As I previously said, I was guessing about the distance to Scotland and Ireland. It was very late and I grabbed some very rough figures from my tired mind but surely you get the point I was making? Furthermore, I was sort of right on the Ireland guess, It's just that I was way off on the Scotland guess, which I should have really got as I was born there.

I'd just like to point out to some people, that unlike myself, Mr MacColl was born in Salford, not Scotland. Although he was a Celt, being from Scottish stock. Also, did he write 'First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' of Roberta Flack fame?