Joy asked > Do you still think they would have travelled from Kintra by water to get there? I can but reiterate my reply to EliZabeth who asked: "I too have wondered how they would have travelled from Mull to Liverpool. Also, my McDONALD family from Skye was also on that ship, so they had travelled even further." There were regular sailings between the Clyde and the west coast ports/islands of Scotland. Originally by David Hutcheson then his son-in-law David MacBrayne. Whilst the Caledonian Steam Packet Co. and its predecessors, ran the steamers in the Clyde and, amongst others, down to England. It's the merger of these two companies which form today's CalMac.   The earliest railways in Scotland and England were unconnected. Before the Caledonian Railway, the quickest journey between Glasgow and London would have been Glasgow to Liverpool by sea and then Liverpool to London by train. From March 1841 it was possible to catch the train between Glasgow and Greenock, then travel between Greenock and Liverpool by sea; (and then to London by train) They would have travelled from London to Gravesend by train.   Hope this helps Regards Les

Thanks Les. Makes the mind boggle to think of all the new sights they would have seen while just getting to the point of departure -even before heading off to a strange new country! > On 24 Nov 2013, at 10:00 pm, Les Horn <Leshorn@ythanonich.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > > Joy asked > >> Do you still think they would have travelled from Kintra by water to get there? > > I can but reiterate my reply to EliZabeth who asked: > > "I too have wondered how they would have travelled from Mull to Liverpool. Also, my McDONALD family from Skye was also on that ship, so they had travelled even further." > > There were regular sailings between the Clyde and the west coast ports/islands of Scotland. Originally by David Hutcheson then his son-in-law David MacBrayne. Whilst the Caledonian Steam Packet Co. and its predecessors, ran the steamers in the Clyde and, amongst others, down to England. It's the merger of these two companies which form today's CalMac. > > The earliest railways in Scotland and England were unconnected. Before the Caledonian Railway, the quickest journey between Glasgow and London would have been Glasgow to Liverpool by sea and then Liverpool to London by train. From March 1841 it was possible to catch the train between Glasgow and Greenock, then travel between Greenock and Liverpool by sea; (and then to London by train) > > They would have travelled from London to Gravesend by train. > > Hope this helps > Regards > Les > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCT-ISLEOFMULL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message