Discussion Pages from 2010
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11 January 2010
A firend asked me if I knew anything about a (memorial?) stone that had been placed in the field opposite Duck Bay on Loch Lomond. His wife (Hazel Mills) had noticed this when walking her dog.
It is located in the middle of a copse of tall pine like trees (perhaps some sort of redwoods?), which have obviously been planted for a purpose. These are soft bark trees also found in Balloch Park. Some of you will remember them as the "punching trees" because the bark is so soft that you can punch it.
They form a circle which was once fenced but now open. The stone has a brass plaque engraved "Vairi's Woods". It also has the inscription, "There is good in everything I see".
We would be glad to hear from anyone who can provide any information on this stone. Contact us >
Bryan Weir
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11 January 2010
Bryan, perhaps ABBA copied it from an original source but the inscription is from an ABBA song "I have a dream" but other than that I have no re-collection of the woods, cheers, Ian Livsey
(Actually this is pretty close but the words of the ABBA song were actually "something good in everything I see". Bryan Weir)
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27 January 2007
No further information about this yet. I was passing the site today while out walking and I noticed that there was a plastic container with a bunch of red roses sitting beside the stone.
There seems to be some misunderstanding of the location of Vairi's Woods. This is in the picnic field adjacent to the Duck Bay Marina, which can be seen in the top right background of the above picture.
Bryan Weir.
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