Where to go in Scotland at the end of March/early April?

[el-ahrairah]

I visited Inverness the other year for the first time and its a beautiful place.

 

[el-ahrairah]

As is Fort William, if you're at the other end of the Great Glen.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

You could try and visit all the Scottish places in this song.

 

[geminisnake]

if you like dolphins and stuff then inverness is the place to go. channory point

You can see dolphins and whales all down the east coast. I could give you loads of stats for them, hubby has just done about 3 yrs worth
St.Andrews will be pricey, other bits not so much. Be prepared for the 40mph everywhere driving if you go to Fife. This is one reason I stopped going there.

I'd probably go for the Burntisland/Kinghorn area. Good base for further exploring, cracking beaches and decent kids facilities iirc.

 

[danny la rouge]

If you like Glasgow so much, why do you live in Sterling, the pound shop Edinburgh?

I live in Dunblane, the Poundshop Dollar.

At first for work, then for the children - they made friends and so did we.

 

[dessiato]

I'd stick with E Lothian. I don't like it much myself, but that is because I go visiting family and friends rather than for purely pleasure reasons. It will be cold in March, it's always cold in EDI. I've never been when it is warm, but I have lived in Portugal, Sudan and Spain so pretty much everywhere in the UK is cold to me.

try the Glenkinchie distillery for a nice day out.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I live in Dunblane, the Poundshop Dollar.

Hahaha, best description of Dunblane ever. I suppose Bridge of Allan is the M&S to Dollar's Waitrose. Or maybe the other way round, I dunno.

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I'd probably go for the Burntisland/Kinghorn area. Good base for further exploring, cracking beaches and decent kids facilities iirc.

If you can't find a cottage, you could do worse than getting a caravan at Pettycur Bay for a few days. Great views, child friendly, a decent base if nothing else.

 

[moonsi til]

I like Oban.

 

[Mapped]

If you can't find a cottage, you could do worse than getting a caravan at Pettycur Bay for a few days. Great views, child friendly, a decent base if nothing else.

A caravan in Scotland at that time of year does not appeal. I've done that in the lakes in April and I could see my breath when I woke up every morning.

I'll go through these numerous locations today/tomorrow. It's good to have gone from no ideas to way too many

 

[moonsi til]

I have never been but Tobermoray looks pretty.

 

[pogo 10]

Inverness, a lovely place.

 

[geminisnake]

Inverness, a lovely place.

But not guaranteed to be able to get there or back again at this time of year

 

[gosub]

But not guaranteed to be able to get there or back again at this time of year

should be alright by end of March,but still a long way away

 

[Mapped]

I've ignored all of your advice and booked a place on Seil Island on the west coast. Looks nice and quiet

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I've ignored all of your advice and booked a place on Seil Island on the west coast. Looks nice and quiet

You'll be crossing the "Bridge over the Atlantic"

 

[Mapped]

You'll be crossing the "Bridge over the Atlantic"

I've seen a photo of it, looks like a bridge over a small river

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

I've seen a photo of it, looks like a bridge over a small river

Haha, it was a big deal in the 18th century!

 

[danny la rouge]

I've ignored all of your advice and booked a place on Seil Island on the west coast. Looks nice and quiet

It's fantastic. I was offered a job there once.

 

[pogofish]

Indeed - its a lovely place with a lot in the area around it - You should have a great time.

 

[Mapped]

Glad its decent

TBH it was the price swung it for us, we looked at loads of places all over Scotland, but self catering places in the week before Easter were very expensive everywhere else.

Also my wife doesn't drive, so having a cottage right next door to the Oyster Bar is ideal for me actually getting to have a drink on Holiday

 

[kebabking]

as you're down that way, take a trip to Keills Chapel, near Tayvallich, Knapdale, and for a beach (yeah, i know, but you might be lucky with the weather..) you could do a lot worse than Port Ban nr Kilberry. excellent views out to Jura and Islay, loads of sealife, and there's a Beaver colony somewhere abouts.

you will, however, be disapointed by Cambelltown.

 

[Mapped]

I liked the facebook page of the pub we're staying right next door too. I'm looking forward to meeting these people We just get news about bands and pub quiz roll overs from our local

Latest status:

That's the Den Mother and me back from the annual hols and back into a decent spell of weather for quite a few weeks now. This has seen me most of the time up a ladder painting the pub and the Den Mother somewhere cold and white going downhill swiftly with two planks strapped to the bottom of her feet.
Somehow she has managed to slip in a quick week away with mates from the gym, I think it might be time I took up some kind of physical activity, something like underwater basket weaving or horizontal imaginary jogging to see if I qualify for another week away.
Bets are on to see if she comes back in plaster (and that's not from me)

I hope I am not speaking too soon but the Woolie Bullies have won the darts league so its congratulations to them and also to the ladies from the Oyster Pearls who gave some of the other teams a shock during the season.

The was some concern earlier when no one had seen Paddy the satanic moggie for a while, but it appears that he now lurks about the bottom of Dunmoor Hill and has been seen munching on the remains of a large Hooded Crow. Hooded Crows are actually a fair size and no one was quite sure how he caught the thing until someone pointed out that he probably dropped off the back of Heather MacLowpers broom stick one night and landed on top of the unsuspecting victim.
We open for the season on Saturday 28 March and look forward to the next season hoping that it will bring all the usual, and unusual visitors that we get. The two I remember most from last year were "Do you sell Scottish Whisky" and "Do you sell beer".

 

[weepiper]

Do you sell beer

 

[Mapped]

Do you sell beer

That's got to be a question from an American tourist. I think I'll reprise it in a couple of weeks.

 

[pogofish]

I must say that that pub used to have a certain "fun loving" reputation but its been a long time.

 

[Mapped]

I must say that that pub used to have a certain "fun loving" reputation but its been a long time.

Glad to hear it, but I hope they've constructed thick walls on Seil as we are right next door to it

 

[danny la rouge]

Glad to hear it, but I hope they've constructed thick walls on Seil as we are right next door to it

Remember to go to Easdale, the neighbouring island. (Very short ferry hop). It holds the annual world stone skimming championships in September, sadly for you), but it's a wonderful place. And you could get some practice in.

 

[Mapped]

Remember to go to Easdale, the neighbouring island. (Very short ferry hop). It holds the annual world stone skimming championships in September, sadly for you), but it's a wonderful place. And you could get some practice in.

We're up for that short crossing. Might pop in here http://www.pufferbar.com/ between practising skimming stones

 

[danny la rouge]

We're up for that short crossing. Might pop in here http://www.pufferbar.com/ between practising skimming stones

That's where I was offered the job I mentioned earlier!