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UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 26 Oct 2009 | By whippin_picadilly | Views [26]
International
communist links, music bonanzas, tales of grand drug busts and enough
nationalities to tempt Kofi Annan to hold a UN summit here, it’s what
the Scottish highlands are all about - or more specifically, Ullapool
in Wester Ross. ... Read more >
Tags: scotland
UNITED KINGDOM | Sun, 16 Aug 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [143] | Video
Location: Memorial Park, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Dates: First Saturday in September Level of Participation: 4 – climb Morrone or down a dram Description: Caber-tossing can be seen throughout ... Read more >
Tags: scotland, world festivals, braemar gathering
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 15 Aug 2009 | By alistair | Views [57]
So it’s back home to Scotland for almost two weeks. I have missed the place I now regard as home. I’ve been a bit nomadic over the past year or so and it’s great to be able to catch up with family and friends all over. The Nigerian aspects of the job ... Read more >
Tags: scotland, edinburgh, fraserburgh, stirling, carnoustie
UNITED KINGDOM | Thu, 16 Jul 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [70] | Video
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Dates: Last three weeks in August Level of Participation: 4 – no sleep till September Description: There could be no better location for the world’s largest arts ... Read more >
Tags: scotland, edinburgh international festival, world festivals
FRANCE | Thu, 9 Jul 2009 | By keith_austin | Views [146]
THERE was an advertising slogan in Britain many years ago which urged people to ‘Let the train take the strain’. That was in the supposedly good old days of British Rail, Intercity, and a nationalised train network, of course. That slogan, though, ... Read more >
Tags: paris, france, popsi bubblehead, trains, eurostar, glasgow, scotland, prestwick, beauvais, girona
UNITED KINGDOM | Mon, 18 May 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [90] | Video
Location: Scottish Borders, Scotland Dates: From early June Level of Participation: 3 – cheer the riders and stomach a skinful Description: The Riding of the Marches, or Common Riding, takes place ... Read more >
Tags: scotland, uk, world festivals, riding of the marches
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 17 Dec 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [45] | Video
Location: Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland Dates: Last Tuesday in January Level of Participation: 2 – most Up-Helly-Aa parties are private, but a couple are open to visitors Description: If ... Read more >
Tags: scotland, up-helly-aa, world festivals
UNITED KINGDOM | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By worldfestivals | Views [56] | Video
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Dates: 29 December–1 January Level of Participation: 5 – there’s a wee party going on in Scotland Description: For Scots, the New Year has always been a more important ... Read more >
Tags: scotland, uk, world festivals, hogmanay
UNITED KINGDOM | Tue, 20 May 2008 | By nomadicsoul | Views [197]
What is adventure? Adventure is getting on an unmarked train in an empty train station with only the vaguest of assumptions that it goes where you want it to go! On my free weekend from Corrymeela, Camille and I decided to hop across
the sea ... Read more >
Tags: scotland, edinburgh, train trips, ferry, stranraer, castle rock hostel, adventure
UNITED KINGDOM | Wed, 1 Aug 2007 | By thefuegoproject | Views [542]
While living in Scotland several years ago, I travelled around the west coast and some islands of Scotland by bus and hitching. I only scratched the surface of places that I wanted to see, and had spoken to fellow travellers who had cycled the inner ... Read more >
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