scotland trip - day 2
Day 2, 07-apr-2007
After having a continental breakfast in a mini castle- mini museum like house, we went to Historic Quay (read the second word like key). It was supposed to have been used in one of the wars Brits fought. I forgot the war though. I'm bad in memory as well as history.. :P..
There was one more beach we found, a dirty one this time. There were a few fishermen taking a break on their weekend, lazing in the sun with thier dog singing and playing guitar. It was a view worth watching. These westerners enjoy their life to full. It would look good as a sepia. :)
We were to head towards Edinborough, which was again quite a drive away. So there was no stopping for lunch. But JRA had sandwich plans and Subway was inside the car. Yummmyyyyyyyyy... What more could one ask for? Burp Burp.. This drive did not have any motorways and it was all either a short term dual carriage one or a two way lanes, which meant we couldn't hit the best of speeds. But we did enjoy the drive with beautiful country sides with small yellow flowers at places in the field.
Forgot to mention the RJing which KLP and JKM did. JKM bought a FM transmitter and that served as a good entertainment tool. We could enjoy over 12GB of MP3 in his iPod without having a MP3 player in the car. It was a mix of classics, Tamil/kannada dummutaKa and some English Dhinchak Dhikchik. Boleto fultu timepass kya?
On the way to Edinburgh, we saw Bamburgh castle. It was a nice one just next to the sea. View was good, breeze was cool and beach was clean. I did like this castle since they had preserved most of the artifacts which the king used to use. The road which lead to this place was also very country like and it was just like going to one of your relative's place who stay in a village. Tried to stitch the view from this castle. Try clicking and you may find a bigger than usual photo.
Before that, these castles are nothing but huge houses the kings built for themselves. Sometimes palatial and sometimes ordinary. If we preserve some of the old homes in our villages, with a huge hebbagilu, chaavaDi, aDuge mane and bachhalu outside the house with a baavi, even we can start a castle business in India. Since they are deep in the jungles or villages, we can make a good road leading there and charge 50-60Rs. What say?
Some photos again and we were on our way to Holy Island. This is supposed to be the place where Christianity came to UK from eastern Europe. The speciality of this place is that this becomes an island only after 4-4:40pm everyday. This is a naturally created island and the road was just built so people could get there. We stayed there from about 3:45pm to 5pm and we could see the entire road get submerged under water. It was a sight to watch, something which I would have missed, had I taken an organised tour or a standard Scotland package.
Next was Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. First thing that struck me was 'This is better than London'.. :D.. My personal opinion. No offence meant. But the city layout and architecture resembles in many ways NYC, which still remains a hot favorite of mine.
We then walked to a place called hollyrood, which is a hill and more of a trekking place. It was quite dark and the hike was not lit as well. So we planned to get back after covering half way. We did get some nice pics of Edinburgh.
And this is Edinburgh castle at night. More about it a bit later.
Our destination was a BnB in Falkirk, the historic place where the Brits were beaten by the Scots (or the other way round.. ;D..). This was JKM's contribution.
After having a continental breakfast in a mini castle- mini museum like house, we went to Historic Quay (read the second word like key). It was supposed to have been used in one of the wars Brits fought. I forgot the war though. I'm bad in memory as well as history.. :P..
There was one more beach we found, a dirty one this time. There were a few fishermen taking a break on their weekend, lazing in the sun with thier dog singing and playing guitar. It was a view worth watching. These westerners enjoy their life to full. It would look good as a sepia. :)
We were to head towards Edinborough, which was again quite a drive away. So there was no stopping for lunch. But JRA had sandwich plans and Subway was inside the car. Yummmyyyyyyyyy... What more could one ask for? Burp Burp.. This drive did not have any motorways and it was all either a short term dual carriage one or a two way lanes, which meant we couldn't hit the best of speeds. But we did enjoy the drive with beautiful country sides with small yellow flowers at places in the field.
Forgot to mention the RJing which KLP and JKM did. JKM bought a FM transmitter and that served as a good entertainment tool. We could enjoy over 12GB of MP3 in his iPod without having a MP3 player in the car. It was a mix of classics, Tamil/kannada dummutaKa and some English Dhinchak Dhikchik. Boleto fultu timepass kya?
On the way to Edinburgh, we saw Bamburgh castle. It was a nice one just next to the sea. View was good, breeze was cool and beach was clean. I did like this castle since they had preserved most of the artifacts which the king used to use. The road which lead to this place was also very country like and it was just like going to one of your relative's place who stay in a village. Tried to stitch the view from this castle. Try clicking and you may find a bigger than usual photo.
Before that, these castles are nothing but huge houses the kings built for themselves. Sometimes palatial and sometimes ordinary. If we preserve some of the old homes in our villages, with a huge hebbagilu, chaavaDi, aDuge mane and bachhalu outside the house with a baavi, even we can start a castle business in India. Since they are deep in the jungles or villages, we can make a good road leading there and charge 50-60Rs. What say?
Some photos again and we were on our way to Holy Island. This is supposed to be the place where Christianity came to UK from eastern Europe. The speciality of this place is that this becomes an island only after 4-4:40pm everyday. This is a naturally created island and the road was just built so people could get there. We stayed there from about 3:45pm to 5pm and we could see the entire road get submerged under water. It was a sight to watch, something which I would have missed, had I taken an organised tour or a standard Scotland package.
Next was Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. First thing that struck me was 'This is better than London'.. :D.. My personal opinion. No offence meant. But the city layout and architecture resembles in many ways NYC, which still remains a hot favorite of mine.
We then walked to a place called hollyrood, which is a hill and more of a trekking place. It was quite dark and the hike was not lit as well. So we planned to get back after covering half way. We did get some nice pics of Edinburgh.
And this is Edinburgh castle at night. More about it a bit later.
Our destination was a BnB in Falkirk, the historic place where the Brits were beaten by the Scots (or the other way round.. ;D..). This was JKM's contribution.
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