Safety1st's trip to Scotland........

Mrs S1 and I have just got back from a 4 day trip to Scotland... Edinburgh and some small fishing villages...

Although the weather wasn't brilliant....the trip was superb......

Thought I'd share some memories with you all...

Edinburgh





FieldMarshal Haig's statue..


HMS Britannia....HRH's The Queen's vessel



Fishing village of Dunure..next to where my in-laws live...

Thanks for the pics, Safety1st. Looks like it was a nice getaway.

Geoff

Flying Turtle said:

Thanks for the pics, Safety1st. Looks like it was a nice getaway.

Geoff

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Thanks Geoff.

My wife and I are not much in the way of photographers...but you get the general idea of the place, I think..

The best part was the trip aboard the HMS Britannia....absolutely superb.....

S1

I think that the piccies are very reasonable. Glad you enjoyed HMS Britannia......I bet HM misses it!!

Doug

Nice pictures. I'd love my own castle in Scotland...

Thanks for sharing them pictures Safety1st!

Scotland is on my list of must visit. The only "castle" that I went to was Hearst in San Simeon. The other "palace" was Iolani in Honolulu. That's it. But that castle shot—

Hmmm, now do I want a wee dram of Lagavulin or Laphroaig after looking at those pictures...?

Nice get-away shots.

Very nice pictures, thanks for sharing.

Lot of history in those pics.

Indeed very nice pics! Love the architecture...Thanks for sharing!!

BTW, I live in Anchorage (well not the one in your pic!)...

Sigman said:

I live in Anchorage (well not the one in your pic!)...

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Hey...coincidence...

Thanks for sharing those nice pictures!
Looks like you had a Great time!

Yeah, Edinburgh is a nice place to visit every now and then. Good combination of nature, history, and modern city.

I don't have any significant desire to leave this country for any reason, but Scotland looks cool!

The Mrs. looks like a nice lady too!

PlayboyJoeShmoe said:

I don't have any significant desire to leave this country for any reason, but Scotland looks cool!

The Mrs. looks like a nice lady too!

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Hi Joe...

You must leave your country and have a look round. But be sure to have toured yours first....

There are some wonderful places over here in Europe...and with each country being very reachable and accessable....the choice is wide...

Having said that, I absolutely loved my first visit to the states last year...and we're planning on returning in '07.

Mrs S1 is a nice lady. Thanks. She's a heart of gold, she's pretty and she's a tough cookie. She's been in law enforcement from practically leaving college in 1985. Drug Squad, domestic violence..etc..Now a plain clothes protection officer looking after vulnerable people, witnesses..etc

Ah, really need to visit Edinburgh again sometime...really have no excuse not to, given that it's all of three hours drive from here!

Nice place to visit, but whatever you do, don't even TRY driving there, unless you know absolutely and precisely where you're going! Once you're lost, you'll be going around in circles for hours! Not quite as confusing as Glasgow...but close!

If you're interested in a variety of architechture, it's worth a trip up to Aberdeen if you're in that sort of area again, we've got bits from all kinds of periods here. Council's even got webcams on the main street there (Union Street), so you can see what's going on. Those cameras are actually on (and on the one next to) the building I work in.
Aberdeen City Council's webpage

That's just it S1, I haven't seen NEARLY all of my own country! A whole bunch of is the spoken word around here. Even though I'm part owner and the Service Manager it just ain't paying too much more than house and truck notes.

It SHOULD get better in March... but we will see!