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Scottish getaways - log cabins

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TheEnglishPatient · 06/12/2006 23:57

can anyone recommend a nice lodge or self- catering cottage an hour or two north of edinburgh?

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expatinscotland · 06/12/2006 23:58

a log cabin?

i thin you might be hard-pressed to find that.

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TheEnglishPatient · 07/12/2006 00:00

why? am i being dense?? you know what i mean though, lodges, holiday cottages etc

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expatinscotland · 07/12/2006 00:01

The men all run around in kilts up here.

Everyone is ginger, too.

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myturn · 07/12/2006 00:14

And all we eat is haggis, all we drink is whisky and all it does is rain.

(Well, the last bit is true actually...)

(And possibly the second last bit aswell!)

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KrissKringleKokeshi · 07/12/2006 00:17

Oh no, they definitely exist expat. I stayed in one up at Loch Insch last year and there's some quite near me on the banks of loch lomond.

I'm a west coaster I'm afraid, not familar with Edinburgh or the east. Well I did go to Aberdeen university many moons ago, but my student budget didn't stretch to luxuries other than copious amounts of booze.

Sure someone can help you though...

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Skribble · 07/12/2006 00:18

There are loads of log cabins and lodges .
Visit Scotland is the tourist board website.

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whensantagotstuckupAITCHimney · 07/12/2006 00:19

myturn i had haggis last night! lovely it was...

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KrissKringleKokeshi · 07/12/2006 00:20

When I was wroking in Boston for a summer someone(an American post-grad student) asked me which part of Australia was Scotland in. Oh, and did we have TV yet!?

John Logie Baird would be turning in his grave!

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myturn · 07/12/2006 00:20

Blergh aitch. Sorry, but can't get my head around sheep's stomach's lol. My own is enough to contend with!

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myturn · 07/12/2006 00:21

Stomachs even...

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TheEnglishPatient · 07/12/2006 00:22

i am scottish so i know the stereotypes and cliches well - i also have a ginger son! as for the rain, it hasn't stopped here for weeks...
although we have lived here so long, we have never holidayed locally so have no knowledge of holiday accomodation, hence my question.
(ignore my name, it's a long story..)

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expatinscotland · 07/12/2006 00:23

I saw none north of Edinburgh, though.

Lots of bothies, though.

W/Jags sitting outside them.

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expatinscotland · 07/12/2006 00:24

Haggis is SO minging!

DH won't even eat it.

He says it's boffin, whatever that is.

DD1 likes it, though. She's a FREAK, tho. She looks nothing like me, she talks funny, too .

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Skribble · 07/12/2006 00:25

I love haggis and log cabins and ginger guys .

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myturn · 07/12/2006 00:27

ROFL Expat!! Yeah dh is right. Dont know about boffin but it's definately BOGGIN!

Sorry TEP, didnt mean to hijack... am racking my brains for nice lodges for you. How about Perthshire? Or around Loch Lomond - loads of holiday lodges around there.

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expatinscotland · 07/12/2006 00:27

It's the boak, haggis.

Sorry! End hijack.

If you're looking at non-term time, book NOW!

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Skribble · 07/12/2006 00:28

You won't get many lodges in fife but Perthshire, Loch Lomond and further up into the highlands there is more choice. Loads of nice cottages .

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myturn · 07/12/2006 00:29

LMAO! You are way more Scottish than me obviously. Haven't heard of 'boak' for ages.

Skribble - you ought to meet my BIL. You'd LOVE him.

Oh, I've missed MN...

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expatinscotland · 07/12/2006 00:30

No gingers here.

But both girls have a shade I call 'Scottish brown', b/c I see it so often here. It is the colour of chesnuts, w/goldy streaks in it.

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TheEnglishPatient · 07/12/2006 00:31

yeah, myturn, perthshire wld be about the right distance away. will have a look at visitscotland and loch lomond too. thanks all

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myturn · 07/12/2006 00:32

Hope you have a lovely time

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whensantagotstuckupAITCHimney · 07/12/2006 00:38

does your dh perhaps mean bowfing, expat?
i really think haggis is delicious, just oats and meat (approximately) and spices.

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KrissKringleKokeshi · 07/12/2006 00:43

oh god bowfing! Haven't heard that in ages. I didn't get that at first...I've never seen it written down! Here's me sat at the laptop going bow, bowf aaaaaagh bowfing! DP obv thinks I'm mental.

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KrissKringleKokeshi · 07/12/2006 00:47

Also sitting here trying boffin/bowfing in an Edinburgh accent to see if you're right Aitch!

Is that naturally occurring "Scottish brown" then expat? My hair's like colour but I don't know many others my age that don't have a little chemical help with their hair tones!

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whensantagotstuckupAITCHimney · 07/12/2006 00:47

perhaps it would have helped if i'd said 'pure bowfing?'

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