Welcome to Rankins Rule, Mary. It's pretty quiet hear these
days.....

Glad you enjoyed Cape Breton, we had a great time, although I
didn't have the pleasure of running into them. The Red Shoe was
closed the day we went to visit.

Jo-Anne

--- In rankinsrule@yahoogroups.com, marmum_1 <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> hi there
> well isnt this strange, i live in Australia and became a fan of
the
> Rankins because a good friend in canada sent us some of thier
> music!!..we loved it of course and a few years later had a trip to
> Canada and as we were in New Brunswick we just had to go and see
> Rankin country in Nova Scotia, and it was well worth the trip, we
> thought the same as jo, as we travelled the Cabot Trail, all the
> little towns were in the Rankin songs, We drove up and down GILLIS
> MOUNTAIN!!, with the rankin music blaring, crazy Aussies huh.
> we stumbled on Mabou quite by accident after stopping at cheticamp
> for an awesome lobster lunch (what else eh.lol), and as we drove
> further down i wanted to get a few souveniers so we stopped in a
cute
> little shop and my husband found a jimmy rankin CD we didnt have
and
> the lady said to us, if your a rankin fan, then you have to stop
at
> the red shoe in Mabou, the girls run the shop. so we did , and we
> even got to sit and chat, and get a pic with Raylene, she is so
very
> nice and it made our trip even more memorable!. not only did we
> travel in rankins country , all the way from aus , but got to meet
> one of them.
> i would reccomend it to any fan .
> mary
>
> --- In rankinsrule@yahoogroups.com, joannerankinfan <no_reply@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hey Cuukie!
> >
> > We did the same thing about 4 years ago. We stayed at the
> Glenora
> > Inn and Distillery. It's been Mabou and Inverness, neat place.
We
> > stayed up in one of the little cottages on the hillside. The
> > distillery and pub are great to spend time at. They had a
ceilidh
> > every afternoon and night. http://www.glenoradistillery.com/
> >
> > You'll have to stop in at the Red Shoe Pub, you can find them
> > online, and it shows you who is playing there. Lunch at the
Mull
> Cafe
> > is a must. www.redshoepub.com/
> >
> > We went to the cemetery where John Morris is buried, it was a
> very
> > simple plain cross marker, the St. Mary's church is beautiful.
You
> > can also see who's playing at Strathspey Place.
> > http://www.strathspeyplace.com/default.htm
> >
> > All the little towns, Cheticamp, Port Hood, Judique, very
> quaint.
> > We went to Baddeck and Bras D'Or for a day and toured the
Alexander
> > Graham Bell Museum, and another day at the Fortress of
Lousibourg.
> I
> > highly recommend both.
> >
> > It's funny, as you drive the Cabot Trail, you see all these
little
> > towns that are in the Rankins' songs.
> >
> > We had a great time! When are you planning on going?
> > http://capebretonisland.com/
> > http://www.mabou.ca/
> >
> > Jo
> >
> > --- In rankinsrule@yahoogroups.com, "Sandi S" <cuukie_2006@>
wrote:
> > >
> > > Im planning a trip out to Nova Scotia and to Mabou. If anyone
> has
> > any
> > > information on what to see, where to go, and the name of their
> pub
> > out
> > > there I'd love to know, I'd like to see and do everything
> possible
> > out
> > > there related to the rankins. All and any info would be great
> > thanks.
> > >
> > > cuukie
> > >
> >
>