DTMark Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 There was a recent documentary about Loch Lomond on TV. Even gets basking sharks and humpback whales occasionally. Resident harbour seals. Really stunning. The trip wasn't really about "sight-seeing" and tourism, but we did stop off at Urquhart Castle briefly, at Loch Ness. Glasgow and Edinburgh were a long way south of where we were. "You walk for hours to get to the top, and all there is, is another bloody ruin" (One of the characters in Agatha Christie - Poirot - TV series) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1 hour ago, DTMark said: There was a recent documentary about Loch Lomond on TV. Even gets basking sharks and humpback whales occasionally. Resident harbour seals. Really stunning. I love the ending of Free Willy but this sounds even more impressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cavey Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 1 hour ago, ccc said: I love the ending of Free Willy but this sounds even more impressive. Indeed. That's one hell of a jump, presumably from Helensburgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Hartman Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 7 hours ago, Scunnered said: I've never been there, and I don't recall anyone else ever telling me that they've been there either. Coincidentally, however, there's an article on the Scotsman website about the fact that the National Museum of Scotland is the most popular tourist attraction in Scotland which has a list of the top ten at the end: Who on earth are all these people who go there? I think it's a staple on the tour bus route (hence the naff shopping mall) . Also I think a large part of Glasgow decamps there during holidays/weekend. According to Wiki, Blackpool receives around 10 million visitors a year, that's a number I'm slightly dubious about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexton Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 21 hours ago, Sgt Hartman said: The last time I was at Loch Lomond I was stunned to find that on the shore of this beautiful stretch of water, some dildo had decided that what it needed was a shopping mall of infinite crapness, just to round it off. All he had to do was find some blind people to sign it off, which they did. Hardly visible from the lake.This is taken from about 300m away.The tall building is the aquarium. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Hartman Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 10 minutes ago, sexton said: Hardly visible from the lake.This is taken from about 300m away.The tall building is the aquarium. Seemed close and out of place from what I remember. It was absolute rubbish at any rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battenberg Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 53 minutes ago, sexton said: Hardly visible from the lake.This is taken from about 300m away.The tall building is the aquarium. I think you've managed to get a picture of the Loch Lomond monster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snafu Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Does Pebbledash exteriors not somehow protect from rain better,e.g. stop water ingress from all the horizontal rain? I always assumed that was why it was there. As it's always pig ugly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snafu Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 From Wiki on Pebbledash: Though it is an occasional home-design fad, its general unpopularity in the UK today is estimated to reduce the value of a property by up to 5%.[2]However roughcasting remains very popular in Scotland, with a high percentage of new houses still being built with roughcasting.[citation needed] This exterior wall finish was made popular in England and Wales during the 1920s, when housing was in greater demand, and house builders were forced to cut costs wherever they could, and used pebbledash to cover poor quality brick work, which also added rudimentary weather protection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 22 minutes ago, Snafu said: Does Pebbledash exteriors not somehow protect from rain better,e.g. stop water ingress from all the horizontal rain? I always assumed that was why it was there. As it's always pig ugly. It's incredibly long lasting and doesn't go green as paint does; I know one house which has been pebble dashed for at least forty years and still looks fine. This is traditional pebble dash - like small beach pebbles - which I'm not a huge fan of, nor do I like the older grey finish so beloved of council house builders. The modern versions, however, come in pastel colours and having walked along a run of 80s bungalows the other week which were all pebble dashed about ten years ago (one had it done, the neighbours liked it, so they did too) I especially liked the pale pink. I have about five years until the walls need doing and I may well go for pebbledash at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 Compiling the video now. We actually have about an hour of video footage and a stack of photos so I'm trying to compress this down to no more than 10 minutes. In other news, I managed to get caught by a mobile greed camera on the A9. News of that particular misdemeanour arrived in the post today. 