The title refers to the portrait by <<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Raeburn|Sir Henry Raeburn>>
of “Reverend Robert Walker skating on Duddingston Loch”
(or “The Skating Minister”, for short)
which now hangs in the
<<https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/5327|National Gallery of Scotland>>.
Art and artists were among <<ddp:Goldring, Roy>>’s other great passions.