| Page Views: 2,947 Last Visit to Scotland: July, 2009 I Visit Here Frequently | FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD by nickandchris - last update: Aug 11, 2009 |
Where to Start...??? | Suilven from Loch Roe. 2008 |
This is a tricky one, having seen quite a lot of western Scotland but not being able to find the locations on V.T. Some Scottish locations appear under UK and some under Scotland. That is the nature of VT!!
This page will be a brief resume of all places visited in Scotland. Our last holiday was July 2009, to the little known areas around Glenuig on Loch Ailort and Ardtoe in the north east of Ardnamurchan. We also briefly touched on Mallaig and the Arisaig area.There will be a page for Ardtoe, but Glenuig is not identified as existing on Virtual Tourist, so tips for here will be under Roshven(nearest place) and my Highland page, as well as this page.
2008's holiday was to the far north of Scotland, Sutherland and then west and southwards. Many of the places we visited are on seperate pages, Sutherland not existing on Virtual Tourist.
It all started in the early '90's, we always holidayed with our tent in either north Wales or Pembrokeshire when Nick decided we should visit Dumfries and Galloway .That was it, we were hooked. Since those days, there have always been Scottish holidays. Nowadays they are taken in the motorhome, complete with motorbike and small boat and we tend to stick to the west coast. |
|  | Camping Our Scottish holidays are taken in July or August (worst time for midges) and we tend to either free camp (relatively easy in most of Scotland) or stay on C.L.s which are Caravan Club and Camping Club members only sites that only take 5 units. We like it nice and quiet so this suits us down to the ground.
One requirement we ask for is to be somewhere we can easily inflate and launch the boat from. This is not always easy, especially on sites, so most of the time we find ourselves free camping on loch sides wherever possible.
We tend to stay in one place for two or three days and then move on, leaving nothing behind but our footprints. As much as the weather permits, we will be in the boat, fishing or wild life spotting. Bliss. It's all very relaxing. |
| | A Little Information Scotland is in the north of Great Britain and takes up approx.a third of the island. It belongs to the UK. and as well as the mainland, there are around 790 islands dotted around the coastline of Scotland.
The country is divided into 33 counties, a map of which you can find here:
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/sct_cmap.html Geologically, however, it is split into three distinct areas, Highlands, Central Lowlands and Southern Uplands.Much of the country was formed by glaciers, carving out some spectacular valleys and mountains along their journey. Most of the country's cities are to be found in the central belt, with Edinburgh being Scotland's capital.
Today, Scotland's population is around the 5,117, 00 mark, with the bulk of this spread around the larger towns and cities. The Highlands and islands are sparsely populated and you can literally travel for miles on empty roads.
Gaelic is still spoken, mainly in the western isles and tourism plays a large part in Scotland's economy.
Kilts are still worn by men and that strange musical instrument, the bagpipe, is still played today and a lone piper is often a feature at tourist destinations.
Scotland's climate can be variable, with summers similar to northern England with plenty of rain, whereas winters are a little harsher; the higher the altitude the more snow will fall, especially in the Highlands and northern islands where the winds can be fierce and roads impassable with snow for weeks on end. The west is generally milder than the east because of the Atlantic Ocean currents.
Scotland is just a beautiful country and definitely not to be missed. |
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| Pros: | "Clean, quiet and spectacular" | | Cons: | "Long distances and of course midges" | | In A Nutshell: | "Simply amazing scenery" |
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Anjutka Fri Oct 9, 2009 12:53 UTC
Beautiful...i see you have mountains and sea...lucky,may be a bit rainy and colder there or? | Greggor58 Tue Aug 4, 2009 02:52 UTC
Ill need to take a closer look soon...Your Scottish pages here are amazing...Funny...I was just thinking about next Summer making the trip across the Big Pond take in a few days at Piping Festival in Glasgow..and then a little tour. | junecorlett Wed Feb 11, 2009 09:17 UTC
Good tips, you have done a lot of work. | volopolo Mon Nov 10, 2008 16:31 UTC
Complete website for Scotland ! Very nice job! |
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