The magic of Culzean

[DaveK]

Excuse me while I puke!

Oh for that sorry fate to be bestowed upon any poor individual...

Long live the Celts!!

Marco.

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Methinks he doth protest too much !!

[Marco]

Quite the contrary, old boy... One good 'poke' (or in your case several) deserves another



Marco.

[DaveK]

Hi Neil,
Whilst we have a marginally different view on how many times England (God's own country, note Marco ) has been invaded, we can ALL agree on the pics - beautiful - even put a superficial gloss on Scotland !
Cheers,

[Spectral Morn]

Hi Neil,
Whilst we have a marginally different view on how many times England (God's own country, note Marco ) has been invaded, we can ALL agree on the pics - beautiful - even put a superficial gloss on Scotland !
Cheers,

I would be quite happy to pack up and move to Scotland tomorrow or even now (if my wife would), but I can't think of anywhere in England that I would move to. England is that bit of space in between Cornwall, Wales and Scotland


Regards D S D L

[DaveK]

England is that bit of space in between Cornwall, Wales and Scotland


Regards D S D L

Hi Neil,
Actually, (strictly between you and I - for goodness sakes don't tell Marco !! ), I have a lot of sympathy for that point of view. England has lot going for it (but I'll not start to list them or I'll be here all night ), including scenery like National Parks, North Yorkshire moors, Lake District etc. and I'm claiming Cornwall as part of England despite Marco's waffle about Celts. Incidentally, how does a second generation Eyetalian get so involved in Celtishness ?
My various jobs for the last 30 years or so involved me in a lot of travelling around UK (and mainland Europe and the Far East to a lesser extent), so I have seen a fair bit of the local scenery. I've yet to find somewhere that I would seriously consider moving to outside the UK. Cornwall I know very well, had dozens of family holidays there over the years, mainly around the very South West, St Ives etc., and even now my wife and daughter generally still go for a week each year to a flat on the harbour front there - I live like a batchelor for a week, sitting 5 Persian cats, 3 of our's and 2 of my our daughter's. Wales has some beautiful spots but I really haven't seen enough of it. I spent a wonderful week based in Oban, SCUBA diving, a few years ago and though I spent much of my time under water I saw a lot of absolutely beautiful scenery travelling from dive site to dive site. A guy I used to work with over 30 years ago went every year up around Cape Wrath and really used to sing the area's praises, That memory, reinforced by my visit to Oban, set a seed in my mind to do the Grand Tour up the west and north coasts of Scotland but I've never got round to it. I did a bit of travelling around Northern Ireland also, and my visits there, together with various articles and TV reports, have also set a seed in my mind to do the Grand Tour around the south, west and north coast of Eire, but again I've never got round to it - someday maybe !
Anyway, it transpires that we are not really so far apart in our views after all, history notwithstanding.
Cheers,

[Spectral Morn]

Hi Neil,
Actually, (strictly between you and I - for goodness sakes don't tell Marco !! ), I have a lot of sympathy for that point of view. England has lot going for it (but I'll not start to list them or I'll be here all night ), including scenery like National Parks, North Yorkshire moors, Lake District etc. and I'm claiming Cornwall as part of England despite Marco's waffle about Celts. Incidentally, how does a second generation Eyetalian get so involved in Celtishness ?
My various jobs for the last 30 years or so involved me in a lot of travelling around UK (and mainland Europe and the Far East to a lesser extent), so I have seen a fair bit of the local scenery. I've yet to find somewhere that I would seriously consider moving to outside the UK. Cornwall I know very well, had dozens of family holidays there over the years, mainly around the very South West, St Ives etc., and even now my wife and daughter generally still go for a week each year to a flat on the harbour front there - I live like a batchelor for a week, sitting 5 Persian cats, 3 of our's and 2 of my our daughter's. Wales has some beautiful spots but I really haven't seen enough of it. I spent a wonderful week based in Oban, SCUBA diving, a few years ago and though I spent much of my time under water I saw a lot of absolutely beautiful scenery travelling from dive site to dive site. A guy I used to work with over 30 years ago went every year up around Cape Wrath and really used to sing the area's praises, That memory, reinforced by my visit to Oban, set a seed in my mind to do the Grand Tour up the west and north coasts of Scotland but I've never got round to it. I did a bit of travelling around Northern Ireland also, and my visits there, together with various articles and TV reports, have also set a seed in my mind to do the Grand Tour around the south, west and north coast of Eire, but again I've never got round to it - someday maybe !
Anyway, it transpires that we are not really so far apart in our views after all, history notwithstanding.
Cheers,

I am glad we haven't fallen out. There is much in England that is both special and beautiful but for me the sheer majesty of Scotland beats the best that England has to offer IMHO. Even the Lake District as beautiful as it is pales into insignificance next to Scotland's best, again IMHO.

Yes I know what you mean about Marco...now if he were say Spanish he might be related to the clan Milesians (Oisin in a new report into genetics http://killarney-ireland.info/geneal...genealogy.html) or http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...ds-416727.htmlor http://halfmoon.tripod.com/Spain.html) who spread out of Spain, into France and then Ireland, thus claiming to be a Celt but the thing is Scotland seeps into your blood and soul and you wake up changed. You love it...and thats it. Assimilation complete.


Regards D S D L

[scrufftyguy]

Even the Lake District as beautiful as it is pales into insignificance next to Scotland's best, again IMHO.

The Lake District would be a fantastic spot if there weren't so many tourists (you wanna try living here!)...the tourists (of which I'm regularly one) are all a bit more spread out in Scotland which makes it far better!

Ade