She first tried to escape Loch Leven Castle dressed as a washerwoman, but it was her second escape attempt involving rowing a boat that was successful.
It used to be common in springtime to see herds swimming across a fjord to reach the lush grass of an untouched island, the herders and their dogs following in kayaks or rowing boats.
He stopped, and gazing towards Heaven he said, " Because I would not listen to advice, so now I am in trouble." While in this flight he saw a fisherman rowing a boat among the reeds.