Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

[CharlesT]

Not there Charles. This clue should get you there:- the main purpose of the bankers at BS was assistance and hard work to a high point ten miles north, also BS.

Is it something to do with the Monkland Canal? Bankhesd Siding, Bankhill and the inclined plane?

[Tinto63]

Not there Charles. Think Caledonian (pre1923).

[CharlesT]

Not there Charles. Think Caledonian (pre1923).

That seems to be a reference to the Caledonian Railway, but I am flummoxed. Really want someone else to step in and end my misery.

[Tinto63]

Here's another 2 clues:- I'd be inclined to look at the WCML.

[CharlesT]

Here's another 2 clues:- I'd be inclined to look at the WCML.

Well that pretty much spelled it out for me. Beattock Summit and the banking locos required at times (knew naught of the latter).

(and the times I've driven over Beattock! )

[Tinto63]

That's right Charles, BS was Beattock Shed and the bankers were the locomotives that assisted trains the 10 miles up to Beattock Summit. Now you'll need to find out about the train that was known as "the Siege".

Over to you.

[CharlesT]

That's right Charles, BS was Beattock Shed and the bankers were the locomotives that assisted trains the 10 miles up to Beattock Summit. Now you'll need to find out about the train that was known as "the Siege".

Over to you.

This is the Night Mail crossing the Border...

Thinking cap on....I'll get you for that one!

[CharlesT]

To find the DP go to FG.

[Sgurr]

I'm going for Finnich Glen as FG, and may be a Devil's Pulpit there? Wild guesses if not, I'll try Fairy Glen and Dark Pool

Bloody Bankers. I know more about the financial system of Scotland than I ever needed or wanted

[CharlesT]

I'm going for Finnich Glen as FG, and may be a Devil's Pulpit there? Wild guesses if not, I'll try Fairy Glen and Dark Pool

Bloody Bankers. I know more about the financial system of Scotland than I ever needed or wanted

Got it in one, should have been more cryptic.

Better keep my countenance on your last comment....hmmmm...

Your go.

[Sgurr]

The BoL became more famous as LdL

[CharlesT]

The BoL became more famous as LdL

The Bride of Lammermoor became Lucia di Lammermoor when Donizetti used Walter Scott's novel as a basis for his opera.

[Sgurr]

Spot on. Hoped I had made it guess able as am away from home, tho this wi fi is better than the last few

[CharlesT]

Spot on. Hoped I had made it guess able as am away from home, tho this wi fi is better than the last few

Well "d" had to be de, di or d' and the rest followed.

NR has the best preserved structure of its kind in Scotland, albeit tiny.

[CharlesT]

Spot on. Hoped I had made it guess able as am away from home, tho this wi fi is better than the last few

Well "d" had to be de, di or d' and the rest followed.

NR has the best preserved structure of its kind in Scotland, albeit tiny.

Searching a UK map for this could prove fruitless, but there's no-one there to complain.