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I mean I guess Arran is technically in North Ayrshire, it's quite nice...

To be fair if we're ever driving through, the miles of flat green fields and being able to see right over to the sea is quite nostalgic, it's a view you don't really get elsewhere in Scotland. But anywhere actually inhabited? :umm2:

It's great! The landscapes are beautiful, so relaxing and timeless.
Also, the Scottish Dark Sky Observatory is a fun place to go to.

London

The immediate south of ayrshire is delightful as well, take port patrick for instance..

A true hidden gem.

Omgggg.

Another one.

ASL?

:joker:

Joking aside, well I was half joking, I pretty much live in the Cotswolds... What a small world.

Hello Mr Gaffer x

…I live in Suffolk but from the North East…

Any Midlanders brave enough to reveal county?

We have recently explored the west coast down in D&G, I have to admit I think it's overlooked in terms of exploring Scotland, most people seem to head straight for Glasgow or Edinburgh and then just head north. The drive north is stunning obviously, especially up the west, but we've done that dozens of times so we decided to "go west"... ended up in a little cove beach with views over to Ireland and caught the sunset. Lovely stuff.

Also we got our dog from a farm in the middle-of-nowhere D&G but that was a bit "The Hills Have Eyes"... there was literally NOTHING out there, just fields and hills. I was 50/50 on if we were going to find a puppy at the end of the trail, or be kidnapped and eaten.

I've got cousins in Kilmarnock, I think it's lovely there... Culzean castle is stunning and the Ayrshire coast... My parents love to drive up to the north of Scotland, it's a very beautiful country. Although I stayed in Coatbridge for a while... it's where they'll stick the tube.

:umm2: They must live in one of the nicer parts of Kilmarnock, it is rough in places and the centre is in serious decline. I've been jumped twice in my life - BOTH TIMES were in Kilmarnock :joker:. And the second time the guy gave up on mugging us half way through and instead started crying... "Sorry I'm greetin'" he said. "I've just stabbed ma brother". And turned round and walked off! Good old Killie.

I mean... classic heroin DocuDrama "The Scheme" was filmed there.

We also went on primary school trips to Culzean Castle 3 or 4 times :joker:. It is nice to be fair, we took the kids a couple of summers back, so I must have some good memories of it or something.

I guess being fair on balance, Ayrshire is nice enough as a physical location, and there are some lovely smaller villages, but a lot (all) of the actual towns are extremely run-down. And the sectarianism problem is genuinely massive.

Troon Beach is a great beach but I swear the entire population of Glasgow descends on it if the temperature goes anywhere near 20. "Yuck" even pre-covid. We watched a lightning storm at night over the water there as a group of teens which was pretty amazing :flutter:... then my mate wrote off his mum's car on the way home and I got whiplash. Memories of Ayrshire pouring back now :laugh:

North Yorkshire, near the north East coast.
Was born about 3 or 4 miles away from where we live now.

Fife but soon moving to Aberdeen

:omgno:

you should ditch the Fife gags and start coming up with new material :hehe:

They are so tight in Aberdeen even the Seagulls bring their own sandwiches

pish

Fully-vaccinated passengers returning to England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from France will no longer need to quarantine after Sunday.


…wonderful news, Remy…:love:…you were the first person I thought of….well, you plus my brother and sister in law, as two of their daughters live in Paris and one is pregnant atm with her first child…so their regular back and forth visiting will be a lot easier now….we love the smooth Anglo/French connections…:love:…

Yes we just read this! We're very happy about this and can start planning our trip back home sanely.:dance:
Hopefully you'll be able your nieces very soon too! :love:

N. Ireland