It is an absolute belter and now I wish I'd used some Scottish patter instead of jamCheers, bud. I think this is the only thread on any forum I know where my name has been given due appreciation.
It is an absolute belter and now I wish I'd used some Scottish patter instead of jamCheers, bud. I think this is the only thread on any forum I know where my name has been given due appreciation.
More of a raspberry jam fan these days but
Edinburgh said:Monday 15th – The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (17:50)
Tuesday 16th – Summer Wars (20:25)
Wednesday 17th – Wolf Children (18:00)
Thursday 18th – The Boy and the Beast (18:00)
Friday 19th – Calamity of a Zombie Girl (14:30), BLAME(17:30), I Want to Eat Your Pancreas (20:15)
Saturday 20th – Penguin Highway (13:00), Mirai (15:40), My Hero Academia: The Two Heroes (18:00), Cyber City Oedo 808 (20:30)
Sunday 21st – Fate/stay night Heavens Feel 1 (13:30), Haikara-san: Here Comes Miss Modern – Film 1 (16:10),Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Film 1: December Sky(18:30), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (20:30)
Monday 22nd – Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms(English dub premiere, 17:45).
Tuesday 23rd – Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt Film 2: Bandit Flower (20:30)
Glasgow said:Friday 12th – Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt: December Sky (21:00)
Friday 12th – Cyber City Oedo 808 (23:00)
Saturday 13th – My Hero Academia the Movie: The Two Heroes (14:30)
Saturday 13th – B: The Beginning (+ Q&A with Director; 17:10)
Saturday 13th – Penguin Highway (20:10)
Sunday 14th – Fate/Stay Night [Heaven's Feel] 1.presage flower (15:20)
Sunday 14th – Mirai (18:00)
Sunday 14th – I Want To Eat Your Pancreas (20:20)
I'm going on vacation to Scotland next week. I'll mostly hang around Aberdeen. Thinking about renting a car for a few days to see the country side, any1 know nice coastal stretches near the area where you can stop by? Are there any tidal flats?
Also:
I can recommend maggie's Grill in Aberdeen for food.
I emphatically recommend against the Aberdeen science centre.
The Belmont cinema was also nice.
Scottish people are super nice. It's nice that you greet the bus driver (most Swedes don't), but why are the light switches to your bathrooms OUTSIDE the bathroom? That's not nice.
This is my judgment.
Some are, some aren't.
My flat for instance has it on the outside but I've seen some places have lights on the inside.
I think it's perfectly fine though. :D
But goddamnit somebody could turn off the light while you are taking a dump.
But goddamnit somebody could turn off the light while you are taking a dump.
I usually just say something, they hear me and turn it back on.
It mostly just seems to be the pull-string switches that are inside the bathroom. Normal ones are always outside in my experience.Scottish people are super nice. It's nice that you greet the bus driver (most Swedes don't), but why are the light switches to your bathrooms OUTSIDE the bathroom? That's not nice.
This is my judgment.
Anyone got any experience with Virgin fibre broadband? My street has just been done and at the same time my Sky bill has gone up £20 a month. I'm seeing a lot of complaints about the Super Hub 3 that Virgin uses online though, apparently lots of people get terrible problems with latency and random lag spikes.
Any Glasgow folk vouch for Scotstoun or WhiteInch? Looking to buy a place and they are easily within my budget.
Don't want to live in a shithole tho.
Generally speaking they're both ok but also have some sketchy areas. Whiteinch probably a bit sketchier than Scotstoun, but it really depends on the street. Is there a particular property or street you're looking at? I've lived in Whiteinch in the past and have friends who own a place in Scotstoun so am fairly familiar with both.
It'd be Harland cottages. I know its near Earl Street that's got a reputation of being a shitehole full of bams. But the flat itself looks very pleasant.
This thread doesn't seem to be the most active, but on the off chance... If anyone has any recommendations for Pitlochry, I'll be there on Friday. I've heard the distillery might be worth a visit?
The dam and fish ladder.This thread doesn't seem to be the most active, but on the off chance... If anyone has any recommendations for Pitlochry, I'll be there on Friday. I've heard the distillery might be worth a visit?
This thread doesn't seem to be the most active, but on the off chance... If anyone has any recommendations for Pitlochry, I'll be there on Friday. I've heard the distillery might be worth a visit?
The fish ladder is kinda cool I guess, and there's a bunch of nice walks around if you like that sort of thing. If you were going in October I'd recommend the enchanted forest, but... lol
Don't know the area super well, but if you have access to a car there's some great walks nearby around Killiecrankie. Dunkeld is nice as well, although that's a 15-20 minute drive away.
I'm a big 6'5" bearded guy so my experience may be different to others lol, but it's not all that big and is a fairly quiet place so I would have thought it's safe enough.Yeah, kind of wishing it was later now with the weather, but it was a spur of the moment 'break', so it's just about being somewhere else, really. Walks sound nice. Any thoughts on the safety of the area? I'm not timid, but traveling alone makes me more cautious.
I'm a big 6'5" bearded guy so my experience may be different to others lol, but it's not all that big and is a fairly quiet place so I would have thought it's safe enough.
This. Your biggest danger is being trampled by tourists, Pitlochry is heaving with them. Have your elbows ready!
This. Your biggest danger is being trampled by tourists, Pitlochry is heaving with them. Have your elbows ready!
Things to do out of the rain, that's a toughie. There's now a nice new visitors centre overlooking the dam, complete with cafe. There's the Bell's distillery, or if you're up for a walk there's tiny Edradour distillery. Moulin Inn has great atmosphere, but likely to be busy (bloody tourists). If you're up for a walk, across the dam and around Loch Faskally is nice, and there's the dam visitors centre at one end, the boating station at the other for pit stops. Or you could go down river and cross the swinging bridge.
Plaice to Be is the best chippie and I will fight anyone who says otherwise. It's carry out only though. Main Street is full of cafes now, so you'll be spoiled for choice (Hettie's is nice, but expensive).
It was a struggle to find a room for the three days. In the end I had to split it first day in one place, last two in another. That could be great for company/joining up with random people for town stuff. Or a bother with crowds, as you say. -_- I'll definitely try at least one distillery, and I'll check out the Moulin Inn after a long walk around Loch Faskally maybe. And lunch at the chippie on the way out? Thanks for all the suggestion (thank you, everyone else, as well!). You seem to know a lot. Are you a local?
You're welcome. I have family up there (some of the grannies) so I've been visiting the place practically my whole life. If you're up for something a bit further out, Blair Atholl is about 20 minutes by train, and that's where you start to get the typical Highland landscape. They have a working watermill/tea room, and last time I was there it was free to have a look at the workings of it.