Norman Haddow and Farley Mowat finally get to meet one another .
The book The Farfarers written by the renowned Canadian author, Farley Mowat was the inspiration for a dry stone structure built in 2006 during the Dry Stone Wall Festival in Port Hope by a team of wallers, headed up by master craftsman and international dry stone waller, Norman Haddow, from Scotland.
Farley was not able to be there for the installation of the boat roofed house in October,
and Norman was not able to be there for the dedication of the structure later that month.
After a very successful 2008 festival in Cobourg, during which Norman attended as guest workshop instructor from Scotland, he and Farley were able to get together for the first time and exchange greetings as well as discuss various topics including Brochs, Scottish government leaders and the future of dry stone walling in Canada.
Below is a picture of the Farfarer's Boat structure taken in January, two years ago, by Richard Rhodes who was visiting Port Hope to give a presentation on the 'Sacred Masonry Secrets' as part of a series of continuing free presentations by the DSWAC to raise awareness of dry stone walling in Canada.
