Orkney Island Retreat
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Re: Orkney Island Retreat
Only an eccentric millionaire would bother to make a purchase, or a player from Manchester City with the aid of two weeks salary..
They got more islands round there than Venice has canals and many are indeed uninhabitated or isolated from the greater world. We spent time on Arran many years back but it was much less developed than it would appear today.
They got more islands round there than Venice has canals and many are indeed uninhabitated or isolated from the greater world. We spent time on Arran many years back but it was much less developed than it would appear today.
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Me and the wife had a week planned in Arran. We went, was VERY nice......, but we left after 4 days. That's enough time for Arran.
"....., Manchester City player with the aid of two weeks salary."
Nice, Saint.
"....., Manchester City player with the aid of two weeks salary."
Nice, Saint.
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I just looked at pictures of Arran. It looks lovely! Where did you stay? Is it mostly B&Bs? What about dining?
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9, The wife's mother has a friend who lives in Lamlash on Arran. We based ourselves there. It is very nice indeed, we took the car over on the ferry, and its a nice drive around the Island etc, but 4 days was enough. Other people probably could go there for a holiday and spend a week - 10 days there; I know the wife's mother does. Wish to fk she'd just stay there.
Plenty B&B's in Lamlash and Brodick........, we dined at the friends house once and twice at the Douglas Hotel in Brodick. Great scran in there! During the day; for me, was just junk food from sandwich shops and bakeries.
Plenty B&B's in Lamlash and Brodick........, we dined at the friends house once and twice at the Douglas Hotel in Brodick. Great scran in there! During the day; for me, was just junk food from sandwich shops and bakeries.
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We were there in the early 1960s but was at a young age to remember anything specific, mostly a few scattered fishing houses, beaches and sporadic residents at the time. Must have travelled over The Firth of Clyde water. It would obviously be a lot more habitable or busy today than at time of visit.
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I just may plan a trip there in the future. The only scarcely inhabited island I've visited, was Midway Island in the North Pacific. It had about a dozen sailors, and a handful of Sri Lankan laborers. Other than that, it was just us and the wild life...primarily Gooney Birds(Laysan Albatross). I was there about a week, and probably the highlight was when one of the sailors netted lobsters along the reef...we had fresh lobster bbq on the half shell and lots of beverages that night.
http://www.midway-island.com/
http://www.midway-island.com/
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I'd go North West Scotland, 9. It's just unbelievable up there. Loch Torridon and the fresh water springs etc. Isle of Skye. People talk of Norway and it being breathtaking, and I do not doubt that it is, but way up North of Scotland is on a par.
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If you ever watched the Coast program they often featured the Islands of Scotland and went to Orkney, Shetland, and Fair Isle. I read once they do trips to Iceland from some of these locations but wouldn't know the cost, or the duration of journey. I wouldn't imagine they provide excursions across the North Sea to Scandinavia however.