Scotland - Part 2

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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 4:56 pm

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:06 pm

Did you leave of your own free will or were you assisted out of the country?

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:13 pm

Repro - Just out of curiousity, did you use the trip as an opportunity to scout out good safari destinations for the occasional London based scammer?

Bruin

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:08 pm

I work near the Quality Hotel!

And there's a Burger King in the station just behind him! Wink

@Bruin - there are several Scots here, including me, who would be only too happy to direct you to a nice scenic spot for visit... Wink

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:48 pm

Reprob, how was the food over there?

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:56 pm

I think the words 'Quality' and 'Hotel' are an oxymoron. There again, I don't speak Scottish.

Nice pics and commentary there Reprob8. Laughing

Edinburgh is very much like making love to a beautiful woman...The Mound is well worth the climb and the view from the top is fantastic.

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:34 pm

I really did like the food, except for the Haggis, which was probably delicious but was delivered to the table in the full sheep stomach form that really grossed me out. I refused to try it, I was like a kid at the table, almost crying till they brought me some fish and chips. I had some ham and mushy pea soup at a place called Brian Maule (sp?) in Glasgow that was just awesome. Some people we met talked me into a curry night with them before we left, much to the chagrin of Educ8 and my fellow business-class travelors on the 8 hour flight home. Laughing

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:38 pm

^ Haggis is very spicy - if you enjoyed the curry night, you would have liked it. Granted, it can look a bit offputting! Laughing

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:45 pm

I enjoyed and thanks for sharing. Smile

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

Although Scottish through and through I agree about haggis, reprob8.
I only ever eat the veggie variety.

See you managed to find the best venues in Rose Street. Laughing

Did you encounter many midgies?

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 11:28 pm

Loved this. TFS!

419Eater Admin Joined: 30 Sep 2003 Posts: 7469

Haha! Great report R8 Smile

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 1:26 am

The only part you can`t eat is the moo, i am still pissing myself Laughing

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 2:42 am

Reprob8 wrote:

I really did like the food, except for the Haggis...

One sure way to desensitize yourself when encountering Haggis for the first time is to throw back a few large single malts Wink

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:16 am

I've really enjoyed the pictures and commentary. Thanks for sharing. beers!

Elite Baiter Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 1455

The first thing I've got to say is that you are the man for photoshop. How the **** did you take the rain out those photos of Oban AND make it look like it was sunny? You rock!!! Christ sake; for a moment I nearly fell for it, I was thinking you are the luckiest man on the planet that was ever a tourist to Oban and didn't get soaked right through to the skin.

But haggis is the best. Every time I get back home the first thing I do is come out the entrance to Central Station just to the left of that statue and head into the blue lagoon .... Ah. Drool. I could fair go a single haggis right now. I'm stuck with tinned haggis tonight, for I've emigrated down south, where there is work.

Oh aye pal, an whit did yi mak o the sco'ish lingo? Cid yi mak oot wan thing they wiz oan aboot?

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 9:06 pm

Anytime someone started speaking too fast and I couldn't understand them, I'd just say "Aye". Got a lot of strange looks. God only knows what I was agreeing to. Laughing

I noticed the people in Edinburgh spoke much faster than those in Glasgow, or maybe I was imagining things. I did notice hundreds more men wearing kilts in Edinburgh than Glasgow. Was I imagining that, too? I will say, my favorite of the single malts I tried while I was there was Glen Ord. Really tasty, way less "peaty" then most of the others.

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:09 pm

OMG! Is that Castle Anthrax? or is it the castle with the insolent frenchmen?

Is Castle Anthrax really inhabited by 72 virgins between the ages of 14 and 18 1/2? How can you be sure?

PICTURES! I NEED PICTURES!

Sid

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:27 pm

Bravo Repro!

clapping

ps
Answer your bloody pms! Very Happy

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

Years ago I was in Oban and it was so HOT we nearly got sunstroke, well we were on holiday in our native land, who thought to pack sunscreen?
Same holiday we nearly got kicked out a wee pub in Wester Ross.
I wanted a whiskey and coke, sat outside, ok it was freak hot spell, looking over toward the Western isles,
Inside hubby is given 1 glass whisky, 1 glass coke
No, says he, I mean the 2 in 1 glass.
The whole place fell silent
All eyes were on him.
It's for her out there, says he
Foreign? says the barman
Yes, he lied
Ach , I wass chust wundrin says the barman
Strange ways they has

I've resisted so far but just have to say it.
Was the rest of the trip Doune hill after that

Look if Star Wars -May 4th can raise a laff......
ok I'll go quietly

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:55 pm

Glad you enjoyed your visit. I actually work round the corner from "Quality Hotel". I pass it every day at lunchtime and think to myself "By God, that place looks shit"

Did you get the chance to taste Irn Bru while you were here?

Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:14 am

sgreenstreet wrote:

OMG! Is that Castle Anthrax? or is it the castle with the insolent frenchmen?

Is Castle Anthrax really inhabited by 72 virgins between the ages of 14 and 18 1/2? How can you be sure?

PICTURES! I NEED PICTURES!

Sid

Actually it's all the castles except the very last one in the film, if memory serves - so it's The Castle Where They Know All About Swallows, the Castle of Guy de Loimbard, Swamp Castle, and Castle Anthrax - all courtesy of careful editing and camera angles...

ETA - and my 1500th post is one about Monty Python and the Holy Grail... Cool

Elite Baiter Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 1455

Reprob8, I think you're probably right about the faster speech in Edinburgh, and definitely about more kilts. I think Edinburgh has a much more Scottish feel to it than Glasgow.

I'm glad you enjoyed the trip to Scotland though, I do retain a great fondness for it. I'm one of those many Scottish people who was deperate to do anything they could to get out the place, and who having been successful in escaping then tortures furriners wi the smell of haggis, practice chanter playing, walls plastered with pictures of 'home', tales of how nice cycling over the moors was, lapses into an impossible to understand accent everytime I lose concentration, ...

Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 11:35 pm

R8 -

Awesome.

My Dad went to Scotland and took videos of all the lochs he saw (hundreds of the bloody things). The problem was, he did no commentary of the footage, all you could hear was the wind and it lasted for about 2 hours.
The most exciting thing that happened was some guys drove past at one point with the music blaring.

Baiting Guru Joined: 19 Mar 2007 Posts: 2628

Forget haggis as our national dish
It should be mince and tatties.
Every household in Scotland serves it:
and doubt it will be the same recipe twice

Ok Prove it.
fellow Scots how does your recipe go.?
Do you cook the tatties wi the mince?
Do you add veg?
DO you use stock cubes or even oxo?

What about doughboys?