"Aye, can freeze yur bahooky off in the winter."  He shook his head. (Backside)  "Especially, up where our place is.  Its nae far from Braemar.   I remember doing m' chores and 'elping the folks aroond and thinking I woold be losing all the danglin' parts along with my arse."  He chuckled with a glance at the doctor. 

He figured it was just them men there now that Pippa was not in the room, so he didn't watch his language, not that he watched it too much even with ladies around unless he really respected them and knew some words would bother them.  He was relaxing and just being himself for the moment.

"Ben Nevis?  Yu lads lucky yu dinna lose yur lives.  Yu 'ad gumption."  He took a deep drink of the wine, then took another bite, this time of the roast beef.    "That I will give yu."  He said impressed.  "Nae even one knaeing the area takes that climb without keeping their haid focused." 

"Some beautiful scene from up there though,  I will say that.  I 'aven't made the trek often, but a few times tae get a new point of view."  He had done it during his time after coming back from the war.  He had walked long and far, sometimes wanting to fall and die of it,  but mainly just to walk and get away from everything.