Re: Trough the Caledonian channel mid marts

In message <0hv4l3d65oknn9h39auul8c85sfvn4ubm8@xxxxxxx>, Martin <me@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:13:07 GMT, Ronald Raygun <no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Ann wrote:

If marts is what we call March (the third month of the year) the weather
in Scotland can be changeable. You may get wind, rain, sun or snow
sometimes all on the same day.

Just the same as in summer, then, eh?

You must have seen that postcard, which has two identical drawings on
both halves, featuring some sheep on a field in heavy rain. One half
is subtitled "Scotland in winter", the other "Scotland in summer".

A best seller in Fort William.

and then there is the feral haggis and the midges.
http://www.curlymcdimple.com/images/haggis.jpg

I was always told that running downhill was the only way to escape the haggis - it having legs which are shorter on one side than the other -depending on the sex - they mate missionary style and therefore need to meet up when coming round the mountain.
--
David Long
Sankey Canal Restoration Society http://www.scars.org.uk/
A Road to Wigan Pier Webcam: http://www.scars.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/webcam/
St. Mary's Church: http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=15337&P=1
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