1) Haply on swiftest steed, Or in the flying car, Now they approach the glen, West of white Oea's
scaur. They will be vanquished: Dread are our warriors, dread Theseus our chieftain's men.
Now
scaur and ravine changed and rolled back to jagged mountains on the horizon's edge, and now broke into hills lower and lower, till at last came the true plains.
It was another good week forTerregles as they overcame a tricky trip to
Scaur with John Howie netting twice, Gary White and Eddie McKeand also scoring to give them the three points.
The short section I cycle down takes me past Fort
Scaur, an imposing 19th century fortress designed to protect the Naval Dockyard from enemies attacking from the South Shore beaches.
Bend 'gainst the steepy hill thy breast, Burst down like torrent from its crest; With short and springing footstep pass The trembling bog and false morass; Across the brook like roebuck bound, And thread the brake like questing hound; The crag is high, the
scaur is deep, Yet shrink not from the desperate leap (Canto Third, XIII: 1-12) From the steep promontory gazed The stranger, raptured and amazed [...] 'But now,--beshrew yon nimble deer,-- [...] the war and chase Give little choice of resting place [...]'.
saccharivora (Westwood), Bermuda Sandys P, Fort
Scaur (1988), MR Wilson & D.
The daughter of Cape Cross was bred by John Wills, who keeps seven mares at his White
Scaur Farm, in the shadow of Skiddaw, one of the Lake District's highest peaks, and who bred Rising Cross from a mare he bought out of a selling hurdle eight years ago.
Aiden Montgomery also scored on Sunday at Penpont as Riverside took
Scaur to extra time but the home side ran out winners thanks to goals from Leigh Hyslop, Fergus Waugh, Corey Meechan, Drife Finlay and Sam Kelly.
Leyden & I have just concluded an excursion of a week or two thro' my jurisdiction of Selkirkshire where in defiance of mountains, rivers & peat-Bogs Damp & Dry, we have penetrated the very recesses of Ettricke foreste to which district if I have ever the happiness of wellcoming you [sic], you will be convinced that I am truly the Sheriff of the Cairn & the
Scaur. (73) Scott's second visit probably occurred in late August or early September of the same year.
STRONG ROOTS: Eddie Durrant (left) and Les Jones with a tuber which will be the source of an abundance of dahlias Picture: LISA CAREY; IN FULL BLOOM: Eddie's garden in the summer; VARIETY:
Scaur Swinton (top), a show display (above) and Kiwi Gloria (below), one of Eddie's creations