I don’t know! You wait a lifetime to see a photo of a Blantyre man standing at Livingstone’s Statue at Victoria Falls, and TWO come along , separately in the same week! An earlier post showed Blantyre man Jim McSorley celebrating his 60th birthday at the Falls but this is topped only by Archie’s “remarkable Bucket list”.
Archie Simm is a kind hearted Blantyre Project reader whom I’ve got to know quite well this last year. Originally hailing from Blantyre, he has been living in Texas, USA for some time. The ex-pat recently went off an an epic journey which took him to many Blantyre related places around the world. Something he’s always wanted to do, Archie shared the following amazing photos, as he ticked off every place he visited, ending up with a visit to Blantyre, Scotland at my HOME in High Blantyre!! Just look at this for an adventure!
Blantyre Hotel, Lenox, Massachusetts last August.
Elm St., Lee, Massachusetts.
Blantyre Avenue, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Blantyre, Malawi road sign on way from Chileka airport.
Blantyre City sign at Blantyre, Malawi Council Offices.
David Livingstone Statue, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Blantyre, South Lanarkshire.
A bucket list item fullfilled!
So rounding off the adventure, Archie met up with family member Hughie of High Blantyre and both gents came round to visit me this afternoon, Friday 30th March 2018. We spent a couple of hours having a good chat over a coffee and chocolate biscuits.
I’d like to say thanks to both Archie and Hughie for a right good old Blantyre natter covering wide and varied topics of discussion. Wishing you safe travels home.
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