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Marty Bonnar

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An FBD Fantasy: The Scots in Panama, 1699
« on: December 29, 2018, 07:31:17 PM »
A Darien Dream[/font]
Panama, Central America, 1699[/font]
The sun was only just beginning to rise over the calm Carribean as the young man washed and dressed, breakfasted and then gathered his clubs and balls and left the house. Wandering through the dusty streets and simple timber buildings that were New Edinburgh, he passed Fort St Andrew and headed for the shore, where, over the last few months, he had been laying out a few rudimentary golf holes along the beach and in the jungle clearings in tribute to his distant home - and to his enduring passion - golf.[/font]
Life in Darien was incredibly hard and many of the other settlers were openly hostile to his blatant, very ‘un-Presbyterian’ behaviour, but he was entirely unperturbed by their attitude and was determined to try to maintain at least some of the lifestyle he had enjoyed back home in Scotland. He hadn’t carried these expensive clubs and featheries this far for nothing![/font]
The climate and landscape of Panama were so far removed from his cold, rainy homeland that it had been hard for him to remember exactly what golf holes should look like, but his memories of St Andrews pushed him on and, luckily, he had found some natural land features which reminded him of home and which were easily included in his New Caledonia Links...[/font]
The White River runs dark through the heart of the Town,
Washed the people coal-black from the hole in the ground.

Peter Pallotta

Re: An FBD Fantasy: The Scots in Panama, 1699
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2018, 08:10:46 PM »
Richaerd Stills, youngest of the 4 surviving children born to the Earl of Newburgh, was of fair mien and sturdy health. Introduced to the most ancient game while at the University of Aberdeen, where his maternal uncle served as Vice Chancellor, he quickly abandoned his reading in Classics and any thought of obtaining a position commensurate with his birth, and devoted himself solely to the mastery of gowfe...

« Last Edit: December 29, 2018, 08:14:12 PM by Peter Pallotta »

Marty Bonnar

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Re: An FBD Fantasy: The Scots in Panama, 1699
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2018, 08:23:47 PM »
 ;D
Sweet Pete,
Check out some of the online info on The Darien Scheme. An utterly beguiling, fascinating period of Scottish history. If it had succeeded, Scotland and England wouldn’t necessarily have had the Act of Union and history would have run very differently.
Maybe you could help turn this germ of an idea into a great story/novel/lucrative screenplay!!!
Best,
F.
The White River runs dark through the heart of the Town,
Washed the people coal-black from the hole in the ground.

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