Limerick Competition WINNERS & RUNNERS UP 2011

Thank you to EVERYONE who took part - we have all had great fun and enjoyment from reading the hundreds of limericks, poems and ditties we've been sent.  A stirling effort!

It was very difficult to pick just one winner and special mentions are shown below after the Runner Up prizes.

So...here it is...

The WINNER for HIGHLAND TITLES is:

LORD BINNINGTON

Glencoe... where soars a grand eagle...

Be a Lord or a Lady... it's legal!

Own your own block

On a beautiful Loch

And people will bow, 'cause you're Regal!


And the WINNER for LOCHABER HIGHLAND ESTATES is:

LADY LOU from AUSTRALIA

Owning land of my fathers' before

Who really could ask any more?

I've planted a tree

Where the red deer run free

And the eagles above dip and soar

Highland Titles - Runner Up No. 1

LADY AYRON TEED

Laird Lachlan plays bagpipes a lot;

A most pleasant air it is not.

We'd very much rather

He flew to Lochaber

And played on his very own plot!

Lochaber Highland Estates - Runner Up No.1

LORD JOHN MILLIKEN

The beautiful highlands unfold

The whispers of heaven I'm told

With sights to be seen

For I've never been
I'll see you before I grow old

Highland Titles - Runner Up No. 2

LORD DAVID FAYLE

There's a rumour we want laid to rest

That we bought our square foot just in jest

But we really love it

So much that we covet

One hundred square feet of the best

Lochaber Highland Estates - Runner Up No. 2

LORD KEITH LINDSAY

Last year, in some pretty foul weather

I struggled through peat and through heather

I located the spot

Wherein lies my plot

Now my family can own it forever

Special mention to this marvellous poem from LAIRD ALLAN MUNRO.
This poem all made us shed a little tear in the office - we loved it.  A bestseller collection on its way to you!


How would you like a Highland Estate?
Let me tell you right now, it feels great!
Let me point out, and say,
In a small sort of way,
You'd be up there with William  and Kate.

And Lochaber's a mighty fine place,
That will sure put a smile on your face.
You know you'd feel good,
As you stroll through Lairds Wood,
'Midst the nature that's there to embrace.


There are views there that just can't be found
If you searched the whole world around.
Be you Lady or Laird,
What could be compared,
To owning a piece of that ground.


Further special mentions go to:

HIGHLAND TITLES

Lady Pamela Fayle for her limerick about Lord Dave!
Lord Gary Henderson for his limerick about a man from Down Under!
Lord Leslie Whittet for his limerick about his 1 square foot ego!
Lady Rachel O'Toole for her limerick inspired by Catherine Middleton!
Lady Elspeth Lovell for her limerick about the Tasmanian and his regalia!

LOCHABER HIGHLAND ESTATES

Lord Howard Cheetham for his Christmas gift limerick!
Laird Stephens for the Father's Day limerick!
Lady Stella McCowen for her Aussie limerick!
Jeannie Garven & Lady Jacqueline Gage for their Scotland the Brave limerick!
Lord Christopher Dronsfield for his picture and mountain-themed limerick!
Lady Jacquiline McInerney for her "to the point" limerick!
Laird James Hazelden for his Welsh limerick!
Laird Chris Harland for the "burial plot" limerick!


All these limericks can be seen on our full blog posting for either Lochaber Highland Estates or Highland Titles.
A HUGE THANK YOU TO YOU ALL!