Have you ever been to Scotland?

Summer wind wrote: »

I've never been but I'd love to see the highlands. Billy Connolly did a great tour of Scotland on tv. The highlands were breathtaking.

In the episode where he went to the Caledonian Canal you will see a scene where a large fishing boat goes past, a 55footer called "The Seven Sisters" which is rare in those tight canals. I was workign on that boat when it was filmed. We were taking it from Fort William to MacDuff where she was to be put up for sale. Only recently I found out she was in Ireland.

Ferrari3600 wrote: »

Each to their own...I liked Fort William, and would go back.

We used to drive from Oban to Fort William just to get a McDonalds Big Mac!

As I said before, I live here, idefinitely at the moment, no plans to return home, but if/when I do move back, I'll tell you what I'll bring back with me... the word 'reprobate', they use that word so well, it's the most stunningly articulate insult you could imagine.

That and bringing a hip flask with some Lagavulin to any occasion!

razorblunt wrote: »

The Gubbermint letting us down again!
Why haven't we got The Rockies?
We should have the Serengeti Plains in Offaly.

Are you just trying to act the spanner or something ?

Did I ever mention the government ?

Maybe unlike you I don't blame the government for every fooking thing that Ireland has or hasn't.

Ireland has some nice places and some nice friendly people, but some of us who have actually seen and visited other places can acknowledge that there are nice places elsewhere and nice people elsewhere.

Some people in Ireland appear to believe that this island is so special and we are so special, when really we aren't.
We have shyteholes, we have shytehouses just like most if not all other places in the world.

Scotland has similar landscape to parts of Ireland (Kerry, Donegal, Mayo, Galway), but there is a hell of a lot more of it in Scotland.
Yet some here think we are so special.

And yes the Rockies are special and make our mountains look like ant hills in terms of size and ruggedness.
But going out for a walk on our mountains can be damn special as well.

razorblunt wrote: »

Are you in Mayo? There's a transatlantic whoosh gone right over your head there.

I highlighted the word "shame", shame would imply we have some sort of say in the fact that out landscape pales in significance to Scotland's.
Hence, the Scottish landscape, while incredible and I agree with you is significantly more impressive than the Irish landscape it doesn't put it to "shame".

My post was tongue in cheek on the "shameful" nature our landscape.

Jaysus use one of those icons as my sarcasm detector is not always on.

Also lets not start going down the road on the precise definition or semantical nuances of words or we will be here all day.

My point still stands on why did you have to drag in the government.
Although come to think of it Irish Water could have dramatic influence on our landscape.

Now that that grenade is in I am off.

A Dub in Glasgo wrote: »

Came to Glasgow as part of my railway graduate training course in 1993. Planned to stay for a few years, get some experience and then move back to Dublin. Did not work out that way mainly due to the boom in Dublin and 23 years later, I and still here working and love the place

As regards the rest of Scotland, I have been everywhere the railway goes apart from the Borders area

At least you kept on track, one way at least.