Caingorms

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Sat Dec 4 14:15:58 UTC 2010


At 12/4/2010 06:18 AM, Eric Nielsen wrote:
>And me, of a camping trip to the Cairngorms...waking up to the bugling Red
>Deer in the Scot's mist.

Are you sure the morning sound effects were not the result of the
previous night's drinking of it?

(Although there is something to be said for the Cairngorms -- many
years ago I saw a six- (or was it only four-?) horned ram there.  And
not in or under the mist.)

Joel

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