What does Scotland look like - short TR and pics!
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:11 am
Went for a week long trip to Scotland. Arrived in Edinburgh after a 2 hour long flight, and picked up the rented car. Drove about 1000 miles in total during the week and stayed mostly at B&B:s. Scottish weather is just hm...scottish. Thought that if Sweden has sunny and 86F why wouldn't Scotland also have that. OK, they don't. It doesn't get hot in Scotland. We had 2 days with sun and the rest mixed. Now I know for a fact, that we have much warmer summers and much colder winters, than Scotland. Their climate is wonderful for gardening. Just about everything grows, even palm trees (that is unfair 
).
Anyway, Scotland is a beautiful country, with lots of landscapes to admire, both mountains, hills and some low lands. Lots of coastline, sometimes with high cliffs but also with sandy beaches. Big difference between the tides. Not so pretty when the tide is low.
If you like castles and gardens, golf, whisky destilleries, walks in the woods or mountains, small cozy pubs, villages etc Scotland is for you. We did not play golf, as husband has problems with a tennis elbow. Would have been great otherwise. I am not that impressed by their food, but it's easier to find food in larger villages or towns, than on the country side. A local village pub, mostly serves chips (fries) to everything.
Here are some pictures:
St Andrews's old golf course
Dunottar castle south of Aberdeen
Beautiful green landscape
Me
The village Pennan, where parts of Local hero was shot
Christer is looking for Puffins (we never found any)
Found some seals instead
Highland road
A place where we stopped and had a coffe break.
At a garden
Taken during an evening walk by the sea
Unfortunately, this is how it looked sometimes
More photos on my photoside (link below).
Any questions you might have, I'll be happy to answer if I can.
).Anyway, Scotland is a beautiful country, with lots of landscapes to admire, both mountains, hills and some low lands. Lots of coastline, sometimes with high cliffs but also with sandy beaches. Big difference between the tides. Not so pretty when the tide is low.
If you like castles and gardens, golf, whisky destilleries, walks in the woods or mountains, small cozy pubs, villages etc Scotland is for you. We did not play golf, as husband has problems with a tennis elbow. Would have been great otherwise. I am not that impressed by their food, but it's easier to find food in larger villages or towns, than on the country side. A local village pub, mostly serves chips (fries) to everything.
Here are some pictures:
St Andrews's old golf course
Dunottar castle south of Aberdeen
Beautiful green landscape
Me
The village Pennan, where parts of Local hero was shot
Christer is looking for Puffins (we never found any)
Found some seals instead
Highland road
A place where we stopped and had a coffe break.
At a garden
Taken during an evening walk by the sea
Unfortunately, this is how it looked sometimes
More photos on my photoside (link below).
Any questions you might have, I'll be happy to answer if I can.
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