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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Rothiemurchus and nearby Glenmore would have to be high on the list. Loads of paths and tracks for walking out into the wide and wild open spaces, and for much of the year barely another soul about!
The old Stewartry of Kirkcudbright is another lovely and sparsely populated area at the other end of the country. |
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i agree with sandwood bay stunning gut i love wester ross the mountains from toridon right up past the sea lochs and beaches at gairloch and gruinard isle(anthrax isle)as its better knon as.going up there 17th july cant wait. |
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Sandwood Bay is lovely but getting busy these days , Kervaig Bay on the walk north to Cape Wrath is smaller but just as lovely and loads quieter. Apart from Sea Eagles place always deserted until I and my clients (I am a guide) blunder in.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Aberfeldy is lovely have spent a few naughty weekends up there n the drive up is stunning  "
Good call, there are some great places to visit around the Loch Tay area.
Give us a shout next time in the area, we could maybe arrange a "mystery tour" for you guys.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I spent quite a lot of time living on Iona in the past and yes, the beaches are white like those of Berneray but the draw of the place is not so much the scenery but something indescribable. It sings with presence |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I spent quite a lot of time living on Iona in the past and yes, the beaches are white like those of Berneray but the draw of the place is not so much the scenery but something indescribable. It sings with presence"
Never been to iona going to try go there this summer . |
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"I spent quite a lot of time living on Iona in the past and yes, the beaches are white like those of Berneray but the draw of the place is not so much the scenery but something indescribable. It sings with presence
Never been to iona going to try go there this summer ."
I suggested Iona on the other thread. It's really not like anywhere else on earth, never mind Scotland.
Even setting the almost mystical historical aspects of the island aside, it's just one of those places you'll never forget.
I recall watching a very well known 'celebrity' struggling to load a SWB Diesel onto planks across the early 80's ferry, only to get across and discover there was nowhere to drive to. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I do like a wander through the Hermitage, i know its very "Touristy" but the lovely fresh smell of the pines, the sound of the fast flowing river, Randolphs Leap is equally appealing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I just love Scotland...........
So many beautiful places ro go and visit.
As a Scottish historian especially my own clan I love visiting sights of interest that the clan was involved in.......
However I do love the road from John O' Groats across to Durness, the scenery is breathtaking, then down to Ullapool, Gairloch, Kyle of Lochalsh, Fort William then that A82 back home....
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By (user no longer on site)
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I was on Iona late 70's early 80's and remember a vehicle took two wee boats lashed together- no mean feat especially as there was about a mile of tarred road on the whole island lol. However, it was the sight of a herd of cattle being swum to the mainland that sticks in my mind most |
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By *nTCouple
over a year ago
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glencoe always takes my breath away and the majesty of the mountains makes me feel the size of an ant.
also love mull as it still seems unspoilt and not full of tourists
my ashes will be scattered on the bannock burn when i die though - not the most beautiful place in scotland but definately the one that means the most to me |
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Non Educated Delinquents = Ned's
Where to start i Love my country, i would have to say we go to Arran every year it is simply beautiful but i love the area i live in. Braemar, Grampian itself. If i go to the top of the hill we live on the view is breathtaking. We can see the sea, the mountains of braemar. Best of both worlds Travelling up through the highlands i love, this is to hard to choose.  |
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By *ugby 123Couple
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Thanks Naughty
Ok someone might be able to help me, I went to a place years ago but can't remember where it was or even if it had a name...but I think but not sure it had something to do with William Wallace?
It was closeish to Dumfries and Galloway, it was a huge river with gorgeous scenary either side that you could see for miles..... oh and I got eaten alive by midgies.
Now I know it isn't much to go on as there is lots of gorgeous scenery up there, but does anyone know where I am talking about? |
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No probs Ruby x
Bannockburn is the only place i know where William Wallace fought and boy i got eaten alive there.
Omg sioux i did'nt know you were born there, you little minx. Maybe your parents live next door to our cottage in Lochranza! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No probs Ruby x
Bannockburn is the only place i know where William Wallace fought and boy i got eaten alive there.
Omg sioux i did'nt know you were born there, you little minx. Maybe your parents live next door to our cottage in Lochranza! "
Wallace was dead by Bannockburn (1314). He was executed in London nine years before that. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thanks Naughty
Ok someone might be able to help me, I went to a place years ago but can't remember where it was or even if it had a name...but I think but not sure it had something to do with William Wallace?
It was closeish to Dumfries and Galloway, it was a huge river with gorgeous scenary either side that you could see for miles..... oh and I got eaten alive by midgies.
Now I know it isn't much to go on as there is lots of gorgeous scenery up there, but does anyone know where I am talking about?"
