Montreal
Jock picked us all up and we headed into the city where we were met by our tour guide Rene. First of all we headed up to Mount Royal past some very grand houses. Some of these are fronted wih red sandstone from Scotland ‐ it was use as ballast in the ships when they came over to load with timber. The mount has 400 acres of parkland in the middle of the island and no building in the city is allowed to be higher than the 'mountain'. From here we looked down over the city and could pick out the Olympic stadium built for 1976 games. When we came back down we parked up for two minutes silence for remembrance day. Montreal will be 375 years old in 2017 and there are major constructions taking place all over the city. Jock then took us over a bridge on to the Formula 1 circuit Gilles Villeneuve and raced us round the track ‐ the bus doesn't corner too well but I am sure Jock could give Lewis Hamilton a good race! We finished our tour at Dunns restaurant for a salt beef and fries lunch. Now off to our next destination Le Chateaux Montebello.
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November 2015
Tour RETURNS
SCOTLAND 902
CANADA 752 FINAL RESULT The Tourists very much appreciate the following sponsors for their very generous support of the Tour
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