I think I’ll journey out some day to wondrous lands afar, Or even chart a journey to a distant blazing star.
But rest assured that where my journey sees to take me to,
Always know that when I go, this journey takes you too.
We’ll start our journey out from here by horse and cart of old,
The seaside docks - and journey pauses - where we shall behold
A noble schooner for the journey primed to launch as planned:
To sail with dolphins cross the seas then journey back on land.
And so our journey goes by foot to conquer mountains tall:
A chapter hence the journey reached, with scenes that should enthral.
But when we tire, let's rest our journey, stretched in fields of flowers,
And bathe atop the mountain from the journey - autumn showers!
Refreshed, our journey takes a turn - we'll venture back for home,
But first we'll let the journey take a tangent just to roam.
And in the winding route, this journey's bound to bide content,
But most of all take heed - let's make our journey life's event.
Alvie Church, Kincraig, Highlands. The chapel dates from about 1380 and was renovated in 1880. During the renovations the cobbled floor was removed and replaced by a wooden floor, but when the cobbled floor was removed the remains of 150 bodies were discovered. The remains are believed to be the victims of a battle, despite the fact that no weapons were found with them, and that there is no local record of such a battle. The skeletons were all found lying head to head.
The bodies were reinterred in the church yard and the site is marked with a granite stone which bears the inscription: ‘Buried here are the Remains of 150 Human Bodies Found, October 1880, beneath the Floor of this Church. Who they were, When they lived, How they Died, Tradition Notes not. Their Bones are Dust, Their good Swords Rust, their souls are with the Saints we Trust’.
