Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Apr 4th 2005, 9:22 pm
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Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Just 86 days to go before we leave Bonnie Scotland for the sunny shores of Australia :scared:
With so little time left, only a dozen or so weekends, just wondering if you could give us a help with some ideas of where to go, places to go see etc.
We are going to go up the west coast, but nothing else planned.
Any suggestions appreciated
Bill
With so little time left, only a dozen or so weekends, just wondering if you could give us a help with some ideas of where to go, places to go see etc.
We are going to go up the west coast, but nothing else planned.
Any suggestions appreciated
Bill
Apr 4th 2005, 9:26 pm
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
youve got to do Glencoe.........and also Dumfries and Galloway is Gorgeous during May/June ....hubby used to work uo at Thurso.....loads of beautiful drives up there...along past Tongue etc
Apr 4th 2005, 9:27 pm
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Originally Posted by biggy
youve got to do Glencoe.........and also Dumfries and Galloway is Gorgeous during May/June ....hubby used to work uo at Thurso.....loads of beautiful drives up there...along past Tongue etc
www.scotlandsthemepark.co.uk ..I think
Apr 4th 2005, 9:38 pm
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Originally Posted by biggy
youve got to do Glencoe.........and also Dumfries and Galloway is Gorgeous during May/June ....hubby used to work uo at Thurso.....loads of beautiful drives up there...along past Tongue etc
Was down in Ayrshire last week, to visit Rabbie Burns Hoose, was lovely down in Alloway. I also go up Thurso direction with work and will be up there on Thursday, it is magic up there, we drove from Lybster to Durness to Skye last year, one of the worlds great drives i say!!
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Apr 4th 2005, 9:40 pm
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Oban - lovely place, Callender (more Perth way though), Loch Earnhead is nice as well - Could go on & on!!
Apr 4th 2005, 11:03 pm
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Originally Posted by BillnLinz
Was down in Ayrshire last week, to visit Rabbie Burns Hoose, was lovely down in Alloway. I also go up Thurso direction with work and will be up there on Thursday, it is magic up there, we drove from Lybster to Durness to Skye last year, one of the worlds great drives i say!!
Bill
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I bet it was a gorg drive...we did the thurso-tongue drive one day..kids got bored tho
Hubby worked at Douneray for 4 years he liked it up there
Apr 4th 2005, 11:57 pm
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Originally Posted by BillnLinz
Just 86 days to go before we leave Bonnie Scotland for the sunny shores of Australia :scared:
With so little time left, only a dozen or so weekends, just wondering if you could give us a help with some ideas of where to go, places to go see etc.
We are going to go up the west coast, but nothing else planned.
Any suggestions appreciated
Bill
With so little time left, only a dozen or so weekends, just wondering if you could give us a help with some ideas of where to go, places to go see etc.
We are going to go up the west coast, but nothing else planned.
Any suggestions appreciated
Bill
Apr 5th 2005, 12:04 am
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
The drive from Aberdeen via Balmoral (the Lochnagar distillery is nearby as well) and down to Perth is beautiful.
Apr 5th 2005, 2:31 am
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Originally Posted by BillnLinz
Just 86 days to go before we leave Bonnie Scotland for the sunny shores of Australia :scared:
With so little time left, only a dozen or so weekends, just wondering if you could give us a help with some ideas of where to go, places to go see etc.
We are going to go up the west coast, but nothing else planned.
Any suggestions appreciated
Bill
With so little time left, only a dozen or so weekends, just wondering if you could give us a help with some ideas of where to go, places to go see etc.
We are going to go up the west coast, but nothing else planned.
Any suggestions appreciated
Bill
If You need more specifics email me
Cheers
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Apr 5th 2005, 2:39 am
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Originally Posted by BillnLinz
Just 86 days to go before we leave Bonnie Scotland for the sunny shores of Australia :scared:
With so little time left, only a dozen or so weekends, just wondering if you could give us a help with some ideas of where to go, places to go see etc.
We are going to go up the west coast, but nothing else planned.
Any suggestions appreciated
Bill
With so little time left, only a dozen or so weekends, just wondering if you could give us a help with some ideas of where to go, places to go see etc.
We are going to go up the west coast, but nothing else planned.
Any suggestions appreciated
Bill
Apr 5th 2005, 2:41 am
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
How about jumping off the suspension bridge at Cambus o May, ok maybe not at this time of year, its something i used to see people doing on fine days and wish i'd had the guts to do it.
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Apr 5th 2005, 3:55 am
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Hey Bill....
We went off on our travels for a last look at Scotland before we left as well.
