Scotland

hey I'm going to Scotland in September, going to be doing the sight-seeing rigamarole, and was wondering if anybody had any suggestions on places to visit. I want to see some ancient grounds, locales off the standard tourist's path, or just anywhere you especially dig.

I'll be staying with my great aunt in Hamilton, but will arrange some wheels, so tell me where to go!

Cue Keltoi.

Get ready to be bored.

Very bored.

The beach at redpoint.

there's many places to go - the ones on the beaten track are pretty cool (various castles and shit).

take in loch lomond (drive up the east side as far as you can go, get out the car and walk to the water - acid point for the win).

Go to Lindisfarne Abbey JUST south of Scotland in Northumberland (it was my old avatar), it's beautiful there.

http://www.picturesofengland.com/England/N...ndisfarne_Abbey

after loch lomond carry on up the west to inverary, north to loch awe, loch etive, to oban with beautiful views to mull, pass loch linnhe to fort william to climb ben nevis, on to kyle of lochalsh, nip over to skye to the black cuillins, back to loch carron, torridon, loch gairloch, loch ewe - some of the the nicest scenery scotland has to offer (and my favourite part of scotland)... take at least a week to do this at your leisure for a really memorable trip and photos galore. the fresh seafood around here is as good as you'll get.

some easier trips from hamilton...

stirling and bannockburn.

for a nice day trip head west to ayr, troon, go down to sawney bean's caves (famous 15th century incestual cannibal - http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotlan...wney-bean.html), the electric brae, stranraer.

isle of arran has some cool standing stones and an easy climb up goat fell.

hamilton is only 20 miles or so from the historic town of lanark, on from here to the scenic falls of new lanark and bonnington lynn... take a nice riverside trail along the clyde with it's spectacular waterfalls.

edinburgh is a must for the scenery and history if you haven't been... the castle, royal mile, mary king's close, climb arthur seat or go to the beaches to the west of the city.

glasgow for the shopping, nightlife and art galleries.

if i think of more i'll add later.

i just scanned some photos of the standing stones i mentioned in arran... the tallest one in the bottom pic is about (edit) 20ft tall.

  keltoi said:

i just scanned some photos of the standing stones i mentioned in arran... the tallest one in the bottom pic is about 30ft tall.

that shits fucking pretty dude

  keltoi said:

after loch lomond carry on up the west to inverary, north to loch awe, loch etive, to oban with beautiful views to mull, pass loch linnhe to fort william to climb ben nevis, on to kyle of lochalsh, nip over to skye to the black cuillins, back to loch carron, torridon, loch gairloch, loch ewe - some of the the nicest scenery scotland has to offer (and my favourite part of scotland)... take at least a week to do this at your leisure for a really memorable trip and photos galore. the fresh seafood around here is as good as you'll get.

 

some easier trips from hamilton...

 

stirling and bannockburn.

 

for a nice day trip head west to ayr, troon, go down to sawney bean's caves (famous 15th century incestual cannibal - http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/scotlan...wney-bean.html), the electric brae, stranraer.

 

isle of arran has some cool standing stones and an easy climb up goat fell.

 

hamilton is only 20 miles or so from the historic town of lanark, on from here to the scenic falls of new lanark and bonnington lynn... take a nice riverside trail along the clyde with it's spectacular waterfalls.

 

edinburgh is a must for the scenery and history if you haven't been... the castle, royal mile, mary king's close, climb arthur seat or go to the beaches to the west of the city.

 

glasgow for the fights, stabbings, muggings, boarded up houses and pubs and the how not to live guided tour.

if i think of more i'll add later.

fixed

  keltoi said:

i just scanned some photos of the standing stones i mentioned in arran... the tallest one in the bottom pic is about (edit) 20ft tall.

OMG, is this the Pentland Hills?

thanks john. i realised from another pic i exaggerated slightly with the 30ft. beautiful place though.

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  keltoi said:

i just scanned some photos of the standing stones i mentioned in arran... the tallest one in the bottom pic is about (edit) 20ft tall.

OMG, is this the Pentland Hills?

nope. no nuclear boc bunkers there.

gay

my god, those photos are amazing

thank you keltoi, you've got me pouring over maps

kuel ... user pik ..

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yes i wasn't bored .. but it's ok cause it was idle banter between friends people .. nothing to debate hir .. ;-] ..

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you know my mumwas on a cycling trip through scotland when she decided to crash my dads joint .. even though she didn't know he was comming ... well perhaps she had some idea .. but heh .. ;-] ..

  keltoi said:

i just scanned some photos of the standing stones i mentioned in arran... the tallest one in the bottom pic is about (edit) 20ft tall.

Yes to Arran - I'd also recommend the King's Caves on the south-west of the island, they're an easy walk and pretty impressive. Even more impressive is the noise: There must be some equally deep caves just below the water line and the noise the tide makes as it enters them is incredible.

Islay off the west coast is beautiful too, and home to some of the worlds best whiskies.

Loch Fyne for the best seafood.

You can't go wrong with the west coast at all really.

isle of arran's fucking awesome

i went up to St. Andrews the other day, the sun was out, the beach was great, it was a happy time.

the rest of the east coast is shit tho, avoid.

scumdee and abersmack are no places for fun IDM times.

One day I will visit Scotland.

  mosca said:

i went up to St. Andrews the other day, the sun was out, the beach was great, it was a happy time.

 

the rest of the east coast is shit tho, avoid.

 

scumdee and abersmack are no places for fun IDM times.

i like crail and anstruther (with the best chippy in the uk apparently - but i thought it was over rated)

and there's some amazing caves at east wemyss... you go into a ruin on the cliffs and in one room there's a winding staircase down maybe 30 metres into the darkness... you either emerge on the beach or get lost in a big network of old smugglers caves and tunnels. some are fenced off cos people kept getting lost... torch and big bollocks required.

lol. im from aberdeen.

where would you go if you wanted to meet and worship liz fraser?

while you're on Arran go to the brewery and get a shirt

Go to the Hamilton Palace club. If ye make it out alive......well tbh it's never come up.

  IRARI said:

where would you go if you wanted to meet and worship liz fraser?

grangemouth, in the first instance.

grangemouth refinery by night.

idm.