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Welcome to Ask Nessie!
If you’re visiting this page, you must be curious about Scotland. And with no wonder. For such a small country, there is so much to learn. Past, present and future. Despite being a rather mystical creature, Nessie can’t answer your questions about the future. But she’ll do her best to answer your questions about the past and present day Scotland.
Question from Paula - Who holds the title of the greediest Scot?
Unless you, or anyone else, knows of a notorious present day glutton, it’s a man called Robert Ha’ (Hall). Robert was a known vagrant around Glasgow and, as a way of making money for himself and others, he would accept bets on the amount of food he could consume.
It is said that on one occasion he devoured an entire calf. The calf meat had been baked in pies beforehand. He accepted a challenge for an eating competition from an individual known as The Yorkshire Pudding. It was held at the Saracen’s Head Inn and Rab Ha’ emerged victorious.
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Did you know?
There are over five million Scots. The Strathclyde region has the greatest density of population.
Despite having some of the most stunning scenery, the Highland terrain doesn’t lend itself well to human habitation.
Question from Rodger - Does it really rain as much as they say in Scotland?
Of course not! Grant you, it isn’t the hottest of climates but we do enjoy many warm, dry summer days.
Rainfall in Scotland is closely related to the topography. It ranges from over 3,000 mm annually in the Western Highlands to under 800 mm annually near the east coast. The former figure is comparable with rainfall in the Lake District, England and Snowdonia, Wales. Snow is included as "rainfall".
England has 9-15 days of thunderstorms annually and Scotland is lower with around 3-9 days annually. The maximum rainfall in one day was 238 mm at Sloy Main Adit, Loch Lomond on 17 January 1974.
