On Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:25:07 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address
wrote:
>> I will have one week off work at the beginning on July this Year. I
>> would really like to give that week up for travelling Scotland and the
>> Shetland Isles.
>>
>> Firstly, I have never been to Scotland and would really like to visit
>> Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness including the Lochness (Hopeful to see
>> the monster as well). Also after reading Dan Brown's Book, I would
>> also like to include Rosslyn Chapel. Can anyone recommend any further
>> points I should visit on this trip?
>>
>> Secondly, in which order should I visit each of these points? I would
>> have to use public transport as I can drive. I was thinking of
>> arriving with the mega bus at Glasgow in the early hours. Do I take
>> the plane up to the Shetlands or move on to Edinburgh and take the
>> ferry? And in which order should I visit the other points?
>
>Roslin is on a public bus route from Edinburgh. I'm with the other
>folks who say trying do the Shetlands as well as the cities is too
>much for a week. One thing you coul do is go further south from Roslin
>by bus and get off at Carlops to walk up the Pentland Hills - their
>environment is quite a bit wilder than it looks from a distance and
>gives you a good idea of what the Scottish countryside is like.
>
>Loch Ness is rather unexciting. Much more atmospheric lochs are Loch
>Awe (on the railway line from Glasgow to Oban) and Loch Treig (on the
>line from Glasgow to Fort William).
>
>Inverness is also not one of Scotland's more interesting cities. Go
>to Oban or Stirling instead.
>
>There are some nice boat trips you can do in southern Scotland. Look
>up the Waverley paddle steamer, the Maid of the Forth, the Ardrossan
>to Arran ferry and trips round the Bass Rock from North Berwick.
I haven't done it, but the steam train from Fort William to Mallaig is often
recommended http://www.steamtrain.info/ .
--
Martin
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