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From: Erilar on 19 Jun 2010 21:58
"tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> "tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:884jbbFluvU1(a)mid.individual.net...
>>
>> "erilar" <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote in message
>> news:drache-912218.11195019062010(a)news.eternal-september.org...
>>> OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)
>>>
>>> Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to
> > > Aberdeen
>>> and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
>>> flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
>>> thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing
> > > was a
>>> lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early,
> > > so
>>> I began to wonder. . .
>>>
>>> Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some
> > > kind
>>> of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of
> > > the
>>> road to save my life.
>>>
>>> Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
>>> 28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".
>>
>> Well this looks like the sort of thing, but it's expensive to do on
> > your
>> own. You'll be unlikely to find a like minded group to share in
> > April
>> even though it is a school holiday
>>
>> http://www.duncans-flexitours.co.uk/example-day-tours.html
>>
>> Are you intrepid enough to do this by Public Transport. For example
>> there's a service every 20 minutes to Crathes with buses from there
> > to
>> Balmoral every 2 hours.
>>
>> I'm quite happy to help with schedules if you can indicate which
> > castles
>> are of most interest.

In my case, the older, the better, though I did also enjoy Ed's
castles in Wales. . .
>>
>> I think that this is a full list, though many will be inaccessible by
> > bus
>
> Oops
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_castles_in_Scotland

>
> tim

It's something to consider; I MIGHT be able to understand enough of
their speech 8-)

Saving links, thanks.
>
>
>
>
>





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Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
From: Erilar on 19 Jun 2010 21:58
"James Silverton" <not.jim.silverton(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> erilar wrote on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:19:50 -0500:
>
>> Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to
>> Aberdeen and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in
>> London involves flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I
>> like Denmark, so I was thinking about pausing there for a day
>> or two. But the ticketing was a lot more involved than just
>> getting to Aberdeen a couple days early, so I began to wonder.
>> . .
>
>> Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be
>> some kind of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the
>> "wrong" side of the road to save my life.
>
>> Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen
>> April 28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".
>
> You know, you really should try. With the wheel on the other side of
> the car you'll get the hang of it very quickly. The only thing
> initially is to try not to get into an emergency situation since your
> instinctive reactions could be wrong.

You don't know me and driving 8-) I never even got used to being a
passenger on a trip with some friends in the UK a few years ago!

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist
From: JuanElorza on 20 Jun 2010 02:57
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:00:37 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote :

> you can have a choice of
> music for just about any castle you might think of visiting.
>
> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=402

I particularly appreciated this particular tune (Si Beag Si Mor).

http://mandolins.yolasite.com/resources/05%20-%20Si%20Beag%20Si%20Mor%20050410%20lr.mp3
From: Martin on 20 Jun 2010 03:57
On 19/06/10 18:19, erilar wrote:
> OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)
>
> Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to Aberdeen
> and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
> flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
> thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing was a
> lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early, so
> I began to wonder. . .
>
> Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some kind
> of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of the
> road to save my life.
>
> Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
> 28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".

nor even a "whisky tour"?

From: Jack Campin - bogus address on 20 Jun 2010 04:10
>> you can have a choice of music for just about any castle you might
>> think of visiting.
>> http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=402
> I particularly appreciated this particular tune (Si Beag Si Mor).
> http://mandolins.yolasite.com/resources/05%20-%20Si%20Beag%20Si%20Mor%20050410%20lr.mp3

Can't imagine how that got in there (it relates neither to Scotland
nor castles).

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