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[winterbadger]

So, I'm feeling antsy and my feet are feeling like wandering. So, of course, my thoughts turn towards my favourite destination. Given my paltry leave allowance, I won't be able to travel until May or June, which is a bother: by then it will be High Season, plus I've heard bad things about the midges in the Highlands. And I'll probably be able to afford just the one trip this year. On the "up" side, summer there will be nicer than here (any place is, pretty much), and spending a new season in Scotland (I've only been there in spring and fall up to now) it will give me more data for my emigration plans.

So here's my "bored? try this!" poll for this morning:
[Poll #668443]

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[winterbadger]

(though you need some time to do it properly and therefore I personally wouldn't try to combine it with a trip to Shetland)

Duly noted. The landscape of both looks so amazing, and the placenames are like something out of Earthsea. I mean, who could resist the temptation of an island named "Yell" or "Unst"?

there are some truly astonishing bits of coastline in the northeast.

I did a painting in secondary school of Dunottar Castle, even before I knew much about Scotland; I'd love to see that, and other sights along the east and north coasts. And I wouldn't want to miss Aberdeen.

And of course, there are LJ people who would buy you drinks if you came to the Edinburgh area.

Definitely an important consideration! :-)

Wherever you decide, let me know and I will give you tips!

Excellent! Thank you!

[pusscat.livejournal.com]

Dunottar Castle is one of my favourite places, and one my parents always take American visitors. Slains Castle is also wonderful (though I haven't been for years). It's well off the beaten track, set in really dramatic scenery, and supposedly inspired Bram Stoker when he was writing Dracula. I also seem to remember a rather lovely nature reserve, the Sands of Forvie (I think). And of course there are some beautiful little fishing villages - most famously Pennan, where they filmed "Local Hero". We used to spend a lot of time there and it is every bit as charming as it looks in the film. All that stuff in the northeast, and that's not even touching on Aberdeen (which I find less interesting than the places around it. Great coast for spotting dolphins and seals as well. Ooh, and even further north there are places like the Hill o'Many Stanes - which is pretty much as it sounds: lots of little stones, evenly placed, no one knows why. And I can't remember the name of the place, but there's this very cool little cove that you reach by this incredibly long steep flight of steps carved into the cliffs - we're talkign hundreds of steps, and the fishermen used to have to climb them with their catch - well, probably their wives did the carrying. Anyway, no golf carts for them!