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From: erilar on 19 Jun 2010 12:19
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".

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: James Silverton on 19 Jun 2010 14:55
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.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

From: tim.... on 19 Jun 2010 15:15

"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.

I think that this is a full list, though many will be inaccessible by bus

tim





From: tim.... on 19 Jun 2010 15:26

"tim...." <tims_new_home(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "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.
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>


From: Jack Campin - bogus address on 19 Jun 2010 18:00
erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote:
> 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".

There are castles dotted all over Scotland, but for my money the most
interesting of them all is Stirling. Easy enough to get to by train.
You'd do better to travel independently by public transport, you can
see quite enough to fill two or three days that way.

Here is a discussion about castles (mainly in Scotland) that have tunes
named after them. Follow the links in this and 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

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