castles near Aberdeen?

OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)

Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to Aberdeen
and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing was a
lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early, so
I began to wonder. . .

Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some kind
of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of the
road to save my life.

Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo

erilar wrote on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:19:50 -0500:

Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to
Aberdeen and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in
London involves flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I
like Denmark, so I was thinking about pausing there for a day
or two. But the ticketing was a lot more involved than just
getting to Aberdeen a couple days early, so I began to wonder.
. .

Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be
some kind of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the
"wrong" side of the road to save my life.

Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen
April 28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".

You know, you really should try. With the wheel on the other side of the
car you'll get the hang of it very quickly. The only thing initially is
to try not to get into an emergency situation since your instinctive
reactions could be wrong.

--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

"erilar" wrote in message
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OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)

Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to Aberdeen
and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing was a
lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early, so
I began to wonder. . .

Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some kind
of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of the
road to save my life.

Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".

Well this looks like the sort of thing, but it's expensive to do on your
own. You'll be unlikely to find a like minded group to share in April even
though it is a school holiday

http://www.duncans-flexitours.co.uk/...day-tours.html

Are you intrepid enough to do this by Public Transport. For example there's
a service every 20 minutes to Crathes with buses from there to Balmoral
every 2 hours.

I'm quite happy to help with schedules if you can indicate which castles are
of most interest.

I think that this is a full list, though many will be inaccessible by bus

tim

"tim...." wrote in message
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"erilar" wrote in message
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OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)

Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to Aberdeen
and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing was a
lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early, so
I began to wonder. . .

Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some kind
of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of the
road to save my life.

Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".

Well this looks like the sort of thing, but it's expensive to do on your
own. You'll be unlikely to find a like minded group to share in April
even though it is a school holiday

http://www.duncans-flexitours.co.uk/...day-tours.html

Are you intrepid enough to do this by Public Transport. For example
there's a service every 20 minutes to Crathes with buses from there to
Balmoral every 2 hours.

I'm quite happy to help with schedules if you can indicate which castles
are of most interest.

I think that this is a full list, though many will be inaccessible by bus

Oops

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...es_in_Scotland


tim

"tim...." wrote:

"tim...." wrote in message
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"erilar" wrote in message
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OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)

Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to
Aberdeen
and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing
was a
lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early,
so
I began to wonder. . .

Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some
kind
of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of
the
road to save my life.

Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".

Well this looks like the sort of thing, but it's expensive to do on
your
own. You'll be unlikely to find a like minded group to share in
April
even though it is a school holiday

http://www.duncans-flexitours.co.uk/...day-tours.html

Are you intrepid enough to do this by Public Transport. For example
there's a service every 20 minutes to Crathes with buses from there
to
Balmoral every 2 hours.

I'm quite happy to help with schedules if you can indicate which
castles
are of most interest.

In my case, the older, the better, though I did also enjoy Ed's
castles in Wales. . .

I think that this is a full list, though many will be inaccessible by
bus

Oops

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...es_in_Scotland


tim

It's something to consider; I MIGHT be able to understand enough of
their speech 8-)

Saving links, thanks.










--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

"James Silverton" wrote:
erilar wrote on Sat, 19 Jun 2010 11:19:50 -0500:

Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to
Aberdeen and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in
London involves flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I
like Denmark, so I was thinking about pausing there for a day
or two. But the ticketing was a lot more involved than just
getting to Aberdeen a couple days early, so I began to wonder.
. .

Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be
some kind of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the
"wrong" side of the road to save my life.

Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen
April 28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".

You know, you really should try. With the wheel on the other side of
the car you'll get the hang of it very quickly. The only thing
initially is to try not to get into an emergency situation since your
instinctive reactions could be wrong.

You don't know me and driving 8-) I never even got used to being a
passenger on a trip with some friends in the UK a few years ago!

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist

On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 23:00:37 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address wroteÂ*:

you can have a choice of
music for just about any castle you might think of visiting.

http://www.nigelgatherer.com/forum/s...ad.php?tid=402

I particularly appreciated this particular tune (Si Beag Si Mor).

http://mandolins.yolasite.com/resour...50410%20lr.mp3

On 19/06/10 18:19, erilar wrote:
OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)

Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to Aberdeen
and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing was a
lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early, so
I began to wonder. . .

Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some kind
of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of the
road to save my life.

Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".

nor even a "whisky tour"?

"Erilar" wrote in message
...
"tim...." wrote:

"tim...." wrote in message
...

"erilar" wrote in message
...
OK, so I plan further ahead than the normal Merkin 8-)

Next May I'm going to take a tour in the Orkneys. To get to
Aberdeen
and thence to Kirkwall without changing airports in London involves
flying via Copenhagen. This is fine and I like Denmark, so I was
thinking about pausing there for a day or two. But the ticketing
was a
lot more involved than just getting to Aberdeen a couple days early,
so
I began to wonder. . .

Maybe I could hunt castles in Scotland? This would have to be some
kind
of tour because I couldn't drive a rented car on the "wrong" side of
the
road to save my life.

Suggestions for something beginning and ending in Aberdeen April
28,29,30? NOT a "whiskey tour".

Well this looks like the sort of thing, but it's expensive to do on
your
own. You'll be unlikely to find a like minded group to share in
April
even though it is a school holiday

http://www.duncans-flexitours.co.uk/...day-tours.html

Are you intrepid enough to do this by Public Transport. For example
there's a service every 20 minutes to Crathes with buses from there
to
Balmoral every 2 hours.

I'm quite happy to help with schedules if you can indicate which
castles
are of most interest.

In my case, the older, the better,

But want makes the age of a castle?

The date of the original fortification or the date that the last time
someone laid a brick

tim

In article ,
"tim...." wrote:

But want makes the age of a castle?

The date of the original fortification or the date that the last time
someone laid a brick

Oh, if there's anything much above ground, someone laid the odd brick or
stone well after it was first erected. I do rather like castles with
13th-14th century origins that have stopped short of Victoriana, though
8-)

--
Erilar, biblioholic medievalist


http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo