Thread: Heading to Scotland, where to shop??

Originally Posted by ironsidegnr

Wow, that was a terrible poem..

Thanks for the info. I will surely try to find that pub.

And Brooksie, this is my second time there.....I was only there for 8 days the first time. They brought us home early so that they could ship us off to Italy.

This time it's almost 3 weeks in Scotland.

That is more than enough time to befriend a few locals and find all the 'good spots'.

Three weeks?! OK, we definitely have to expand the scope of the thing:

- Whey Pat Tavern, St Andrews (already dealt with)
- Drovers Inn, Inverarnan (up near top end of Loch Lomond). Hands-down my all-time favourite pub. You want atmosphere? They've got it - it has apparently been around since 1705
- Ben Nevis Inn (outside Fort William on the shoulder of Ben Nevis). Hands-down the most spectacular setting for a pub in Scotland: gorgeous!

Oh, right... you were asking about razors... sorry about that.

I don't think they have razors over there.... Haven't you seen Braveheart?

Originally Posted by Wintchase

I don't think they have razors over there.... Haven't you seen Braveheart?

Oh man, don't get me started on that piece of... I used to do an entire lecture on Braveheart. Basically if you want to know *anything* about late 13th or early 14th-century Scotland and Anglo-Scottish relations, watch Braveheart and then believe the opposite of what you've just seen.

Seems like a no brainer to me - anywhere that sells Castle Forbes

Watched a Billy Connolly comedy show many years ago and LMFAO. a funny dude

Well, I've done some research and I don't think there's going to be too much shopping happening.... If I stumble across something that would be great, but I don't think there will be too man shopping tips to be had.

There will however be a substantial number of trips to some of these pubs that were mentioned. I love the idea of going to a pub that is from the 1700s, that is amazing and I can't wait.

I'll try to get some pics up if I make it there....and if I remember.


Thanks all for the answers.

Cheers.

Originally Posted by ironsidegnr

Well, I've done some research and I don't think there's going to be too much shopping happening.... If I stumble across something that would be great, but I don't think there will be too man shopping tips to be had.

There will however be a substantial number of trips to some of these pubs that were mentioned. I love the idea of going to a pub that is from the 1700s, that is amazing and I can't wait.

I'll try to get some pics up if I make it there....and if I remember.


Thanks all for the answers.

Cheers.

So when are you due over? Any plans to venture out of Dundee?

Geek

The wife says the white hart inn in Edinburgh which dates from the 1740s.

Geek

Originally Posted by ironsidegnr

Does anybody know any good spots to shop...

Duty-free!!

ObScotSaying: "If I was twenty years younger, I'd be all over her... like plaid on a piper!"

Originally Posted by TheGeek

So when are you due over? Any plans to venture out of Dundee?

Geek

I'm going there at the end of this month until the middle of next. I plan on touring around as much as I possibly can.

I just don't know where we'll be going. It'll depend on the rest of the crew and how much time off we have.