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Lonely Planet says Scotland is third best country to visit

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    Lonely Planet says Scotland is third best country to visit

    Come and be lonely weary traveller and we'll talk all about it over a wee dram.


    BBC News - Lonely Planet says Scotland is third best country to visit

    It was voted third best country to head to, behind Brazil which took the top spot and Antarctica which came second.

    Lonely Planet said Scotland's "jam-packed schedule of world-class events" made it "the place to be" in 2014.

    The Commonwealth Games take place in Glasgow next summer. The Ryder Cup will be held at Gleneagles and next year is also Scotland's Year of Homecoming.

    The book also cited Highland Games and the Edinburgh festivals as events that will draw travellers to Scotland next year, and it said the country's cities were well worth a visit.

    The guide described Edinburgh as "the most gothic city outside Transylvania" and encouraged travellers to "take the high road to Loch Lomond, Loch Ness and Cairngorms National Park and fall in love with the landscape that inspired poet Robert Burns".
    "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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    The guide described Edinburgh as "the most gothic city outside Transylvania" and encouraged travellers to "take the high road to Loch Lomond, Loch Ness and Cairngorms National Park and fall in love with the landscape that inspired poet Robert Burns".
    Tis true, I know plenty of goths that head up there for Halloween
    Doing the needful since 1827

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      #3
      As a great comedian once quipped when doing stand-up at the fringe, Edinburgh has a lot of history but not much future.

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        #4
        Originally posted by scooterscot View Post
        Come and be lonely weary traveller and we'll talk all about it over a wee dram.


        BBC News - Lonely Planet says Scotland is third best country to visit
        The landscape and scenery on the way to the cairngorms is truly break-taking

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          #5
          West Coast, Highlands and Islands for me!

          Pity it's spoilt by its inhabitants.

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            #6
            Sorry, although Scotland is a nice country but that report is a load of old bollocks. After Brazil, a country mired in corruption, poverty and man eating fish then Antartica, which I think has a hell of a lot going for it if you like white, cold and penguins.
            Brexit is having a wee in the middle of the room at a house party because nobody is talking to you, and then complaining about the smell.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Churchill View Post
              West Coast, Highlands and Islands for me!

              Pity it's spoilt by its inhabitants.
              Only when you are there.

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                #8
                Originally posted by russell View Post
                As a great comedian once quipped when doing stand-up at the fringe, Edinburgh has a lot of history but not much future.
                Or as another put when it came to advertising Scotland as a place to visit 'Most people do not know what's in their own backyard, unless they're Fred West'

                "Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience". Mark Twain

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by minestrone View Post
                  Only when you are there.
                  It's like shooting fish in a barrel.

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by zeitghost
                    I think I saw that programme.

                    It was Mythbusters.

                    I think they ended up using a minigun*.


                    *To be fair, they usually end up using a minigun. The ammo costs must be horrendous.
                    Ammo costs? In the USofA? Negligible.

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