The Bonnie Lesley Monument Traditional Cache
HC67: All finished....will collect the container over the next week or so.
Thanks for all the visits and comments....Cheers..hc67
The Bonnie Lesley Monument
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It's the Homecoming year, planned to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Robert Burns’ birth. This is just about the only connection to Burns i could find in my home town.
Bonnie Lesley was Miss Lesley Baillie who was born in Stevenston in 1768, it is possible to see Mayville, the house where she was born, by looking across the street through the space between the garage buildings and the first bungalow.
Burns met her in 1792 and described her to a friend as "the most beautiful, most elegant woman in the world". She inspired one or two of his love poems. It didn't go to her head, though, and she married Robert Cumming from Edinburgh.
The monument was originally put up by her father as a memorial to her mother who died in 1784, and was situated near Kerlaw Mains Farm. Lesley's name was added in 1929 when the monument was re-erected on its present site by members of the Burns Federation.
The monument is situated on the busy A738, but easier parking can be had in nearby Sinclair St, and walk through the lane.
Container is a magnetic nano, but the seat is plastic....!
Please replace as found and initials only in the logbook, thanks....
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