From East Kilbride, we drove north along the Loch Lomond road to the very tip of the loch, then headed up towards Rannoch Moor & Glencoe.
At the entrance to Glencoe is my favorite Scottish mountain, "Buachaille Etive Mor" which looked fantastic as usual.
We stopped in Glencoe for a while & got some good pictures.
It was one of those damp mornings where it's permanently, 'nearly raining', & a wee bit misty. This made for some amazing views.
Jumped in the car again, & headed off past Ballachulish & then up to Fort William. Wandered around town for a while & then headed a few miles north to Spean Bridge, where we found ourselves a hotel.
Spean Bridge is a lovely wee village, which is steeped in a lot of military history. We loved it & stayed there for 2 days. On the second day we had arranged to meet up with friends of ours, (who, BTW, are members of this forum, & were granted their Oz PR visas last weekend), for the next stage of the journey.
We were heading for Skye, to stay for a few days.
They don't any more, but our friends used to live on Skye, (6 years), so they were looking forward to going back.
We drove out of Spean Bridge, & along The Great Glen, crossing the river just north of Loch Lochy. We then headed westward, through Glen Moriston and on towards the Kyle Of Lochalsh & the Skye bridge. The scenery on that part of the journey was nothing short of breathtaking! I nearly crashed the car a couple of times, I was so busy looking out the windows!
Skye is a beautiful island, and very mountainous.
I had though, seen pictures & heard a lot about The Cullin Hills. They were amazing! Very dark, jagged peaks, arranged in a rough horse shoe shape around a sea loch called Loch Coruisk. Reminded me a bit of, "Mordor" from The Lord Of The Rings. The Cullin's are a Mecca for rock climbers from all over the world.
I was under the impression that The Cullin's were the only real mountain range on Skye, but the whole island is very hilly.
Our buddies showed us all the best places to go, and to stop.... for a beer!
All the road signs on Skye are printed in English AND Gaelic. A lot of the islanders still speak the Gaelic. I heard it spoken a few times in the pub.
After 4 days on Skye, we parted company with our friends. They went home the way they came, but I was on a mission! I was heading for Tain!
Why Tain?? Cos that's where the Glenmorangie Distillery is!
Glenmorangie is, by far, my favorite Malt Whisky, & I always said that I would do the distillery tour before emigrating to Oz. So off we went, passing more beautiful scenery that is The North West Highlands.
Tain is on the east coast, on the Dornoch Firth. We arrived in the afternoon & did the distillery tour, which was great. The never ending free samples at the end were even better!!
It was only a short drive to Inverness, where we checked into a hotel for the night.
The next morning we headed south down the A9, through Kingussie, Perth, Stirling & finally back home.
We had a brilliant time, & would recommend everyone does a tour of their home country before making the big move.
Best of luck Bill.... Cheers.... John...
We went off on our travels for a last look at Scotland before we left as well.
From East Kilbride, we drove north along the Loch Lomond road to the very tip of the loch, then headed up towards Rannoch Moor & Glencoe.
At the entrance to Glencoe is my favorite Scottish mountain, "Buachaille Etive Mor" which looked fantastic as usual.
We stopped in Glencoe for a while & got some good pictures.
It was one of those damp mornings where it's permanently, 'nearly raining', & a wee bit misty. This made for some amazing views.
Jumped in the car again, & headed off past Ballachulish & then up to Fort William. Wandered around town for a while & then headed a few miles north to Spean Bridge, where we found ourselves a hotel.
Spean Bridge is a lovely wee village, which is steeped in a lot of military history. We loved it & stayed there for 2 days. On the second day we had arranged to meet up with friends of ours, (who, BTW, are members of this forum, & were granted their Oz PR visas last weekend), for the next stage of the journey.
We were heading for Skye, to stay for a few days.
They don't any more, but our friends used to live on Skye, (6 years), so they were looking forward to going back.
We drove out of Spean Bridge, & along The Great Glen, crossing the river just north of Loch Lochy. We then headed westward, through Glen Moriston and on towards the Kyle Of Lochalsh & the Skye bridge. The scenery on that part of the journey was nothing short of breathtaking! I nearly crashed the car a couple of times, I was so busy looking out the windows!
Skye is a beautiful island, and very mountainous.
I had though, seen pictures & heard a lot about The Cullin Hills. They were amazing! Very dark, jagged peaks, arranged in a rough horse shoe shape around a sea loch called Loch Coruisk. Reminded me a bit of, "Mordor" from The Lord Of The Rings. The Cullin's are a Mecca for rock climbers from all over the world.
I was under the impression that The Cullin's were the only real mountain range on Skye, but the whole island is very hilly.
