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Post by MartinT on Jun 17, 2014 22:07:39 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 4:36:28 GMT
Martin, Encore Urquhart Castle is were I spent my childhood along the banks of Lochness.
That and Eilean Donan Castle, Mr Campbell use to come and bring us home made lemonade.
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Post by MartinT on Jun 18, 2014 6:51:21 GMT
Staggeringly beautiful on a good day. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 18, 2014 7:59:14 GMT
Martin, Encore Urquhart Castle is were I spent my childhood along the banks of Lochness. That and Eilean Donan Castle, Mr Campbell use to come and bring us home made lemonade. What a place to have your childhood I could have coped with that very well (even the cold in Winter !) |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2014 9:20:02 GMT
Martin, Encore Urquhart Castle is were I spent my childhood along the banks of Lochness. That and Eilean Donan Castle, Mr Campbell use to come and bring us home made lemonade. What a place to have your childhood I could have coped with that very well (even the cold in Winter !) -20C is OK if you have a nice hot chocolate waiting for you at home. Kathy my wife came from Big 'O' Turk and we met here in Somerset, But moved back home to Dalgety Bay Fife for 13 years working for Hughes Micro Electronics designing SMPSU for NASA, Boeing and a few others. Got whipped off to Huntsville Alabama to work directly with NASA, met some crazy and lovely people there. I would love to go back to Scotland just because family are there and the fantastic vista's. Would move to Comrie near Crieff, but the house prices are crazy high there. |
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 18, 2014 10:51:20 GMT
What a place to have your childhood I could have coped with that very well (even the cold in Winter !) -20C is OK if you have a nice hot chocolate waiting for you at home. Kathy my wife came from Big 'O' Turk and we met here in Somerset, But moved back home to Dalgety Bay Fife for 13 years working for Hughes Micro Electronics designing SMPSU for NASA, Boeing and a few others. Got whipped off to Huntsville Alabama to work directly with NASA, met some crazy and lovely people there. I would love to go back to Scotland just because family are there and the fantastic vista's. Would move to Comrie near Crieff, but the house prices are crazy high there. Think the lowest I've ever seen is -8C. That is very cold Some travelling and living you've done there. I can imagine Alabama being like that, but not the actuallity of it I'm sure |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 18, 2014 12:47:01 GMT
I've experienced -20C near Hamburg when I was living there. That's verging on the dangerous and you have to think carefully before going out for any reason.
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Post by MikeMusic on Jun 18, 2014 15:07:35 GMT
I've experienced -20C near Hamburg when I was living there. That's verging on the dangerous and you have to think carefully before going out for any reason. Wow Didn't realise Germany could be that cold Coldest I ever cycled in is -4 and I was very well wrapped I find the effect of temperature seems to jump at certain points. It may only be 1 or 2 degrees different but the body says much more |
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Post by MartinT on Jun 19, 2014 5:52:56 GMT
Back on topic, one of the reasons why my sister finally left Aberdeen (her husband is in the oil industry) was because of the relentless cold for much of the year. She works with horses so, as you could imagine, she's outside for most of the day. Now she lives in Houston and swelters!
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Post by julesd68 on Jun 19, 2014 13:18:30 GMT
Scotland is possibly my favourite place in the world. I think I'm a pretty well-travelled chap but the countryside there is just unique and staggeringly beautiful. I have some wonderful memories from two holidays with my wife. Stayed in this amazing small hotel at Glencoe which was a laird's house, where supposedly they plotted the massacre at Glencoe! They had a Swiss chef there who produced amazing meals and a lovely lady owner who used to change into evening gowns to host dinner. Sadly I believe the hotel is no more ...  Will never forget going to Culloden - absolutely steeped in atmosphere, what a place ... Would go back in a heart-beat but found it very pricey indeed, so it's going to have to wait before I introduce my son to the delights of Scotland. |
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jun 28, 2014 10:36:49 GMT
Love it too, but then I'm biased!
I come from a small village called Braemar, which is in the Guinness Book of Records as the coldest place in the UK at - 27. Now that was cold!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2014 12:32:17 GMT
You are so right, we lived in Inverness, then Dalgety Bay that was cold enough. But lovely country side, I miss it.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2014 14:53:32 GMT
The very last holiday we had, which was shortly before we cam out here (no chance now, all work and no play) was to stay on Mull, just up the road from Tobermory. We did quite a bit of touring though and went out on whale trips and the whole tourist bit. Couldn't agree more, its the most beautiful place. My shot of the usual castle.  |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 6, 2014 15:14:44 GMT
I stayed in Bunessan (sp?) on Mull once, many years ago. Very remote, very different way of life. Exhilarating for a short stay.
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Post by Chris on Jul 6, 2014 20:12:27 GMT
Good thread this. Must dig out some of my pics as I'm pretty well travelled around this stunning country.
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Post by scottie_h on Jul 14, 2014 13:34:30 GMT
Great to see some awesome photos and some big love for Scotland. I did a road trip around the country last year, stunning views. We're organising a small Audio Show in Edinburgh which is to take place on the 22nd - 23rd November, this maybe of interest to some of you so I thought I'd share the link www.chestergroup.org/audioworldscotland/2014 |
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Post by brian2957 on Jul 14, 2014 15:04:51 GMT
Nice one , I live around 25 miles from Edinburgh and will most certainly attend this . I'm sure a few of the troopp will be interested in this.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2014 17:55:01 GMT
Excellent, about time there was a hifi show in Edinburgh. In the diary  |
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Post by Eduardo Wobblechops on Jul 14, 2014 18:10:34 GMT
Aye, count me in.
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