It might be the Robert The Bruce connection to Greyfriars Kirk in Dumfries where he's alleged to have murdered John (the Red) Comyn in 1306.
His family and the Bruce family were competitors for the Scottish Crown. Comyn's claim was probably stronger which is why Bruce took such drastic action. He's said to have regretted in it later life. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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" You can't beat the view from Sterling Castle."
Stirling castle , get it right lol , some lovely views around stirling , i live in alloa and have great views of the ochills every day. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Sandwood Bay on the west coast of Sutherland..... Simply breathtaking. "
We were there last weekend, it was gorgeous, really hot and almost empty. We love it round that area, though prefer to camp at Oldshoremore, which is just as pretty, though not quite as impressive as Sandwood. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Ok TAV was'nt sure not great on maths.
Thongs that is a beauituful part of the world. "
It's not about maths. It's about Hollywood wholly misrepresenting Scottish history.
Braveheart (the movie) was a load of pish. |
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What i meant by maths, is that i was'nt sure on dates etc. Braveheart may have been a load of 'pish' in your words but not to others. I think your getting slightly off topic here, my comment was not deliberate attempt to misrepresent the past. |
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By *ugby 123Couple
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"Thanks Naughty
Ok someone might be able to help me, I went to a place years ago but can't remember where it was or even if it had a name...but I think but not sure it had something to do with William Wallace?
It was closeish to Dumfries and Galloway, it was a huge river with gorgeous scenary either side that you could see for miles..... oh and I got eaten alive by midgies.
Now I know it isn't much to go on as there is lots of gorgeous scenery up there, but does anyone know where I am talking about?
It might be the Robert The Bruce connection to Greyfriars Kirk in Dumfries where he's alleged to have murdered John (the Red) Comyn in 1306.
His family and the Bruce family were competitors for the Scottish Crown. Comyn's claim was probably stronger which is why Bruce took such drastic action. He's said to have regretted in it later life."
Ah, that could have been it. So do you know the place I mean? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What i meant by maths, is that i was'nt sure on dates etc. Braveheart may have been a load of 'pish' in your words but not to others. I think your getting slightly off topic here, my comment was not deliberate attempt to misrepresent the past. "
Braveheart (the movie) suggests Wallace was at Bannockburn when, in fact, he'd been dead for 9 years.
How much more pish could it possibly be? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Thanks Naughty
Ok someone might be able to help me, I went to a place years ago but can't remember where it was or even if it had a name...but I think but not sure it had something to do with William Wallace?
It was closeish to Dumfries and Galloway, it was a huge river with gorgeous scenary either side that you could see for miles..... oh and I got eaten alive by midgies.
Now I know it isn't much to go on as there is lots of gorgeous scenery up there, but does anyone know where I am talking about?
It might be the Robert The Bruce connection to Greyfriars Kirk in Dumfries where he's alleged to have murdered John (the Red) Comyn in 1306.
His family and the Bruce family were competitors for the Scottish Crown. Comyn's claim was probably stronger which is why Bruce took such drastic action. He's said to have regretted in it later life.
Ah, that could have been it. So do you know the place I mean?"
I don't, I'm afraid. It's one of the tales passed down in the Scots oral tradition (we were a wee bit later than the English in getting around to writing stuff down).
I'm not even sure we know for a fact that the tale is true.
There's a bit of BBC/ Neil Oliver film at http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/wars_of_independence/bruce_kills_comyn_at_greyfriars_church_dumfries/ which may ring a few bells for you. |
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"Thanks "
My favourite place is Tighnabruaich on the Isle of Bute ,my parents used to have a caravan there and that was the only holidays we got when i was a kid lots of brilliant memories of great times there 
God when i think how we filled our days there compared to kids now lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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My favourite place is Tighnabruaich on the Isle of Bute ,my parents used to have a caravan there and that was the only holidays we got when i was a kid lots of brilliant memories of great times there
God when i think how we filled our days there compared to kids now lol"
Tighnabruaich's not on the island, it's on the mainland. Part of the Kyles of Bute though |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Oooh I know this lol. Corpach is 'Place of the Dead' coz the coffins were rested there en route for burial on Iona. Something like 46 Scottish kings are buried there and there was a processional route from the east via Corpach to Iona the up the Street of the Dead to the Abbey. In some places there are still coffin resting mounds to be seen. Must have been a Hellish journey all round
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Oooh I know this lol. Corpach is 'Place of the Dead' coz the coffins were rested there en route for burial on Iona. Something like 46 Scottish kings are buried there ................
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+ John Smith, the best Prime Minister the country never had. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I do like a wander through the Hermitage, i know its very "Touristy" but the lovely fresh smell of the pines, the sound of the fast flowing river, Randolphs Leap is equally appealing."
