Top 5 things to do in Scotland
I was given 1000 Places to See Before You Die for Christmas – which has 21 Scottish entries ranging from Golf at St Andrews to Hogmanay in Edinburgh. (by comparison Eire has 29 entries). As interesting as these are I think that they could be improved upon, so here’s my Top 5 Scottish Things to do and Places to see before you Die (quite possibly horribly and in a lot of pain).
An Old Firm Match – complicated, contradictory, possibly unpalatable to some, but to me the ultimate Glaswegian experience.
A trip down the West Coast – build sandcastles on Saltcoats beach, lunch at the Seamill Hydro, ferry over to Millport, cycle round the island and then back for a marshmallow ice at Nardini’s Café (now closed unfortunately). This is a childhood thing for me so unlikely to be shared by many – especially when it’s fairly likely that it will be pishing it down.
Walk the West Highland Way – get out of your fucking coach/car and see some of the Highlands (complete with stop at that crappy gift shop in Tyndrum).
Dinner at the Three Chimneys – I’d like to recommend staying the night but the room rates are just fucking extortionate! Camp in a nearby field instead.
Deep Fried Pizza – any chippy will do. You’ve got to ask them to “chuck in a Pizza pal” when you get in line cause it takes a while to fry the frozen pizza. Pure dead brilliant by the way.
Anyway, over to you guys - let me know what you think should be added to the list.
An Old Firm Match – complicated, contradictory, possibly unpalatable to some, but to me the ultimate Glaswegian experience.
A trip down the West Coast – build sandcastles on Saltcoats beach, lunch at the Seamill Hydro, ferry over to Millport, cycle round the island and then back for a marshmallow ice at Nardini’s Café (now closed unfortunately). This is a childhood thing for me so unlikely to be shared by many – especially when it’s fairly likely that it will be pishing it down.
Walk the West Highland Way – get out of your fucking coach/car and see some of the Highlands (complete with stop at that crappy gift shop in Tyndrum).
Dinner at the Three Chimneys – I’d like to recommend staying the night but the room rates are just fucking extortionate! Camp in a nearby field instead.
Deep Fried Pizza – any chippy will do. You’ve got to ask them to “chuck in a Pizza pal” when you get in line cause it takes a while to fry the frozen pizza. Pure dead brilliant by the way.
Anyway, over to you guys - let me know what you think should be added to the list.
posted by Digbeth D'Marriotti at 2:00 PM
3 Comments:
For all those that think Aberdeen is cool - climb the Cairngorm and then you'll know what a breeze feels like! Beuatiful.
The Sunday Herald had a good list at http://www.sundayherald.com/40798
Hey Lesley,
Thanks for that - good list. Although at 100 things it starts to get a bit lame!
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