Our buddies showed us all the best places to go, and to stop.... for a beer!
All the road signs on Skye are printed in English AND Gaelic. A lot of the islanders still speak the Gaelic. I heard it spoken a few times in the pub.
After 4 days on Skye, we parted company with our friends. They went home the way they came, but I was on a mission! I was heading for Tain!
Why Tain?? Cos that's where the Glenmorangie Distillery is!
Glenmorangie is, by far, my favorite Malt Whisky, & I always said that I would do the distillery tour before emigrating to Oz. So off we went, passing more beautiful scenery that is The North West Highlands.
Tain is on the east coast, on the Dornoch Firth. We arrived in the afternoon & did the distillery tour, which was great. The never ending free samples at the end were even better!!
It was only a short drive to Inverness, where we checked into a hotel for the night.
The next morning we headed south down the A9, through Kingussie, Perth, Stirling & finally back home.
We had a brilliant time, & would recommend everyone does a tour of their home country before making the big move.
Best of luck Bill.... Cheers.... John...
Apr 5th 2005, 5:47 am
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Originally Posted by Scossie
Hey Bill....
We went off on our travels for a last look at Scotland before we left as well.
From East Kilbride, we drove north along the Loch Lomond road to the very tip of the loch, then headed up towards Rannoch Moor & Glencoe.
At the entrance to Glencoe is my favorite Scottish mountain, "Buachaille Etive Mor" which looked fantastic as usual.
We stopped in Glencoe for a while & got some good pictures.
It was one of those damp mornings where it's permanently, 'nearly raining', & a wee bit misty. This made for some amazing views.
Jumped in the car again, & headed off past Ballachulish & then up to Fort William. Wandered around town for a while & then headed a few miles north to Spean Bridge, where we found ourselves a hotel.
Spean Bridge is a lovely wee village, which is steeped in a lot of military history. We loved it & stayed there for 2 days. On the second day we had arranged to meet up with friends of ours, (who, BTW, are members of this forum, & were granted their Oz PR visas last weekend), for the next stage of the journey.
We were heading for Skye, to stay for a few days.
They don't any more, but our friends used to live on Skye, (6 years), so they were looking forward to going back.
We drove out of Spean Bridge, & along The Great Glen, crossing the river just north of Loch Lochy. We then headed westward, through Glen Moriston and on towards the Kyle Of Lochalsh & the Skye bridge. The scenery on that part of the journey was nothing short of breathtaking! I nearly crashed the car a couple of times, I was so busy looking out the windows!
Skye is a beautiful island, and very mountainous.
I had though, seen pictures & heard a lot about The Cullin Hills. They were amazing! Very dark, jagged peaks, arranged in a rough horse shoe shape around a sea loch called Loch Coruisk. Reminded me a bit of, "Mordor" from The Lord Of The Rings. The Cullin's are a Mecca for rock climbers from all over the world.
I was under the impression that The Cullin's were the only real mountain range on Skye, but the whole island is very hilly.
Our buddies showed us all the best places to go, and to stop.... for a beer!
All the road signs on Skye are printed in English AND Gaelic. A lot of the islanders still speak the Gaelic. I heard it spoken a few times in the pub.
After 4 days on Skye, we parted company with our friends. They went home the way they came, but I was on a mission! I was heading for Tain!
Why Tain?? Cos that's where the Glenmorangie Distillery is!
Glenmorangie is, by far, my favorite Malt Whisky, & I always said that I would do the distillery tour before emigrating to Oz. So off we went, passing more beautiful scenery that is The North West Highlands.
Tain is on the east coast, on the Dornoch Firth. We arrived in the afternoon & did the distillery tour, which was great. The never ending free samples at the end were even better!!
It was only a short drive to Inverness, where we checked into a hotel for the night.
The next morning we headed south down the A9, through Kingussie, Perth, Stirling & finally back home.
We had a brilliant time, & would recommend everyone does a tour of their home country before making the big move.
Best of luck Bill.... Cheers.... John...
We went off on our travels for a last look at Scotland before we left as well.
From East Kilbride, we drove north along the Loch Lomond road to the very tip of the loch, then headed up towards Rannoch Moor & Glencoe.
At the entrance to Glencoe is my favorite Scottish mountain, "Buachaille Etive Mor" which looked fantastic as usual.
We stopped in Glencoe for a while & got some good pictures.
It was one of those damp mornings where it's permanently, 'nearly raining', & a wee bit misty. This made for some amazing views.
