{"id":3371,"date":"2025-02-17T19:40:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/?p=3371"},"modified":"2025-03-06T10:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:55:39","slug":"morven-wi-the-stonehaven-crew-a-poem-by-paul-nairn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/?p=3371","title":{"rendered":"Morven Wi\u2019 the Stonehaven Crew &#8211; A Poem by Paul Nairn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>** Morven Wi\u2019 the Stonehaven Crew**<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oot frae Stonehaven, a hardy band,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wi\u2019 boots an\u2019 sticks, we took oor stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-six souls, brave an\u2019 bold,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a><\/a>Climbed Morven\u2019s slopes in sleet an\u2019 cold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The wind it howled, the hail did sting,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wi\u2019 gusts that made the heather sing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But Ryan, Gary, an\u2019 Ralph were there,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leadin\u2019 the wye wi\u2019 muckle care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We followed paths baith steep an\u2019 wild,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Lord Byron\u2019s steps, Morven\u2019s child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For he\u2019d kent this land, its hills an\u2019 braes,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In youth\u2019s bright, wanderin\u2019 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The snaw lay deep, the cloods hung low,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wi\u2019 naethin\u2019 seen but winter\u2019s glow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poor visibility tested us a\u2019,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But nae a body was left to fa\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wi\u2019 banter shared an\u2019 spirits high,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We trudged through the storm wi\u2019 nae a sigh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aye, Morven\u2019s peak, it gied us pride,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As doon the hill we took oor stride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nicht it ended wi\u2019 cheer an\u2019 glee,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Bar 44, we raised oor spree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A meal we shared, a toast tae oor crew,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well done tae a\u2019, ye hardy few!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stonehaven Mountaineers, ye\u2019ve shone,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In hail an\u2019 sleet, ye\u2019ve soldiered on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wi\u2019 Byron\u2019s spirit, ye\u2019ve passed the test,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This gallus club, aye, ye\u2019re the best!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Written by our very own Paul Nairn <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/t4f\/1\/16\/1f601.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\ude01\"> after our Braes of Morven walk, Welldone <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"16\" width=\"16\" src=\"https:\/\/static.xx.fbcdn.net\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/tfc\/1\/16\/1f44d.png\" alt=\"\ud83d\udc4d\"><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>** Morven Wi\u2019 the Stonehaven Crew** Oot frae Stonehaven, a hardy band, Wi\u2019 boots an\u2019 sticks, we took oor stand. Twenty-six souls, brave an\u2019 bold, Climbed Morven\u2019s slopes in sleet an\u2019 cold. The wind it howled, the hail did sting, Wi\u2019 gusts that made the heather sing. But Ryan, Gary, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3307,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[187,5,11],"tags":[189,45,52],"class_list":["post-3371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-187","category-day-meets","category-news","tag-189","tag-day-meet","tag-talks","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3371"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3373,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3371\/revisions\/3373"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thesmhc.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}