Scotland

[puppy]

help help help !

does anyone know where to find inexpensive motorhome/ campervan rental in the glasgow area ? we cant find owt anywhere

 

[puppy]

or anywhere in scotland will do please

 

[Kilted Stranger]

there is a Campsite just outside of Glasgow called Auchengillan. Its a scout Campsite, but im sure if you phone them up they could arrange something... i think they have Caravans... though they are manky!! usually you sleep in tents there.

 

[Kilted Stranger]

you should probs google Auchengillan to find out how to get in contact with them.

 

[puppy]

no we need a mobile one that you can drive about see

 

[Kilted Stranger]

ahhh! soz no...

 

[Anna N. Amos]

My great Uncle Willie Parkyll (unsure how to spell that last name as he married my Aunt from Ireland and we were more familiar with that name) was from Scotland and he used to say this poem to me all the time. He died when I was 8. I only know it pheonetically.

Sounds like

There is a wee dock in Doris
There is a wee bit in ben

Anyone know it? It would bring back loving memories

Thank you.

 

[puppy]

it sounds familiar although ive only been in scotland for 2 years so i will ask some people i know about it

 

[Kilted Stranger]

hmmm... will see if i can find out more about it... have you googled it??

 

[but'n'ben]

I KNOW IT! That's where my name comes from!

 

[but'n'ben]

Anna: It's a harry lauder tune. Tell you what, PM me. I have it on a CD of scottish songs and I'll send you it. My mu sings it a lot so I'll hear it anyway. Here's the tune:

There's a wee doch an doris,
Jist away in that's a'
There's a wee doch an doris, afore ye gang awa.

There's a wee wifey waitin'
at a wee but 'n' ben
if ye can say it's a braw bricht moon licht nich
then you're aw richt, ye ken.

 

[Anna N. Amos]

I am so blessed that you wrote it! I have happy feet that are dancing all over the room right now.

I have replied on the PM. Thank you so much!

My great Uncle was so nice and very handsome. He wore a long dark coat and had one of those hats they wore in the 40's or something. He had hair that was various shades of gray with a thick moustache. Very noble chap.

But he would become so warm and human as he removed his coat and let me crawl on his lap and he would recite Wee Dock in Doris.

It was so sad when he died. For he knew how to let me be a child.

Thank you

Sending some blessings

 

[Kilted Stranger]

sounds like you had a very happy Childhood.

 

[Buttermilk]

Sounds like

There is a wee dock in Doris
There is a wee bit in ben

Anyone know it? It would bring back loving memories

RFLOL

Sorry for laughing, but I love your phonetics

 

[but'n'ben]

*modification to my poem. found corect words:

Just a wee doch and doris,
just a wee yin that's a
jist a wee doch and doris
afore ye gang awa.

There's a wee wifey waiting
at a wee but n ben
if ye can say its a braw bricht moon licht nicht,
then yer aw richt ye ken.


I dont know what a doch and doris is though.

 

[Kilted Stranger]

lol! does anyone?? maybe we could hold a competition to see who does! anyone??

 

[puppy]

its either something to do with bread and butter or whiskey

 

[but'n'ben]

Hehe, Hannah does it again.

means 'have another whiskey before you go. Your wife'll be waiting outside the door of your house for you but as long as you can say 'it's a braw bricht moonlicht nicht' then she won't notice your drunk!

 

[Kilted Stranger]

lol! will have to try that with the "polis" next time! lol

 

[joyshirley]

Hi, everyone

Just dropping by to say Hi. My nana was Scottish, from Campsie. She came to live in New Zealand with her family when she was 10, and here we all are! I'd love to visit Scotland one day!