Jumped in the car again, & headed off past Ballachulish & then up to Fort William. Wandered around town for a while & then headed a few miles north to Spean Bridge, where we found ourselves a hotel.
Spean Bridge is a lovely wee village, which is steeped in a lot of military history. We loved it & stayed there for 2 days. On the second day we had arranged to meet up with friends of ours, (who, BTW, are members of this forum, & were granted their Oz PR visas last weekend), for the next stage of the journey.
We were heading for Skye, to stay for a few days.
They don't any more, but our friends used to live on Skye, (6 years), so they were looking forward to going back.
We drove out of Spean Bridge, & along The Great Glen, crossing the river just north of Loch Lochy. We then headed westward, through Glen Moriston and on towards the Kyle Of Lochalsh & the Skye bridge. The scenery on that part of the journey was nothing short of breathtaking! I nearly crashed the car a couple of times, I was so busy looking out the windows!
Skye is a beautiful island, and very mountainous.
I had though, seen pictures & heard a lot about The Cullin Hills. They were amazing! Very dark, jagged peaks, arranged in a rough horse shoe shape around a sea loch called Loch Coruisk. Reminded me a bit of, "Mordor" from The Lord Of The Rings. The Cullin's are a Mecca for rock climbers from all over the world.
I was under the impression that The Cullin's were the only real mountain range on Skye, but the whole island is very hilly.
Our buddies showed us all the best places to go, and to stop.... for a beer!
All the road signs on Skye are printed in English AND Gaelic. A lot of the islanders still speak the Gaelic. I heard it spoken a few times in the pub.
After 4 days on Skye, we parted company with our friends. They went home the way they came, but I was on a mission! I was heading for Tain!
Why Tain?? Cos that's where the Glenmorangie Distillery is!
Glenmorangie is, by far, my favorite Malt Whisky, & I always said that I would do the distillery tour before emigrating to Oz. So off we went, passing more beautiful scenery that is The North West Highlands.
Tain is on the east coast, on the Dornoch Firth. We arrived in the afternoon & did the distillery tour, which was great. The never ending free samples at the end were even better!!
It was only a short drive to Inverness, where we checked into a hotel for the night.
The next morning we headed south down the A9, through Kingussie, Perth, Stirling & finally back home.
We had a brilliant time, & would recommend everyone does a tour of their home country before making the big move.
Best of luck Bill.... Cheers.... John...
FANTASTIC !!!! Just add in GLENFINNIN and climb up the monument. Turn around and have a look at the viaduct (if thats what it's called). It's the view of the railway bridge made famous by the Harry Potter movies.Beautiful !! Also , do some other heritage stuff , 'cause once you get here , you'll never witness history or buildings of that age again.
Scossie ,
Is there something about the name John and Glenmorangie ?
My husbands favourite too , but he's drinking Bowmore just now because it's so cheap ! Too peaty for me though !
Oh and we eloped to the highlands and honeymooned in "ROY BRIDGE".
First time in 10 years we haven't been back !
Do as much as you can and if you can manage squeeze in a trip to London and see the changing of the guard etc. well worth the time.
All the best,
Tass.
Apr 5th 2005, 5:58 am
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Originally Posted by jasonK944
Celtic Park to see the champions elect
That would be taking it tooo far!!
Bill (dons fan) :scared:
Apr 5th 2005, 6:02 am
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Re: Where to go in Scotland, before we GO!!
Originally Posted by Scossie
Hey Bill....
We went off on our travels for a last look at Scotland before we left as well.
From East Kilbride, we drove north along the Loch Lomond road to the very tip of the loch, then headed up towards Rannoch Moor & Glencoe.
At the entrance to Glencoe is my favorite Scottish mountain, "Buachaille Etive Mor" which looked fantastic as usual.
We stopped in Glencoe for a while & got some good pictures.
It was one of those damp mornings where it's permanently, 'nearly raining', & a wee bit misty. This made for some amazing views.
Jumped in the car again, & headed off past Ballachulish & then up to Fort William. Wandered around town for a while & then headed a few miles north to Spean Bridge, where we found ourselves a hotel.
Spean Bridge is a lovely wee village, which is steeped in a lot of military history. We loved it & stayed there for 2 days. On the second day we had arranged to meet up with friends of ours, (who, BTW, are members of this forum, & were granted their Oz PR visas last weekend), for the next stage of the journey.
We were heading for Skye, to stay for a few days.
They don't any more, but our friends used to live on Skye, (6 years), so they were looking forward to going back.
We drove out of Spean Bridge, & along The Great Glen, crossing the river just north of Loch Lochy. We then headed westward, through Glen Moriston and on towards the Kyle Of Lochalsh & the Skye bridge. The scenery on that part of the journey was nothing short of breathtaking! I nearly crashed the car a couple of times, I was so busy looking out the windows!
