I'm going there in 1 week for about week. Besides, castle, hiking, and scotch tour.
Any tips from the locals?
06-22-2012 01:09 AM
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ScottlandI'm going there in 1 week for about week. Besides, castle, hiking, and scotch tour. | |
06-22-2012 01:59 AM
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Last edited by wufwugy; 06-22-2012 at 02:03 AM. | |
06-22-2012 02:53 AM
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some people just want to see the world burn... | |
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06-22-2012 04:50 AM
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Go to the nearest train station. Get on the first train available that goes to England. | |
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06-22-2012 07:38 AM
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Tell the locals you meet that you detest the English, and they'll welcome you with open arms. | |
Last edited by OngBonga; 06-22-2012 at 07:55 AM. | |
06-22-2012 08:08 AM
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Lol nice Ong | |
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06-22-2012 09:53 AM
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Lawls | |
06-22-2012 10:26 AM
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Hehe. Truth is, Scotland is a lovely place, and for the most part, the people are wonderful, I prefer the average Scot to the average Englishman. | |
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06-22-2012 11:54 AM
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Scotland is pretty cool. | |
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06-22-2012 01:13 PM
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The three things you already mentioned would be top of my list, too! | |
06-22-2012 02:33 PM
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England has some nice very nice parts too, like all of Cornwall, Peak District, Lake District, New Forest, Exmoor, Dartmoor, Norfolk Broads... our country is like most... get out of the cities and towns and it's actually a stunning place to be. | |
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06-22-2012 05:49 PM
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mmm haggis. do eat it. it's nice. of course drink lots of whisky. find some little village near the coast, it's what i'll be doing in a couple week's time when i'm visiting the father-in-law-to-be. weather might be dreadful but it's somehow ok when you're near the sea and you have a nice single malt to comfort you. | |
06-22-2012 06:04 PM
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Not been to Wales as an adult, by my gf has and she always raves about St Davids. | |
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06-22-2012 06:11 PM
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Also, come to Cornwall, it's stunning. Check out the following, they're my favourite places to take people when they come to visit and they're not from the area. | |
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06-24-2012 08:25 PM
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I grew up in Wales in the middle of Snowdonia. The scenery is absolutely breathtaking, and the people are by and large a decent bunch. The only downside is the complete lack of infrastructure. |
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06-25-2012 04:45 AM
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Other thing to mention if your here for a while - UK is relatively small. You can chose pretty much anywhere and be there by rail or car within a few hours. Get out and about! | |
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06-25-2012 05:22 AM
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Sick, cool cool, thanks guys. Girlfriend is doing an exchange year at the uni in Cardiff, so I'll be based out of there I guess. | |
06-25-2012 05:37 PM
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Pretty much everything is on rightmove or via local paper direct with landlords. | |
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06-26-2012 04:17 AM
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try contacting the student union /university. They may have a housing list but from what i can remember people were arranging their next years housing around this time of year. |
06-26-2012 05:50 AM
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yep - get in quick. All the good places used to go very quickly when i was at uni. | |
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06-26-2012 06:04 AM
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It might even be too late, I remember everybody starting looking for next year's housing absurdly early, like before the spring, back when I was studying in Manchester. How ridic is it that the std procedure there is to move to a new place, every frickin' year? | |
06-26-2012 06:05 AM
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Basically ensures the market is pwned by the landlords I guess, so they can make rent hikes as they wish every time they get a new tenant in... | |
06-26-2012 07:11 AM
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Student accommodation is usually shite. If you're working then just get normal accommodation, if you're both students / she is and you're a bum I guess you're stuck with it. | |
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06-26-2012 08:12 AM
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06-26-2012 10:34 AM
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She's a student, I'm working/being a bum, but since I can only visit the UK for up to 6 months I'm gonna be rocking up a couple months after she's arrived and leaving a couple of months before she does, so I think we'll be living separately. | |
06-26-2012 01:15 PM
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Some student digs over here do a 10 month let with an option for the summer but it varies. | |
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06-26-2012 01:59 PM
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Student digs are not what they used to be!!! I visited my cousin in Liverpool and they had a really massive cool house. Plus she had been in "halls" with all mod cons (en-suite, large wardrobes etc). | |
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