17/05/2023 Regno Unito, (UK), Scozia (Scotland), Highland (Gàidhealtachd), Ross and Cromarty, Strathpeffer
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The group of pensioners, who did not want to be named, live in Rosyth and Dunfermline and had checked in to the Ben Wyvis Hotel in Strathpeffer, Ross-shire, on Monday, but on Wednesday were told they would have to collect their things and move rooms due to the discovery of two explosive devices. One of the women described the moment: “We were coming back from a trip to Skye and the driver got a phone call at about 3pm from the hotel. “He said he was sorry but he couldn’t drop us at the hotel and we were going to have to walk up and round to get there. “He said he was afraid that two bombs had been found and the police had cordoned it off.” Contractors made the discovery while working to install a biomass unit within the hotel’s grounds. General Manager Debbie Scott says the find may be attributed to World War II, when the building was used as a weapons storage site. “We were all anxious – we were quite frightened in a way – it was funny but it wasn’t funny, it was a bit frightening,” continued the group member. “When we got back they told us workmen had found the bombs and we had to go a different way into the hotel and we had to change rooms. “It was so funny, we had to go back to our rooms, pack all our stuff up and then go and get keys for the rooms we had to go back to so we were well away from where the site was.” The Ben Wyvis Hotel was commandeered during World War I as a hospital for the US Navy, which had bases at Dalmore and Inverness. Then, in World War II, it was taken over again as a base for soldiers, with the upper floor being used as a military prison. To the east trenches were dug and, according to residents in the area, military families lived in the hotel until 1954.
Photo-Source: dunfermlinepress.com
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