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Post by dennisn on Mar 12, 2016 8:06:14 GMT
Do snowdrops come from Scotland? I drove to Edinburgh and back on Thursday and on the A702 from there to Biggar almost every house garden and coppice was absolutely covered with them, when I first noticed them it was almost like deep snow. So I'm guessing Scotland is where snowdrops come from (and wishing some would come and survive in my garden).
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Post by kelso on Mar 12, 2016 20:35:21 GMT
Wow, Dennis, there's a question. I don't think they are even British, but they are protected and it is illegal to dig up bulbs growing wild. Here is a link with some other interesting facts about Snowdrop. www.countryfile.com/countryside/nine-things-you-might-not-know-about-snowdropsI hope that you enjoyed your trip to God's own country! I've just spent the day in Edinburgh today, although it felt more like Paris with hundreds of French rugby supporters on Princes Street, in readiness for Sunday's match! |
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Hey, Bob
Mar 12, 2016 21:09:11 GMT
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Post by dennisn on Mar 12, 2016 21:09:11 GMT
Thank you Bob, what a great link and I don't think I knew any of those facts!
I arrived at my collection point in Edinburgh just as another courier was loading my stuff into his van - five minutes away from a disaster. I had taken it (display stand ) last Saturday to Sheraton Hotel. I took Vera and booked a hotel room for the night (not Sheraton, I could only run to the Travelodge at Musselburgh). Lovely country as you say, although by arriving at 8:30pm we didn't see much in the dark, but next morning it was a glorious drive. We mentioned in one Service Station that we had seen loadsa sheep but no hairy cows and the nice lady said they are further north, but she could sell us a postcard of some!
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Post by kelso on Mar 13, 2016 7:31:49 GMT
You might not have seen any highland coos, but, as you drove through the Borders, I bet you saw plenty of another breeding menace - flipping potholes! Incidentally there is a field of highland coos about 4 miles west of Kelso, which is the loveliest town in the Borders. For your further edification, here is another link. www.highlandcattlesociety.comJust think Dennis, if your local pub quiz features any questions on snowdrops or highland coos, you'll walk it! Bob |
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Post by dennisn on Mar 13, 2016 7:59:59 GMT
Surely you mean a FOLD of coos near Kelso. Anyway I shall burn into my memory the collective noun for coos in case I ever go to my local pub again. The last time I was in there was more than 20 years ago and that was behind the bar, not in front of it! Ah fond memories of the days of yore when at school we learned the collective nouns for all sorts of animals. Incidentally I recently tried (completely unsuccessfully) to tell Villa Maria owner that sheeps are sheep, whereas goats are goats. I felt a right fool.
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Post by cariad23 on Mar 14, 2016 7:57:07 GMT
you also get masses of snowdrops in wales but earlier in the year than this, i know spring is on the way when i see them. I bought loads bulbs for my garden few grew !
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Post by kelso on Mar 14, 2016 12:13:00 GMT
I love this time of year with all the snowdrops, daffodils and fields of new lambs. Yesterday the temperature even got up to 17 degrees!!! Beating the French at rugby yesterday also helped!
Bob
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Post by cariad23 on Mar 14, 2016 12:45:00 GMT
A long deserved result, scotland has come so close so many times and massively improved team. My father used to go to all the internationals supporting wales and scotland was his favourite away ground, he said hearing the fans sing their anthem made him tingle almost as good as the welsh one !
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Post by ekskiathite on Mar 15, 2016 13:46:02 GMT
There is a very large house not far from where I live with large grounds that contain what we used to think was a large rectangular swimming pool but was in fact for curling; must have been built when we had really cold winters. The grounds contain a huge number of trees and rookeries but the place comes into it's own during Spring with the grounds completely carpeted in snow drops, some that are extremely rare. When the snowdrops die back they are followed by every colour of crocus imaginable. Very lucky to see this every spring right on our doorstep
As for the rugby well I have to say Sunday was a rare treat. That was a lovely compliment from your dad cariad23. For me though as Scottish as I am the singing of the Welsh fans is in a league of it's own. Although I might get shot down in flames here the Scottish Rugby fans sing the anthem better than the Scottish football fans....
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Post by kelso on Mar 15, 2016 16:38:00 GMT
Yes it's amazing how many "big houses" and even villages that had their own curling ponds and talking to some of the older generation, they did freeze over quite often. I agree with what you say about the rugby fans singing the anthem better than the football fans. I would go even further and suggest that the Scottish rugby players sing more enthusiastically than the Scottish footballers, but as you say no fans sing better than the Welsh.
Bob
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