Shy Nessie ?

[Bobbisox1]

https://ibb.co/NyMQw5Q

[gness]

There is a nursery in Loch Ness where little Nessie's are cared for. I have photos...x

[Bobbisox1]

Aww sweet little Nessies , Who’s their Daddy tho?

[douglas9401]

I won't believe in the return of wildlife until the haggis once again run free around the ben.

[albaqwerty]

We'll not see free roamin' haggus (the official plural) til November at the latest.

[Bobbisox1]

Douglas , what the But if the ben is a field?

[Mamyalynne]

but and ben
phrase of but
SCOTTISH
a two-roomed cottage; a humble home.

Just Ben

ben1
/bɛn/
nounSCOTTISH
(especially in place names) a high mountain or mountain peak.

[douglas9401]

The ben is a mountain, like Nevis.

But and ben is a two roomed cottage, the ben part being the living room, the but usually the entrance door and kitchen, apparently.
Many modern 'luxury' home builders have adopted the idea.

[Mamyalynne]

That's why the Haggus have legs shorter on one side, to facilitate running round a high peak.

[douglas9401]

Now alba, as a devotee of the late lamented Haggis Hunt that used to run in The Scotsman online I must insist the the plural is 'haggi'.

Leaving all that aside, where were you on Friday? I waited ages.

[Bobbisox1]

So all them Broons lived at a two roomed cottage ?
Where on Earth did Horace, Daphne,Maggie, the twins, and the bairn Sleep?

[douglas9401]

Almost right, Mamyalynne. The have three legs, two long and one short, this is why they always run in the same direction round the hillside.

No reverse gear.

[douglas9401]

The young ones slept out on the heather allowing those of more mature years the luxury of a roof.

[anneasquith]

Alba goes to the bingo on a Friday .

[Mamyalynne]

It was just a brief sighting, my mistake.

I believe the 'But 'n' Ben' was The Broons holiday cottage,, their home was a tenement flat.

[Bobbisox1]

Tsk tsk and Grandpaw? Putting him oot at night? Shameful , should be reported

[douglas9401]

I should add that the but and ben was their holiday retreat not their home, some were left behind in Glebe Street.

[albaqwerty]

lol, they'd closed the services at Broxburn :-))

[Bobbisox1]

Aww I knew that Douglas :0(

[albaqwerty]

Bobbi, what they didn't draw was the basement and the attic of their but and ben.

Anyhoo, how's the wee dock and doris? anyone know?

[douglas9401]

Now, you see the importance of detail.

It was Broxden!