Jock recon she was about 50ish but to be honest Most highland woman look a bit older than they are, because of the hard work they put in. Highland woman worked just as hard as their men and in some case more. The music stopped and old Jock clapped his hands in appreciation. “Now are ye ready for some good old fashioned toe tapping shindig music”? Old jock pulled out his mouth organ and played Marries wedding and was surprised to see Mary take her Husband’s Hand and dances round the room. The music and the banter went on for a few hours and Mary put out some blankets for old Jock to sleep on. He would not need then to cover him as the fire roared on. Old Jock thanked his hosts, and watched as they went out the room and closed the door. Old Joke let the warmth of the fire sooth his old bones and he felt relaxed and contented as he began to nod off to sleep.
As dawn broke out over Glenfiddoch the laird was worried about how the snow had affected his animals so he sent out Hugh and peter to check on them. The road was blocked with snow and you could not tell where the road began and the woods started. Suddenly Peter shouted to Hugh to stop! “look at that”! exclaimed Peter. There next to a tree was the