Funny story, Ulla. I don't remember how we found it, but this guy Jerry Adessa who organized our trip was very good at planning things. One thing I do know, it was right adjacent to a narrow side road, and it was a public road.
Jeff
OMG...HAAAA! we passed you on the road...400lbs of luggage strapped to the roof and your little faces pressed tightly to the fogged-up glass!
LOLOL!!
That is so funny, Lee, because I forgot about that! What I don't remember is whether I actually saw your car on the road, or whether I knew about it because you told us that we had passed each other when we met up with you guys in London. (I think I do remember actually seeing your car, or someone mentioning it when we passed you...but did we meet in Skye, or did we first meet up in London?)
OMG...HAAAA! we passed you on the road...400lbs of luggage strapped to the roof and your little faces pressed tightly to the fogged-up glass!
LOLOL!!
That is so funny, Lee, because I forgot about that! What I don't remember is whether I actually saw your car on the road, or whether I knew about it because you told us that we had passed each other when we met up with you guys in London. (I think I do remember actually seeing your car, or someone mentioning it when we passed you...but did we meet in Skye, or did we first meet up in London?)
Jeff
We were traveling separately..but I believe we met up possibly at Glasgow the following day? The Skye trip we did because we had an off day between shows. We hadn't planned on it but decided to go at the last minute. We drove up to see Laura that day, as well.
That is so funny, Lee, because I forgot about that! What I don't remember is whether I actually saw your car on the road, or whether I knew about it because you told us that we had passed each other when we met up with you guys in London. (I think I do remember actually seeing your car, or someone mentioning it when we passed you...but did we meet in Skye, or did we first meet up in London?)
Jeff
We were traveling separately..but I believe we met up possibly at Glasgow the following day? The Skye trip we did because we had an off day between shows. We hadn't planned on it but decided to go at the last minute. We drove up to see Laura that day, as well.
Remember Birmingham and my wallet??? LOLOL
I'm sure we must have met in Glasgow, and then later in London. Now that I'm thinking about it, I believe we flew into Glasgow, went to Skye, stayed overnight at a castle in Skye, then went back to Glasgow for the show, and then worked our way down to Sheffield, Newcastle and then the two shows in London. It would not have been possible (as I wrote earlier) that we went to the Glasgow show first and then to Skye, because I know we stayed overnight at Skye, and I believe the Glasgow, Shefflield, Newcastle, and two London shows were all on consecutive nights.
I don't think we went to Birmingham though. That must have been before the Glasgow show. The night off that you are referring to was probably between Birmingham and Glasgow, because I think everything after Glasgow was consecutive. What happened there with your wallet??? Probably a funny story, no doubt!
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Re: Whose been to Skye? « Reply #23 on Nov 14, 2009, 1:55pm »
I went up there one summer when I was at university. I got a summer job in the Broadford Hotel. Great place for scenery and of course the Tull connection.
It's a small Tull world indeed. Can you remember where you stayed?
Hi, CJ.....I don't remember the name of it but it was like an old castle or maybe more like a manor that has a castle-like turret. I do have photos of it, which I will eventually post here when I get around to buying a scanner. In front there was a lot of green ivy growing up the walls, and there was a nice, big grassy lawn in the back. Do you know the place? Could it have been the Broadford Hotel?
The only thing I recall about the inside was the dining room, which had old wallpaper, with a floral or maybe paisley pattern. Kind of creepy because the room had a lot of candleabra (candleabrums?) and spooky portraits and stuffed animal heads hanging from the wall, and was kind of darkly lit. But I remember that the hosts were very gracious to our group.
Thanks for that link, Jan! Great guided tour of Ian's birthplace and childhood haunts from Lukas Was, who many of us here remember from the official Tull board several years ago. Somebody contacted him, I believe, and asked him to join us, but I don't think he has signed up yet. We will have to redouble our efforts. At least we know where to reach him now, since his email address appears at the end of his article!
I was always curious about what Ian's childhood was like, where he lived, what his parents did, when he first started singing and playing music, etc. I wish we know more about when he first started learning about music, whether he took lessons, etc. I don't think he ever really talks about his youth all that much.
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Re: Whose been to Skye? « Reply #28 on Dec 3, 2009, 9:07pm »
Im Scottish and I have been to Skye. Twice as it happens. I live near glasgow so its a fair drive away. I have never been on a Tull finding mission there tho to find Dun RIngill. I went up for a job interview (which i never got)!
