What to bring for summer trip: Scotland

Northern Soul · 02-24-2011, 07:11 AM

I have to say that if you follow that itinerary, you'll need a holiday after your holiday, and you won't see much!

**Kerrowdown** · 02-24-2011, 10:21 AM

I admire your forthright plans, but ................................IMHO that's way too much to try and cram in, it's supposed to be a holiday.

A day trip to London, no thanks, spend a few days there next time your over.

Certainly up here in the Highlands of Scotland, we are just a wee bit more laid back, things take a little longer to enjoy (just like a good whisky) the pace is not so frenetic here.

It's one of the unique qualities that Scotland has to offer, a timeless way to relaxation, sometimes in resplendent isolation.

Dr_who · 02-24-2011, 12:51 PM

Yea, I was thinking out of all the things on there, that the London thing would be most likely to go. Not just because of distance but cause London in itself could be a 2 week trip. Realistically I will probably remove the events from the 16th-19th and replace it with travel to Glencoe or Isle of Skye and spend the last few days there. I'll have to look availability of of hostels and such.

cats_five · 02-25-2011, 12:54 AM

The weather makes so much difference to what you might want to do. My suggestion is plan nothing for those days after the Haggis Tour, and see how the weather goes.

However I now realise that you have put the Haggis Tour in without marking it clearly. It's the time after the 15th you have to yourselves.

Stonehaven I can see the point of - it has a castle, a fantastic beach, and some highland games, and the rail journey there is very scenic and crosses both the Forth and Tay bridges. The beach is so great as Stonehaven is where the Highland Fault crosses the coast, and I spent many happy hours there with my father many, many years ago.

But I'd knock the London trip on the head. Even though I think you are thinking of using the Sleeper it's a long and tiring trip. I'll point out that early morning is the time for serious beach photography in Stonehaven since it's on the east coast, and sunrise will be somewhere round 5am.

Edinburgh and Glasgow are also stuffed full with all sorts of museums, Edinburgh has the Castle and Holyrood Palace and you can get a tourist bus trip round - check, the ticket was valid all day on as many buses as we wanted when I did that a few years ago. I suspect you can easily spend 2-3 days doing castles, palaces, museums, art galleries and tea-rooms. Glasgow has some very famous ones:
Charles Rennie Mackintosh The Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow.

Suspect they are very, very busy!

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02-24-2011, 07:11 AM	#46
Northern Soul Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The North of England Photos: Albums Posts: 494	I have to say that if you follow that itinerary, you'll need a holiday after your holiday, and you won't see much!

02-24-2011, 10:21 AM	#47
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,860	I admire your forthright plans, but ................................IMHO that's way too much to try and cram in, it's supposed to be a holiday. A day trip to London, no thanks, spend a few days there next time your over. Certainly up here in the Highlands of Scotland, we are just a wee bit more laid back, things take a little longer to enjoy (just like a good whisky) the pace is not so frenetic here. It's one of the unique qualities that Scotland has to offer, a timeless way to relaxation, sometimes in resplendent isolation.

02-24-2011, 12:51 PM	#48
Dr_who Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 777 Original Poster	Yea, I was thinking out of all the things on there, that the London thing would be most likely to go. Not just because of distance but cause London in itself could be a 2 week trip. Realistically I will probably remove the events from the 16th-19th and replace it with travel to Glencoe or Isle of Skye and spend the last few days there. I'll have to look availability of of hostels and such.

02-25-2011, 12:54 AM	#49
cats_five Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Fife, Scotland Posts: 835	The weather makes so much difference to what you might want to do. My suggestion is plan nothing for those days after the Haggis Tour, and see how the weather goes. However I now realise that you have put the Haggis Tour in without marking it clearly. It's the time after the 15th you have to yourselves. Stonehaven I can see the point of - it has a castle, a fantastic beach, and some highland games, and the rail journey there is very scenic and crosses both the Forth and Tay bridges. The beach is so great as Stonehaven is where the Highland Fault crosses the coast, and I spent many happy hours there with my father many, many years ago. But I'd knock the London trip on the head. Even though I think you are thinking of using the Sleeper it's a long and tiring trip. I'll point out that early morning is the time for serious beach photography in Stonehaven since it's on the east coast, and sunrise will be somewhere round 5am. Edinburgh and Glasgow are also stuffed full with all sorts of museums, Edinburgh has the Castle and Holyrood Palace and you can get a tourist bus trip round - check, the ticket was valid all day on as many buses as we wanted when I did that a few years ago. I suspect you can easily spend 2-3 days doing castles, palaces, museums, art galleries and tea-rooms. Glasgow has some very famous ones: Charles Rennie Mackintosh The Willow Tea Rooms, Glasgow. Suspect they are very, very busy!