Comments on: Scotland: The Festivals, The Highlands, The Food, The Weather https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/ Traveling full-time in a financially sustainable way Wed, 19 Jun 2024 11:39:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: theprofessionalhobo https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-34060 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 00:12:21 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-34060 @Derry – Ha ha! I hear you on the uncertainty of the weather. Too bad things are becoming increasingly uncertain everywhere. At least there’s still some certainty in Toronto seasons (depending on who you talk to!).

]]> By: Derry Ironside https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-33998 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:02:03 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-33998 Yes and no (about the rain).
It is more that in Toronto and the Ottawa Valley where I lived for 5 years, one knows the summer will be warm and the winters cold.
I think in Scotland it is the uncertainty.

I remember the local paper headline – it would be 1947 – Heat Wave! Temperature soars to 64.3F

Showing my age!

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-33796 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:25:25 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-33796 @Derry – It’s funny: I’m used to calling Scottish whisky just “Scotch” (as you will know they refer to is as such in Toronto and other places in the world)…I had to try hard not to do it in Scotland, where it’s referred to as whisky.

Why wouldn’t you want to live there? You can’t say the winters are worse in Scotland…I’ve lived in Toronto! 🙂 Is it the rain that keeps you away?

]]> By: Derry Ironside https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-33559 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 02:55:18 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-33559 Glad you enjoyed Scotland – where they make whisky; no “e” please.
I lived there for 30 years before coming to Canada and ending in and around Toronto. Love it!

Scotland is a nice place to visit – but I would not want to live there!

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-27228 Sat, 02 Oct 2010 23:57:38 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-27228 @Leigh – It was seeing the deep fried haggis-filled calzone that was bigger than my head that made its deepest impact on me in terms of the perils of Scottish cuisine. I was hanging for a salad after just watching it being made! (smiles)

]]> By: Leigh https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-26896 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 18:53:28 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-26896 I too went to Scotland for the 2nd time this summer and hiked the West Highland Way (which is available as a free download BTW off my website). Gorgeous country, even when it’s misting rain. The view from the top of Conic Hill (near Drymen) of the islands along the West Highland Fault was stunning. I’d like to do the Edinburgh Fringe Festival one day and immerse myself in plays for a week…or two.
I saw Haggis pizza on the menu but gave that a pass! I still don’t know where they hide their fruits and vegetables in Scotland.

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-26220 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 20:13:36 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-26220 @Frank – Mmm…scotch whiskey….(which incidentally they simply call “whiskey” in Scotland, and I call “scotch” everywhere else)…
I’ll try to keep those dates open….for a fee….(!)

@Keith – I made it to some of those locations….Portree in particular rings a bell as being beautiful…

]]> By: Keith https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-26174 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:53:17 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-26174 Some of my favorite places include: Dunkeld, Arran, Portree, all of Orkney, Pitlochry, and Grantown-on-Spey.

]]> By: A. Wannabe Travelwriter https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-26112 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 05:29:55 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-26112 I need more scotch whiskey with this story.

My wife and I will be going to the U.K. next fall. Please keep those dates open to accompany us to facilitate favorable weather conditions.

I suppose travel via a steamer trunk is out of the question.

]]> By: theprofessionalhobo https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/scotland-the-festivals-the-highlands-the-food-the-weather/#comment-26097 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:11:44 +0000 https://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/?p=2064#comment-26097 @Keith – Any favourite spots in Scotland?

@Globetrottergirls – When were you there? Any plans to go back?

@Mikeachim – Fried mac & cheese, huh? Actually, I seem to remember seeing them on a menu…fried mac & cheese on top of a hamburger if I’m not mistaken…(shudder)….

As for the weather, I bring the good stuff with me! Guess you’ll just have to await my return…one of these days… 😉

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