Architectural geeks in the middle of nowhere hills in the mist as a badly made glowering head belonging to Frankenstein's monster rises from the moat.

Scottish Word: Stank.

Tags: bones, castle, dog, flask, marsh, mist, monster, picnic, ruin

“Ah ken we cam up tae this larach tae tak in the re-enforced gushets an study the stank but this place gies me the willies an minds me o the Bride O Frankenstein.” Translate: stank: a … Continue reading Stank. →

bones, castle, dog, flask, marsh, mist, monster, picnic, ruin

Holmes on the moor in thick mist with the Baskerville hound riddled with lead and feeble cries from the quicksand.

Scottish Word: Gullion.

Tags: blood, bog, detective, dog, fog, guns, marsh, mist, moor, night, sherlock, shoot, shooting, smog, watson

“I’m a bit deaved wi all the gunplay Watson. Can you hear onythin? Along the lines o ‘…sinking in a bottomless gullion…’, ‘help help’ an sic like?” Translate: gullion: deep pool of mud, a quagmire, marsh. … Continue reading Gullion. →