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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Sgurr wrote:In Dawyck Garden there is a David Douglas (of Douglas firs) connection?


There is a connection with Douglas in Dawyck , including a very new statue of him near some of his firs.
BUT sorry not the DG I was looking for :( Try looking for some different figureheads :think:
by ExpatEddie
Thu Nov 10, 2016 11:47 pm
 
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Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Sgurr wrote:Well, let's get Donald's Golfcourse out of the way before I put my thinking cap on.


Get the headgear out, you're way off course :crazy:
by ExpatEddie
Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:35 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

I'll go with Ben Lomond :D And you would be correct. Got part way up in N-Z, but we were latish, with a party of Ramblers, and the leader was concerned that if we made a dash for the summit, other "less experienced" people might insist on coming too. Very tactful these Ramblers leaders. T...
by ExpatEddie
Thu Nov 10, 2016 8:11 pm
 
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Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Sgurr wrote:You could also find a kind of BL in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand

This should be easy.


I'll go with Ben Lomond :D
by ExpatEddie
Thu Nov 10, 2016 7:04 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Is MT Martyr's tomb(stone) and CG , Covenanters' Grave? Just back from Wales with intermittent wi-fi. AT LAST - and sorry about not responding earlier. I too was away 12°53.089’S, 31°58.032’E and came back to find Sgurr has got the answer. I was surprised it went as long so for those who tried and ...
by ExpatEddie
Thu Oct 27, 2016 4:23 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Following Stephen a victimised duo might be found in MT Look for them near a summit with a connection to a scottish drink MT could also have the initials CG I thought this would have been dead and buried by now - THAT IS A CLUE! :) We're getting into an impasse now with no guesses for over 2 weeks ...
by ExpatEddie
Tue Oct 11, 2016 10:51 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

ExpatEddie wrote:
ExpatEddie wrote:
ExpatEddie wrote:
Following Stephen a victimised duo might be found in MT


Time for a 2nd clue :roll:

Look for them near a summit with a connection to a scottish drink


MT could also have the initials CG


I thought this would have been dead and buried by now - THAT IS A CLUE! :)
by ExpatEddie
Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:47 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

ExpatEddie wrote:
ExpatEddie wrote:
Following Stephen a victimised duo might be found in MT


Time for a 2nd clue :roll:

Look for them near a summit with a connection to a scottish drink


MT could also have the initials CG
by ExpatEddie
Mon Oct 03, 2016 10:21 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

ExpatEddie wrote:
Following Stephen a victimised duo might be found in MT


Time for a 2nd clue :roll:

Look for them near a summit with a connection to a scottish drink
by ExpatEddie
Thu Sep 29, 2016 9:21 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Excellent! Correct :clap: :clap: :clap: . Grime being a word for the Devil in parts of Scotland. Lots of Devil's Dikes in England. Your go. Thanks Charles :D . Now I have pondered long and hard on this one so don't disappoint me by getting it inside 5 minutes :lol: . Following Stephen a victimised ...
by ExpatEddie
Mon Sep 26, 2016 2:15 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

CharlesT wrote:
CharlesT wrote:Pretty pedestrian on that one. :(

GD could be DD elsewhere. :D


Bit tough eh? The main named feature of which this was part is now somewhat discontinuous.


Grim's Dike which translates to Devil's Dike, part of the Antonine Wall which is now discontinuous
by ExpatEddie
Sun Sep 25, 2016 9:12 pm
 
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Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Think it might be Duchess' Drive at Bowhill, historic seat of the Scott family, Dukes of Buccleuch, hence the reference to the stag in the ravine - Buck-Cleuch. :D And I was awsy in Scotland last week getting wet on the Strathfarrar Munros and having a nice day on the Meagaidh round, with some fun ...
by ExpatEddie
Tue Sep 20, 2016 5:01 pm
 
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Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Riverside amble

After reading this report I read the WH route description and the advice to go left is totally wrong and will lead to an uncomfortable section. Go right between the filter beds and the council depot and after crossing the road (on a footbridge) into the water works take the path to the left - do not...
by ExpatEddie
Mon Sep 19, 2016 11:03 pm
 
Forum: Walk reports - Scotland
Topic: Riverside amble
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Is it Deer's Den? (Back from a week away...is CharlesT hiding too?) By a strange coincidence I have been away last week too and the weekend flew past. Deer's Den - sorry no :( . Didn't know about it so Google'd it and if you look at my 3rd clue it is at the wrong end of the country. Don't know abou...
by ExpatEddie
Mon Sep 19, 2016 10:43 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

DD is now a walk for us but once had a carriage for a lady Just learned that next week I'll be in a location without Wi-Fi so the 2nd clue: Neither D is for Douglas; black or anything else Hoping to get a winner by tonight so 3rd clue Where there was the stag in the ravine (translate that into Bord...
by ExpatEddie
Sun Sep 11, 2016 1:01 pm
 
Forum: Photo threads, comps and quizzes
Topic: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland
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