A spooky story for christmas

[Mick Mudd]

Looks like it'd be a pleasant bike ride in the area, what could possibly go wrong?
OH WAIT, a bloke on a motorbike once saw the Loch Ness monster run across the road in front of him-

Yup you guessed it, the lake is Loch Ness and the house was once owned by occultist Aleister Crowley who used to open portals to hell for the fun of it..

 

[Jotheboat]

Very interesting. But I think you'll find that it's the B274 Monster who actually lives in a pot hole near my place. Nessie's 3rd cousin.

 

[oldwheels]

When did the loch become a lake?
The only lake in Scotland is Lake of Mentieth.

 

[rogerzilla]

Are mentieth what you put in bottleth of Coke to make bottle rocketh?

 

[matticus]

When did the loch become a lake?

Oh dear. Loch Ness is a lake.

Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Loch
loch from en.wikipedia.org
This name for a body of water is Insular Celtic in origin and is applied to most lakes in Scotland and to many sea inlets in the west and north of Scotland

Utterly dumb post

 

[Windle]

Formerly owned by Jimmy Page too, from the early seventies up until the early nineties I think. I don't imagine he spent much time up there Nessie hunting though. There's a Grimm Life Collective video on You tube about it from a couple of months ago. On holiday up there in 1996 the wife and I must have driven past it as we had an explore down that side of Loch Ness one day, although I didn't know of the house back then.

 

[oldwheels]

Oh dear. Loch Ness is a lake.




Utterly dumb post

Never trust wikipedia. Call them all puddles if you like but they still remain Lochs where it matters.

 

[matticus]

Never trust wikipedia. Call them all puddles if you like but they still remain Lochs where it matters.

I'm sure I can find other sources - it's just the first google hit! It seems you know not how language works - a thing can have two names, both correct.

 

[oldwheels]

I'm sure I can find other sources - it's just the first google hit! It seems you know not how language works - a thing can have two names, both correct.

Indeed but one is in common use and understood while the other may be correct if you wish to
be pedantic but not being in common use is incorrect.
When I looked at the original post I assumed it was not Scotland since the common name was not
used.
Was that the intention?

 

[Drago]

Formerly owned by Jimmy Page too, from the early seventies up until the early nineties I think. I don't imagine he spent much time up there Nessie hunting though. There's a Grimm Life Collective video on You tube about it from a couple of months ago. On holiday up there in 1996 the wife and I must have driven past it as we had an explore down that side of Loch Ness one day, although I didn't know of the house back then.

Apparently David Bowie stayed there once as a guest of Page and couldn't get out fast enough in the morning because it was so creepy.

 

[MontyVeda]

Indeed but one is in common use and understood while the other may be correct if you wish to
be pedantic but not being in common use is incorrect.
When I looked at the original post I assumed it was not Scotland since the common name was not
used.
Was that the intention?

it is you who was being pedantic, and like most pedants, you were wrong.

There's also only one body of water in the Lake District that has the word 'lake' in its name, but be it a mere, water, tarn or loch, they're all lakes.

 

[classic33]

Lake, Loch, Lough or Tarn why is this in General Cycling?

 

[Drago]

Lake, Loch, Lough or Tarn why is this in General Cycling?

Because the Loch Ness monster rides a singlespeed.

 

[Mick Mudd]

Indeed but one is in common use and understood while the other may be correct if you wish to
be pedantic but not being in common use is incorrect.
When I looked at the original post I assumed it was not Scotland since the common name was not
used.
Was that the intention?

Yes, i used 'Lake' instead of 'Loch' to throw you all off the scent, hehe..
Likewise I used 'house' instead of 'hoose'..

PS- speaking of monsters north of the border, we english owe a debt of gratitude to that Hadrian bloke who built a wall to keep them out.
It also keeps marauding bagpipes out too, here's an unlucky jock getting duffed up by one-

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Apparently David Bowie stayed there once as a guest of Page and couldn't get out fast enough in the morning because it was so creepy.

It was the inspiration for his song “Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) “