Retired Glasgow provisions merchant and adventurer, Dickson McCunn, first seen in ‘Huntingtower’, features for a second time in ‘Castle Gay’. His group of boys known as the ‘Gorbals Die-hards’ have gone on to Cambridge University. Now Dougal and Jaikie embark on ‘seeing the world’. Their escapades involve Castle Gay, its occupant Mr. Craw, and all manner of interesting characters.
