The first of our Summer Outings was held on Tuesday 16th May , when almost 50 members travelled by coach from Edinburgh to Dundee to visit the Jute Museum. We stopped for coffee at Dobbie's near Halbeath before continuing to Dundee via Glenrothes and the Tay Road Bridge. We had ample to time to explore the interesting museum, learning about the wealth that the jute trade brought to Dundee, but also about the working and housing conditions of the workers, mostly women and some children as young as 12 or even 9.
There was some time for us to enjoy a coffee there or venture briefly to the shops in the city centre before our coach picked us up and took us to Kinross for high tea. We returned to Edinburgh, with people being dropped off around 8pm.
Thanks to those who organised the outing and made it an enjoyable day.
