
Originally Posted by
Jock Scot
Where were you Anne, when they tried to teach me, unsuccessfully, Latin, all those years ago?

Probably running wild on the Pennines, avoiding game keepers and national park wardens with a Flora and the Book of British Birds. in my pockets, plus books on bugs, butterflies and other small animals in my pack. The pack still smells of the metaldehyde fuel for the little stove.
Anne the Pleater
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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