall at about 1800 with my Donald Munro & Catherine Dingwall! Don Munro ----- Original Message ----- From: <Lachiemunro@aol.com> To: <ROSSGEN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 7:21 PM Subject: Re: [RossGen] Visits to Ancestorial regions > Dear David, > > Since you're a Munro, go to Foulis Castle near Evanton. It's the home of > the > clan chief, and any Munro can show up at any time, and get a welcome. > > Also at Evanton, is the 'Storehouse of Foulis' which is the Munro Clan > Museum, which also has a viewpoint for local seals. > > I believe there is a museum at Invergordon of local history. Put the word > 'Invergordon' into your browser and you'll find lots of things. > > If you go to Invergordon, check to see if there's still a passenger ferry > across to Cromarty, on the Black Isle, or if you have a car, you can drive > round > there. Cromarty is worth a visit. > > > Lachie (Munro) > > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== > To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm > > ==== ROSSGEN Mailing List ==== To remove your email address from this list, visit this url: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~cheps/maillist.htm