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I arrived on Tuesday morning after a 36 hour trip.  I picked up the keys to my hire car, and was met with this:



Yes, it is snow.  I'm glad I brought my beenie with me!!


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That's not snow - the valeter has a bad case of dandruff. That's all ;)
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Nice rental Car  :goodjob:
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 :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

+20 Deg C for me 2 day.  :happydance:
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They were so embarrassed they had to give you a Peugeot they covered the badge up....  :whistler:


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Suck it up princess,your only there for a month,we may have to put up with a thunder storm this weekend(if it happens)other wise we will have to put up with a balmy 29 C and clear blue skies.
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Have a deep fried Mars bar and earn that FatBoy title, mate. :victory:
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FatBoy
London is about 600-700km away from Scotland, which is about one hour flight - don't you think it is a good idea to meet other members somewhere as long as you are there?




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I would love to meet other members while I am in the UK, however I only get one day off a week.  I will be in London in about a months time, just for the day though, and that will be in Farnborough, doing my check flight.  I do plan to catch up with bumpkin at some stage.


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I would have thought you'd be used to that view being from Mastania.  :D
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I would have thought you'd be used to that view being from Mastania.  :D

What are you doing awake, Dave?


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I would have thought you'd be used to that view being from Mastania.  :D

What are you doing awake, Dave?

Just got home.
Busy day.
Been chasing strippers and prostitutes around all day and now have to upload all my photos.  :disapp:
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I would have thought you'd be used to that view being from Mastania.  :D

What are you doing awake, Dave?

Just got home.
Busy day.
Been chasing strippers and prostitutes around all day and now have to upload all my photos.  :disapp:

Some people have all the luck!!  I've been stuck in a classroom learning about the Fire Detection and Suppression System in the S92.


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I would have thought you'd be used to that view being from Mastania.  :D

What are you doing awake, Dave?

Just got home.
Busy day.
Been chasing strippers and prostitutes around all day and now have to upload all my photos.  :disapp:

Some people have all the luck!!  I've been stuck in a classroom learning about the Fire Detection and Suppression System in the S92.

That sounds like a lot of fun.  :undecided:
Actually, I couldn't believe I got paid today.
Lots of nice pics for the family album, a few drinks as part of the job and paid for by work and the scenery was quite nice too.
A good day all round.  :D
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Been chasing strippers and prostitutes around all day and now have to upload all my photos.  :disapp:

Did you not know that a girl with her skirt up can always run faster than a bloke with his trousers down ................ :rofl: :rofl:
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Just got home.
Busy day.
Been chasing strippers and prostitutes around all day and now have to upload all my photos.  :disapp:

If your hard drive is getting full, you can put some of the footage in my Dropbox if you like  :whistler:

Gee I'm a good mate  :happydance:
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If your hard drive is getting full, you can put some of the footage in my Dropbox if you like  :whistler:

Gee I'm a good mate  :happydance:
:rolleyes: Top mate, Dazz. :lol:
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Just got home.
Busy day.
Been chasing strippers and prostitutes around all day and now have to upload all my photos.  :disapp:

If your hard drive is getting full, you can put some of the footage in my Dropbox if you like  :whistler:

Gee I'm a good mate  :happydance:

Thanks, but should be ok.  :)
It's a hard, hard life.
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On the day after we arrived, we had the day free, so we decided to go for a drive to see what we could see.

We came across this castle, called Castle Fraser.



Here is some information on the castle:

Castle Fraser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We paid our 2 pound to park in the car park, and then wandered down to the castle grounds, only to find out the castle was closed.  If only I had of known that BEFORE we left the warm car (yes, that is snow in the photo).

The place where the company have put us (the other guy on course with me) up is right in the middle of Aberdeen.  This is the view during the day from my apartment.



It is the Music Hall at Aberdeen, right on Union Street.  The night that I visited the Bumpkin family, there was the Christmas parade through town, so my view turned into this:







More to follow when we get more time off.  I'm not sure you want to see the inside of a pub, or a simulator, or a classroom.


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Pub, yes, if it has a motorized bull to ride, stimulator, yes if it's in the pub, forget the classroom though.
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Nice looking castle Jamie (pity it was closed)

Did you get your 2 pounds back?

Phil pinched my line about the simulator  :whistler:

Thanks for the Photos..  :goodjob: Where is the other guy from?
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Fatboy - Jamie....Thanks for pics, enjoy your time in Scotland, nice place.   Black pudding with brekkie?  OR perhaps Haggis on toast?  :lol: :undecided:  As for parking fee of £2 at ye olde closed castle, yes mate, they charge everywhere for parking in the UK. :( :sicky:

You need a drop of Glenmorangie to keep warm. :goodjob2:
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We had a day of touring Scotland today.  My partner in crime and I decided to go for a drive, and see where we ended up. 

We started heading North and ended up in a down called Macduff, on the Northern Coast of Scotland (East of Inverness and North of Aberdeen).  It was a bit windy and cold there, but a nice fishing town, nonetheless.  The coast here was very ragged, as you can see from the photos.





We found an ocean bath near Macduff, which looked like it needed a little bit of TLC to bring it to it's former glory.  It would have been a nice place in the summer months, as the baths were sheltered from the waves.





We then headed coastal towards Inverness, and stopped in Lossiemouth for a coffee and an ice-cream.  The weather had improved from Macduff, and we even saw some surfers (with full wetsuits, of course).



We continued West through Kinloss and stopped at Nairn for lunch.  It was, without a doubt, the best fish and chips I have had in a long time.  Fresh cod with a light batter, cooked to perfection.



On the way to Inverness, we spotted a sign for a Brodie Castle, so we decided on a little diversion.  Again, the bloody thing was closed!!  It did look nice though.



We continued through Inverness and headed South, and found this little Castle.  Can you guess where this is?







The flag over Castle Urquhart at half mast for the victims of the helicopter crash in Glasgow.



All in all, a great day.  The weather was actually very nice, particularly when we got to Loch Ness.  The drive back took us a little over three hours from Loch Ness to Aberdeen, in the dark, at 4:30pm!!



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Fantastic pics. Looks just like how I'd imagine Scotland would be. Cold and uninhabitable :goodjob:


I've no idea where that castle is. Is conehead a clue? :P


Good to see you posting at proper times of the day too, unlike your colleagues back "down under" who seem to post at strange times of the night - usually when I'm asleep (why do they do that?).
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I know what you mean, Shambles.  Trev mentioned that he woke up at midnight to watch the Rugby League World Cup Final, but it was on at a reasonable time (2:30pm).  Damn colonials!!


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Great pics Fatboy, always wanted to go to Scotland.

Where's the pic of Nessie  :question:
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Thanks for the pictures and the commentary Jamie, most enjoyable..  :goodjob2: :goodjob:
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