Skye is a beautiful island, and very mountainous.
I had though, seen pictures & heard a lot about The Cullin Hills. They were amazing! Very dark, jagged peaks, arranged in a rough horse shoe shape around a sea loch called Loch Coruisk. Reminded me a bit of, "Mordor" from The Lord Of The Rings. The Cullin's are a Mecca for rock climbers from all over the world.
I was under the impression that The Cullin's were the only real mountain range on Skye, but the whole island is very hilly.
Our buddies showed us all the best places to go, and to stop.... for a beer!
All the road signs on Skye are printed in English AND Gaelic. A lot of the islanders still speak the Gaelic. I heard it spoken a few times in the pub.
After 4 days on Skye, we parted company with our friends. They went home the way they came, but I was on a mission! I was heading for Tain!
Why Tain?? Cos that's where the Glenmorangie Distillery is!
Glenmorangie is, by far, my favorite Malt Whisky, & I always said that I would do the distillery tour before emigrating to Oz. So off we went, passing more beautiful scenery that is The North West Highlands.
Tain is on the east coast, on the Dornoch Firth. We arrived in the afternoon & did the distillery tour, which was great. The never ending free samples at the end were even better!!
It was only a short drive to Inverness, where we checked into a hotel for the night.
The next morning we headed south down the A9, through Kingussie, Perth, Stirling & finally back home.
We had a brilliant time, & would recommend everyone does a tour of their home country before making the big move.
Best of luck Bill.... Cheers.... John...
We went off on our travels for a last look at Scotland before we left as well.
From East Kilbride, we drove north along the Loch Lomond road to the very tip of the loch, then headed up towards Rannoch Moor & Glencoe.
At the entrance to Glencoe is my favorite Scottish mountain, "Buachaille Etive Mor" which looked fantastic as usual.
We stopped in Glencoe for a while & got some good pictures.
It was one of those damp mornings where it's permanently, 'nearly raining', & a wee bit misty. This made for some amazing views.
Jumped in the car again, & headed off past Ballachulish & then up to Fort William. Wandered around town for a while & then headed a few miles north to Spean Bridge, where we found ourselves a hotel.
Spean Bridge is a lovely wee village, which is steeped in a lot of military history. We loved it & stayed there for 2 days. On the second day we had arranged to meet up with friends of ours, (who, BTW, are members of this forum, & were granted their Oz PR visas last weekend), for the next stage of the journey.
We were heading for Skye, to stay for a few days.
They don't any more, but our friends used to live on Skye, (6 years), so they were looking forward to going back.
We drove out of Spean Bridge, & along The Great Glen, crossing the river just north of Loch Lochy. We then headed westward, through Glen Moriston and on towards the Kyle Of Lochalsh & the Skye bridge. The scenery on that part of the journey was nothing short of breathtaking! I nearly crashed the car a couple of times, I was so busy looking out the windows!
Skye is a beautiful island, and very mountainous.
I had though, seen pictures & heard a lot about The Cullin Hills. They were amazing! Very dark, jagged peaks, arranged in a rough horse shoe shape around a sea loch called Loch Coruisk. Reminded me a bit of, "Mordor" from The Lord Of The Rings. The Cullin's are a Mecca for rock climbers from all over the world.
I was under the impression that The Cullin's were the only real mountain range on Skye, but the whole island is very hilly.
Our buddies showed us all the best places to go, and to stop.... for a beer!
All the road signs on Skye are printed in English AND Gaelic. A lot of the islanders still speak the Gaelic. I heard it spoken a few times in the pub.
After 4 days on Skye, we parted company with our friends. They went home the way they came, but I was on a mission! I was heading for Tain!
Why Tain?? Cos that's where the Glenmorangie Distillery is!
Glenmorangie is, by far, my favorite Malt Whisky, & I always said that I would do the distillery tour before emigrating to Oz. So off we went, passing more beautiful scenery that is The North West Highlands.
Tain is on the east coast, on the Dornoch Firth. We arrived in the afternoon & did the distillery tour, which was great. The never ending free samples at the end were even better!!
It was only a short drive to Inverness, where we checked into a hotel for the night.
The next morning we headed south down the A9, through Kingussie, Perth, Stirling & finally back home.
We had a brilliant time, & would recommend everyone does a tour of their home country before making the big move.
Best of luck Bill.... Cheers.... John...
John
I have a tear in my eye, what we are leaving behind :scared:
Cheers John
Bill