On Fri, 13 Oct 2006 09:36:16 +0200, "JennyC"
wrote:


"Jim Webster"
wrote
They call the relative pimples in Arrochar in Scotland, the "Arrochar
Alps" :-)

there are alps just outside Ulverston which barely warrant being called
hills!
I suspect it derives from the meaning "hill pasture" or 'mountain pasture'
Jim Webster

Ha - here in Holland our tallest mountain is 110metres above sea level. They
supply oxygen masks for climbers "~)
Jenny (living 6 metres BELOW sea level!)

You have been blamed for the fact there are no mountains here in East
Anglia, rumour has it the Dutch came over and stole them all to fill
in some holes . . .