101^st SCOTTISH ESPERANTO CONGRESS

The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum

Albert Place, Dumbarton Road

STIRLING FK8 2RQ

2^nd – 5^th June 2006

The following Bed an Breakfast Guest Houses are near the the Stirling Smith . Garfield House is nearest : it will take bookings from Jan. 2006. Early booking is advisable with the others.

Mr & Mrs Tait Garfield House

Victoria Square Tel 01786 473730

£28 / 30 per night. Parking in Square

Mrs Watt Burns View

Albert Place Tel 01786 451002

£25 per night. Parking

Mrs Brodie Southfield

2 Melville Terrace Tel 011786 464872

£25 per night. Parking

Munro Guest House

14 Princess Street

£25 / £32 per night. In Town Centre

Willy Wallace Hostel

77 Murray Place

£12 / £14 per night.
Parking available at Railway Station

Royal Burgh of Stirling Visitor Centre Tel 080707 200 622

A comprehensive booking form will be available in January 2006. All members of the Scottish Esperanto Association will receive it.

Non-members can request a copy by phoning 01698 16341

Please note that the Congress starts at 17:15 on Friday 2^nd June and finishes at 16:45 on Sunday 4^th June.

There will be two optional excursions on Monday 5^th June:

Stirling Castle at 10am

The Bannockburn Heritage Centre at 12:45pm

The Congress will take place in the modern well- equipped Lecture Theatre of the Stirling Smith. Light meals, including the evening meal on Friday and lunch on Saturday, are available, and we have the use of a kitchen to prepare coffee and tea. There is good parking an an interesting garden.

The main theme will be communication, espaecially in relation to Stirling. Our guest speaker will be S-ro Kresimir Barkovic, from Paris, who is General Secretary of SAT. S-ro David Bisset will take us for an archtectural walk in the area and S-ro Jack Casey has agreed to introduce the Falkirk Wheel before we visit it on Sunday. Other speakers will be S-ro David Kelso and S-ro Hugh Reid. S-ro Duncan Thomson has agreed to help with the entertainment.

Their willingness to particiapte is much appreciated.

STIRLING

Stirling estas urbo kun historio. Ĝi situas en la centra parto de Skotlando, apud la rivero Forth kie la vojoj norden kaj suden kunvenas. Sur preskaŭ ne kaptebla roko estas Stirling Kastelo – kiu tenis tiun tenis Skotlandon.

La temo de nia kongreso estas komuniko, amika aŭ malamika. La Romanianoj atingis Roughcastle, sude de Stirling, kie ili konstruis la muron Antonine. William Wallace venkis la Angloj je la Ponto Stirling - tiu ponto estis preskaŭ la sola ligo intrer la Gaeloj en la Altlandoj kaj la Skotoj en la Malaltlandoj. Dum la jaro 1314 la reĝo Robert 1a venkis la Anglojn apud Bannockburn. De tiu tempo ĝis la deknaŭaj jaroj de la pasinta jarcento estis garnizono en Stirling Kastelo.

Dum pasintaj jaroj oni pelis brutojn al Stirling por vendi. La naŭdeka jarcento vidis la kreskon de vagonaroj, kun ligoj el Londono al Aberdeen. Nuntempe Stirling estas atingebla per aŭtoj, busoj au vagonaroj.

KONGRESEJO: The Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum

Dumbarton Road, Stirling TEL 01786 471917

From Glasgow follow the M8. At junction 2 take the M80 Stirling Road and follow this to junction 9. Then take the A872 past Bannockburn. At the first roundabout take the left fork, B8052. Keep straight on, past the traffice lights at the Stirling Council Offices. At the next lot of traffic lights turn left into Dumbarton Road. Continue along Dumbarton Road: The Stirling Smith Museum is on the right hand side.

From Edinburgh take the M9 Stirling Road. Leave the M9 at junction 9 and continue as above.

There are frequent train services from Glasgow, Queen Street and Edinburgh, Waverly, and aslo frequent bus services. At Stirling walk up the hill via Station Street, Murray Place and Port Street. From Port Street turn right along Dumbarton Road. ( About 20 minutes walk).

There is free parking at the Stirling Smith.