Am I in Scotland?

I found this gargantuan thistle in the grass. It was certainly healthy, but not the usual weed I am accustomed to finding.

[Cathie]

Yikes. That looks dangerous!

[Stephen]

Weed - is in the eye of the beholder.
We grow Thistle in our garden, deliberately!

[Allison Williams]

@bighotch Does it look like this? What is its role in your garden?

[Stephen]

@allie912
It looks great and it attracts wildlife. The seeds are spiky balls, we call them 'sticky buds' and as children we used to throw them at each other and they stuck to our clothes.
When my dogs hunt in the hedgerow they come out covered in 'sticky buds', it's the devil's own job to get them out!