Another figure who greatly influenced the poet's youth was Dooglie, a Highlander whom Doctor Campbell had met while trout fishing in the Gàidhealtachd of Scotland and had brought back to South Africa as his coachman. In Durban, Dooglie taught the Doctor's sons both the Great Highland bagpipes and Highland dancing. Roy's elder brothers, Archie and George, were soon so adept at both that they won multiple medals in the junior category during competitions organized by the local Caledonian Society. Roy later wrote, "From those times onwards, till recently, I always believed we were pure Scotch Highlanders by descent. I only discovered our Irish and French ancestry by accident."