Blogs from Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe - page 481

Went to Cork a few weekends ago while the Scot was in Talin. Had a brilliant time. The weather was fantastic - 29 and 30 degrees (celsius), gorgeous beaches, a seal (not the envelope type) and a few pints of Beamish...perfect. ... read more

What do you think of when you think of Scotland? Misty Mountains, Castles, Knights and Sea Monsters? Or maybe Bagpipes, kilts and Brave heart? Scotland is all that and more. On our way to Scotland we stopped to visit medieval Alnwick Castle, the second largest inhabited castle in England. The castle is the family home of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland. It’s earliest sections were built in 1096. The picturesque castle has been used for the backdrop of many famous movies. Some of the films include “Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves” with Kevin Costner, “Elisabeth” starring Kate Blanchette, and most recently the “Harry Potter” movies. When we saw the castle we could understand why so many have chosen it as a set location. The large exquisite gardens, the sheep grazing in it’s surrounding hilly pastures ... read more

Judd and I took a horrible night bus to Edinburgh at 11 pm Tuesday night, and got into Edinburgh around 7 or 8 am. It was rough. We took the shuttle to our hostel (15 minutes away, on the coast), where we couldn't check in yet, so we dropped off our stuff and headed back to the city. We walked along the Royal Mile up to Edinburgh Castle and walked around the castle for a while. Then we walked around the city a bunch, climbing up a rather large hill (Calton Hill) with an astronomy observatory and some other building on the top, and then climbed up the crags to Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park that formed from the volcano Edinburgh is built upon. After that we called it a day and headed back to the ... read more

Well, we have survived this year's T in the Park (just). Brilliant weekend, ace weather, top bands, funky vibes, ice cold cider, hell of a hangover. There were 70,000 people at this year's event - about 10,000 more than previous, and the site was laid out completely different than before. There were a couple of teething problems on the first day, in that the site gates did not open till 12:10 (ten mins late) but that was enough to create a queue backlog of an hour and a half. The waiting crowd were fairly relaxed, but the day was so hot that it meant as soon as folk got inside the venue they headed straight for the beer token stalls / bars (more hanging around - not good). As you can imagine, the next thing was ... read more

Hello once again, I am back! It has been a long bit of travelling and a lot of fun. I would love to tell you everying but too bad! Ha, you will have to ask me. You may be wondering what type of journal doesn't have anything in it and your right, I should tell you a couple of things to keep the hordes of people away from me with pitch forks demanding more, more. Right. Lets start of with Edingburg. I met my sister at the airport and dragged her around town, trying to keep her awake. That night we ended up doing the merchant ghost tour which was very neat. We were taken under the city into the vaults which were rather interesting. The guide was good and it was great fun. The next ... read more