iconoclastically ... the manner in which some grumpy peripatetic PPRuNers whinge, criticise and moan about other countries when travelling through them (Not us, of course!)
Lysander is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. A handsome young man of Athens, Lysander is in love with Egeus's daughter Hermia. Unfortunately, Egeus does not approve of Lysander and would prefer his daughter to marry a man named Demetrius. Meanwhile, Hermia's friend Helena is in love with Demetrius. When Hermia is forced to choose between dying, becoming a nun, or marrying Demetrius, Lysander and she run away into the forest. They face different problems in the forest between love. After Lysander is put under Puck's spell, being mistaken for Demetrius he falls in love with Helena. After lots of fighting the spell is reversed and Lysander marries Hermia and they live happily ever after. He comes across as a very deep and passionate lover in the play. He is a strong character and of course does get confused, but this is not purposely achieved as Puck applies a potion which make his relationship with Hermia fade until he removes it and they marry and live happily ever after.
Escape - to France, then Italy, what Bonnie Prince Charlie did whilst his followers were slaughtered and the Highlands cleared in the aftermath of Culloden.
Perth ... (in Scotland), where I have stayed in the Salutation Hotel, where in 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie met his military commanders to plan his invasion of England - which did not end well, at Culloden ...
sonorous ... sound of the foghorn at the nearby Dunnet Head lighthouse no longer disturbs the sleep of caravan dwellers at Thurso - it is non-operational
