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pains in my right leg and ankle. It was
cold when I commenced my treatment and perhaps
I got a chill - More likely - I think, I was suffering
from veins as Dr. [Doctor] Kelman Robertson decided and
not from rheumatism. On returning home
my movements were sadly restricted so I soon
visited my doctor, who ordered me to wear an
elastic stocking and to do certain simple
exercises three times a day. I have followed the
instructions with the greatest regularity even
when out on the Caithness hillside con:
:ducting my excavation at Forse Wag’, with
excellent results and now I can walk
with comfort except to any great extent on
the pavement. In Bath I met the first
of the heat wave which lasted for some time in
the South. On 28th. July Mary and I left home
for Caithness in the car. We broke our journey
for tea with Barbar Linehan at Perth
and stopped for the night at Fisher’s Hotel
Pitlochrie. The next day in perfect weather
we had a most lovely drive to Inverness.
The view of the distant hills slightly veiled in
mist over a foreground of heather clad moors
with bright patches of bell heather, was
inexpressively beautiful. We stayed at

Inverness in the L.M.S. [London Midland and Scottish] Station hotel, which is
one of the best managed hotels I know. Next
day after another lovely drive in perfect weather
we reached Lybster in time for tea. As we
got North we noticed that food became
more plentiful! We were welcomed as old friends
at the Portland Arms Hotel, which I visited
first in 1910 and subsequently in 1939 and ’46.
On Monday I commenced work at the Wag
with Simon Bremner as foreman, an old
friend and an admirable foreman as he is
an antiquary and unusually intelligent.
As usual I had a nice team of workmen.
We were joined at the hotel by Col [Colonel] & Mrs McClintock
old friends of mine from Surrey, a few days
after our arrival. Mrs McClintock is a very
good artist as well as being endowed with
various other accomplishments. The Col [Colonel] who
was in R.E. [Royal Engineers] did me invaluable service by
making a plan and sections of the Wag.
The weather throughout our stay continued
gloriously fine, though occasionally a sea
fog would creep up for an hour or so in
the forenoon. My expectations were not
fulfilled at the Wag, for search as I would I
could not find any occupied site of the
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