The hermitage is my favorite too xx just live the smells and the falls xx seen an otter last yr in the pool. Love to sit on the big rock and watch the salmon jump xxx mmmm |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Yes it is, but I asked what it was not where it was.....lol
It's a wee tiled spot outside the High Court where executions were carried out."
Actually it's the seventh novel in Walter Scott's Waverley series. It's the name of the novel that refers to the Old Tolbooth Prison which was situated it what was thought to be the centre of old Midlothian. The things you remember from your school days, eh?? |
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By *nTCouple
over a year ago
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"What i meant by maths, is that i was'nt sure on dates etc. Braveheart may have been a load of 'pish' in your words but not to others. I think your getting slightly off topic here, my comment was not deliberate attempt to misrepresent the past.
Braveheart (the movie) suggests Wallace was at Bannockburn when, in fact, he'd been dead for 9 years.
sorry but no thats not correct. braveheart doesnt suggest wallace was at bannockburn at all - they just incorrectly depict the battle of stirling bridge. the movie ends with the bruce at bannockburn, ready to fight. whilst some of the movie is factually incorrect a lot of it isnt so i think hollywood did not too bad a job, given they make movies for money
anyway back to the question - wallace was around the dumfries and galloway area when in hiding so it could still have been a place that had links to him as opposed to bruce. bad news is i dont know where though lol
How much more pish could it possibly be?"
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By (user no longer on site)
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I can do no more than quote Colin MacArthur, the guy who wrote Brigadoon, Braveheart and the Scots: Distortions
of Scotland in Hollywood Cinema.
He calls Braveheart "a fuckin' atrocious film" and suggests that a worrying aspect of the film is its appeal to "neo-fascist groups and the attendant psyche." |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I cringe at Hollywood's attempts at Scottish Cinema.....especially as vast majority of them couldn't even point Scotland out on a map....."
It ain't just Hollywood. Remember Michael Caine in the almost entirely British made Kidnapped? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"LOL
I liked that one too Sarah"
I wasn't taking the piss. I saw Sarah's post before it was deleted and agree with the choice made - a particularly beautiful but dangerous part of the country. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Having just spent a fantastic weekend in Pitlochry, we would say there and the surrounding scenery is stunning. Also dropped in at the Hermitage on the way back down, simply beautifull. |
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There have been several mentions of The Hermitage, and although I've passed it dozens of times I've never pulled off the A9 to have a look.
However, I'll be spending a weekend in the area soon so I must make time for a visit. Thanks folks. |
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"There have been several mentions of The Hermitage, and although I've passed it dozens of times I've never pulled off the A9 to have a look.
However, I'll be spending a weekend in the area soon so I must make time for a visit. Thanks folks."
There's loadsa good stuff around there.
The Queen's View at Loch Tummel, the Fortingall Yew, St Mary's Church between Grandtully and Aberfeldy - blink and you'll miss it, the Hermitage (as mentioned above) and Dunkeld itself. |
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"There have been several mentions of The Hermitage, and although I've passed it dozens of times I've never pulled off the A9 to have a look.
However, I'll be spending a weekend in the area soon so I must make time for a visit. Thanks folks."
. I've been. Nice long forest walks |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"There have been several mentions of The Hermitage, and although I've passed it dozens of times I've never pulled off the A9 to have a look.
However, I'll be spending a weekend in the area soon so I must make time for a visit. Thanks folks.. I've been. Nice long forest walks "
Oh that's interesting, I enjoy forest walks, you don't provide a ranger/guide service by any chance? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"A forest walk at my age? Give me a break! Think you should be looking for someone half my age lol"
Ehhh............... 47? Is that ladies' fave age? Known several ladies who claimed to be 47!!  |
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"I cringe at Hollywood's attempts at Scottish Cinema.....especially as vast majority of them couldn't even point Scotland out on a map....."
The descent was filmed up the hermitage. But not sure its a Hollywood movie. Great film lol scared the pants off me.  |
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"I cringe at Hollywood's attempts at Scottish Cinema.....especially as vast majority of them couldn't even point Scotland out on a map.....
The descent was filmed up the hermitage. But not sure its a Hollywood movie. Great film lol scared the pants off me. "
Neil Marshall's (the director) Scottish himself. I love how his film after that, Doomsday (also flimed in Scotland, including a post-apocolyptic Glasgow... nothing new there!) got good reviews from some Scottish press and bad reviews from English press. It's all about a powerful virus outbreak that has the English rebuild the wall only to send a team in, years later, to find a cure as the Scots are still alive but gone all tribal... again, nothing new there!
In answer to the initial question - Glasgow. It's where Kit was born, it's where we met, had our first kiss, our first... erm well, there's a lot of memories there. |
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