Hilary's trip

[heather07]

I am from Scone and Newburgh is about ten miles away.

That is Newburgh Fife.

There is another Newburgh up north

[Scunner]

Maybe Heather is your sister in law

[heather07]

Can't be I am a highlander.  Person from north of Dunkeld:D


Back on topic
Dunkeld  is a quaint wee place (good chippy) but we will keep that for the road down. (the A9)

At the moment we are stuck around  Loch Lomond.  Train is a good idea H,  but how do we get to FortWilliam to get the train?

[Karennina]

My in laws still live in Newburgh and it is the same one Heather, the one in Fife, small world eh!And you live in Scone too.

[Scunner]

That's nothing, I go through Newburgh every other Sunday and was behind your sister in law in the Co-op.

[heather07]

quote:Originally posted by Scunner

That's nothing, I go through Newburgh every other Sunday and was behind your sister in law in the Co-op.

And I was in front of you in the school concert.

[Jacqui Harvey]

The other Newburgh is in Aberdeenshire, about 10 miles from us.  I can thoroughly recommend the Sticky Toffee Pudding in the Udny Arms Hotel, which is proported to be the best in Scotland.  Also a good  golf course where you can get a game very easily.  
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/newburgh/newburgh/index.html

[heather07]

Go easy Jacqui, the tour is stuck at Loch Lomond.  We are trying to get to Fort William

[Colwyn]

Come on you Scotland-informed folk, don't leave us stuck in Loch Lomond. I spent a fortnight camping on the shore there in the early 1960s. Lovely place. But some halfwit had smashed a lemonade bottle just off the shore in the loch, I went in barefoot to launch a canoe, stood on it and almost entirely severed my big toe, spent many hours in a local hospital getting it stitched back on, and don't want to linger there again for long - not even on a thread.

On a more positive note, we would want to stay B&B in a few country pubs staying for two nights so that we can get in a full day of walking on cliffs, hills or (easy) mountains before moving on. Any recommendations?

[Jacqui Harvey]

Don't know much about the West Coast Colwyn apart from the fact it's a bit damper than the East Coast and there are a lot of midges around in the Summer.  If you come over to the East Coast I can recommend some places.   We stayed on the West Coast in Ullapool last year which is further up than Fort William. Fabulous scenery and one of the best places to hill walk.  The hotel we stayed at had the most wonderful views over the Loch and we were really lucky with the weather. Hotel was The Royal http://www.ullapoolhotel.com/