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Re: Whose been to Skye? « Reply #29 on Dec 9, 2009, 12:03pm »
i went to skye with my wife it was just as they were building that monstosity of a bridge across to skye !! which in my personal opinion has spoilt the whole area , been back since it got finished and on principal we still got the ferry across , dident see the salmon farm but saw most of the other stuff we stayed in portree in the middle of skye you can get the ferry either from the port of mallaig or from kyle of lochalsh it was around £5.00 at the time and was told it was same price to cross on the bridge its a few years back so cost maybe more now but will go back one day its a great area to explore and the people are so friendly.
Im Scottish and I have been to Skye. Twice as it happens. I live near glasgow so its a fair drive away. I have never been on a Tull finding mission there tho to find Dun RIngill. I went up for a job interview (which i never got)!
small world lordiffyboatrace maybe I got your job seriously I have a few friends up there who have friends who worked with Ian on the estate and speak very highly of his attitude to them.
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Re: Whose been to Skye? « Reply #33 on May 2, 2010, 11:49am »
Visited Skye around 92 I believe. Went all round the island, stayed in Portree, and saw the Loch Slapin and spoke to the manager, Andrew, who was, at first not interested in doing an interview for LITP or even speaking at all, but when we did not press the issue, he came after us and invited us in for a nice chat. Saw the Kilmarie house, walked by the water, looked for standing stones etc. I believe we were back in New York within a day or two and Tull was playing the Lonestar Roadhouse. I spoke briefly with Ian and I said something like, "I just came from your house. You weren't home." Ian noted that he did'nt think it was such a wise choice of vacation spot because the weather is usually awful.
Visited Skye around 92 I believe. Went all round the island, stayed in Portree, and saw the Loch Slapin and spoke to the manager, Andrew, who was, at first not interested in doing an interview for LITP or even speaking at all, but when we did not press the issue, he came after us and invited us in for a nice chat. Saw the Kilmarie house, walked by the water, looked for standing stones etc. I believe we were back in New York within a day or two and Tull was playing the Lonestar Roadhouse. I spoke briefly with Ian and I said something like, "I just came from your house. You weren't home." Ian noted that he did'nt think it was such a wise choice of vacation spot because the weather is usually awful.
Hey, Dennis, good to see you here! The thing that amazed me about our trip is the fact that the Kilmarie house is accessible by a public road, a very narrow one, but there is nothing to stop one from walking right past it, if you can find it, which isn't easy.
We had a similar visit when we went on the UK trip with Jerry Adessa a year after you went. We stayed in the Viewfield House in Portree and visited Straithaird and took the road to Ian's house. Then we walked over a footbridge and went across some stones and down to Dun Ringill. I intend to post pictures from that trip here very soon.
BTW, was the trip you went on with Jerry too? I seem to recall he organized an earlier one than the one we went on.
Re: Whose been to Skye? « Reply #36 on May 2, 2010, 4:49pm »
Holy s, I can't believe I missed this topic. Yes, I too have been to Skye, in 1991. Honestly, I had no clue of Ian owning anything on Skye!! I did visit the salmon factory in Inverness and took a boat ride on Loch Ness. I bought an awesome t-shirt at the factory and proceeded to wear it out. Back to Skye, I stayed at a youth hostel in the heart of the Black Cuillins. I'm guessing, I was a hop, skip and a jump to Ian's estate, but I had no idea he owned IT. I'll have to check out a map to pinpoint where I was. Would love to go back. I was in Scotland for two weeks and waited until my last day to eat some haggis. Loved it!! Side note: I loved the Orkney Islands.
Holy s, I can't believe I missed this topic. Yes, I too have been to Skye, in 1991. Honestly, I had no clue of Ian owning anything on Skye!! I did visit the salmon factory in Inverness and took a boat ride on Loch Ness. I bought an awesome t-shirt at the factory and proceeded to wear it out. Back to Skye, I stayed at a youth hostel in the heart of the Black Cuillins. I'm guessing, I was a hop, skip and a jump to Ian's estate, but I had no idea he owned IT. I'll have to check out a map to pinpoint where I was. Would love to go back. I was in Scotland for two weeks and waited until my last day to eat some haggis. Loved it!! Side note: I loved the Orkney Islands.
Holy s, I can't believe I missed this topic. Yes, I too have been to Skye, in 1991. Honestly, I had no clue of Ian owning anything on Skye!! I did visit the salmon factory in Inverness and took a boat ride on Loch Ness. I bought an awesome t-shirt at the factory and proceeded to wear it out. Back to Skye, I stayed at a youth hostel in the heart of the Black Cuillins. I'm guessing, I was a hop, skip and a jump to Ian's estate, but I had no idea he owned IT. I'll have to check out a map to pinpoint where I was. Would love to go back. I was in Scotland for two weeks and waited until my last day to eat some haggis. Loved it!! Side note: I loved the Orkney Islands.
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