80mph in a 70. I'm sure that the tax demand will follow. I know precisely where this was. Mobile greed camera van on the side of the dual-carriageway more or less invisible until it's too late. I was wondering where all the money was coming from for the infrastructure. Moo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted February 25, 2017 Author Share Posted February 25, 2017 For those not too familiar with the pebble-dash phenomenon: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-45591444.html Complete monstrosities. Things like this are very common. More positively: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-64271573.html That's less than we pay now for a 2 bed cottage in Hampshire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nome Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Pebble dashing is hugely popular here on Anglesey as well, I don't really buy into the argument of it being for weatherproofing I think some people just (bizarrely) like it! I don't think the weather here is any worse than rural Derbyshire where I lived previously, in fact it's probably more benign here, yet everything here is pebble dashed. I'm surprised they don't try and pebble dash their cars. Last year the council built a 100m stretch of wall along a road on the outskirts of my village, they did a nice job of it, all natural stone and neat pointing.... then when it was finished they went and pebble dashed the whole thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Bear Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 On 23/02/2017 at 9:27 AM, Snafu said: Does Pebbledash exteriors not somehow protect from rain better,e.g. stop water ingress from all the horizontal rain? I always assumed that was why it was there. As it's always pig ugly. Yes it does hence it's popularity where I come fro, Donegal. In white it looks fine but obviously it has to be repainted every few years. Sonowcem when I was a child, I would presume Sandtex these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 6 hours ago, nome said: Last year the council built a 100m stretch of wall along a road on the outskirts of my village, they did a nice job of it, all natural stone and neat pointing.... then when it was finished they went and pebble dashed the whole thing! Urgh, I thought it was an unpleasant legacy from the 50s - 70s rather than anything anyone in their right mind did now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARIMA Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 19 hours ago, DTMark said: More positively: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-64271573.html That's less than we pay now for a 2 bed cottage in Hampshire. Now that I like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig_ Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 21 hours ago, DTMark said: More positively: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-64271573.html That's less than we pay now for a 2 bed cottage in Hampshire. Know that area well. Lovely part of the world. And what a beautiful house that is. Only about an hour and a half from Edinburgh too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted February 26, 2017 Share Posted February 26, 2017 On 25/02/2017 at 2:22 AM, DTMark said: More positively: http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-64271573.html That's less than we pay now for a 2 bed cottage in Hampshire. Council tax F my goodness, what was it's valuation in 1991....... A house in London valuation far higher than that would be in the region of C or D band.......Still doubt the owners worry they will not be paying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 We had the idea of seeking out episodes of "Treasure Hunt" set in Scotland and one of them actually has (we're pretty sure) one of the houses available to rent in shot in the first scene overlooking a loch. No fixed-line broadband available, we're going to actually have to visit these places with the 4G modem to see if such a place is realistic. Satellite broadband is a last-resort, but perhaps an inevitability. In the meantime, some more full-length video (will get cropped for the "main highlights video") for those who like videos of driving.. the roads are fantastic. Scenery - this comes just before the "Lost Our Way" video a couple of pages back - just stunning: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Driving - 1 "The Whisky Trail" - perhaps my favourite area. A couple of famous distilleries in this short clip.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Driving - 2 and 3 Scotland - Driving - 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted February 27, 2017 Author Share Posted February 27, 2017 Check this out.. http://www.rightmove.co.uk/property-to-rent/property-64345193.html This appears to be where that is (linked to time index) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winkie Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 Spectacular scenery Mark, you must have got that wonderful freedom, feel good feeling being there all around nature like that....I think you should get a job working for the Scottish tourist board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 I watched the last one and very nice too. Mountains with snow on them are an amazing site. Although I was disappointed that, given Mark's desciption of his driving on past occasions, it wasn't more like a rally video with "sharp right turn approaching" accompanied by tyre squeal, mud thrown up, and the occasional spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccc Posted February 27, 2017 Share Posted February 27, 2017 9 hours ago, Frank Hovis said: I watched the last one and very nice too. Mountains with snow on them are an amazing site. Although I was disappointed that, given Mark's desciption of his driving on past occasions, it wasn't more like a rally video with "sharp right turn approaching" accompanied by tyre squeal, mud thrown up, and the occasional spin. Souped up Vauxhall Corsa I think ?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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