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Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

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

Postby Sgurr » Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:27 pm

See my revised answer above. That will be Doune Castle then.
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby ExpatEddie » Tue Feb 21, 2017 11:36 pm

Sgurr wrote:See my revised answer above. That will be Doune Castle then.


Of course it is :clap: . Didn't see your revision and certainly didn't realise those other castles featured :( or perhaps they are in the second series which my wife hasn't started watching yet :D .

Your turn - I'm away tae bed :lol:
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby Sgurr » Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:01 am

NAC was lucky in its connection with EM
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby ExpatEddie » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:56 am

Sgurr wrote:NAC was lucky in its connection with EM


As I have a personal connection with Newbattle Abbey College I'll go with that although I have no idea what EM refers to.
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby Sgurr » Wed Feb 22, 2017 11:50 am

ExpatEddie wrote:
Sgurr wrote:NAC was lucky in its connection with EM


As I have a personal connection with Newbattle Abbey College I'll go with that although I have no idea what EM refers to.

OK, EM was just a clue for NAC because I thought Edwin Muir might be more famous than it, but maybe I am just biased because I discovered he briefly lived in my house....don't tell me you had to look him up on Wikipedia.


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

Postby ExpatEddie » Wed Feb 22, 2017 12:33 pm

Sgurr wrote:
ExpatEddie wrote:
Sgurr wrote:NAC was lucky in its connection with EM


As I have a personal connection with Newbattle Abbey College I'll go with that although I have no idea what EM refers to.

OK, EM was just a clue for NAC because I thought Edwin Muir might be more famous than it, but maybe I am just biased because I discovered he briefly lived in my house....don't tell me you had to look him up on Wikipedia.

Over to you


Thank you. I have a personal connection with the College and was handed their new Guide Book last week. There is a complete paragraph to Edwin Muir and his contribution to the education of notable authors; and I missed it. Another contribution to my education.

LS is tiny and even so you wouldn't want to dabble your toes there.
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby Sgurr » Wed Feb 22, 2017 2:19 pm

This is just a fishing expedition. Largs Shore designated as polluted recently ?
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby ExpatEddie » Wed Feb 22, 2017 8:47 pm

Sgurr wrote:This is just a fishing expedition. Largs Shore designated as polluted recently ?


NO! Not Largs shore but my place does have a waterline and Yes you are fishing and that is correct for this location.
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby Sgurr » Wed Feb 22, 2017 10:34 pm

Next silly answer: Leith Sewer?
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby ExpatEddie » Thu Feb 23, 2017 12:03 am

Sgurr wrote:Next silly answer: Leith Sewer?


A silly answer - Yes. Keep fishing
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby Sgurr » Thu Feb 23, 2017 7:05 pm

Well this is another totally uninspired guess, just posted in the hope of extracting more info......Lismore Slipway
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby ExpatEddie » Thu Feb 23, 2017 8:47 pm

Sgurr wrote:Well this is another totally uninspired guess, just posted in the hope of extracting more info......Lismore Slipway


First of all - No. :( Now as for further clues; well what have you got? :?
It is small
It can be considered dangerous (watch your toes)
It has a waterline so contains water
It is above ground (Leith was silly, really)
It is appropriate to catch fish (take a strong line)

You are now heading in the right direction from Largs to Lismore (forget Leith) but keep going
It is on the OS map

Now stop finning around. :D
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby Sgurr » Thu Feb 23, 2017 9:12 pm

Loch Sloy???? There was an access tunnel with “strictly no access – danger of spalling”.... you can fish or dip your toes in it and the Loch Sloy beer is brewed with Castle Danger spruce (allegedly).
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby ExpatEddie » Fri Feb 24, 2017 12:28 am

Sgurr wrote:Loch Sloy???? There was an access tunnel with “strictly no access – danger of spalling”.... you can fish or dip your toes in it and the Loch Sloy beer is brewed with Castle Danger spruce (allegedly).


It's still a NO :( but you are both closer and further away :? Consider Largs to Lismore and the wrong turn you made.
If you want somewhere else to look I could give 225 pages.
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Re: Can I have a 'P' please Bob - Scotland

Postby CharlesT » Fri Feb 24, 2017 8:04 am

Lochan Spling? There's a sculpture of a Pike in it. :wink:
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