gnasher16 29,648 Posted September 15, 2019 Report Share Posted September 15, 2019 10 minutes ago, Gav said: I'm north west lewis, up by the butt Harris is Na Hearadh? Either im thick as arseholes or theres a language issue here Not to worry it all looks very nice.....ive always fancied saying " im going to the Outer Hebrides "....it always sounds just about as far away as you can go 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CHEVINFOX 3,537 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 16 hours ago, fred90 said: off to the borders in the morning for a few days. Great country. some nice views 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,285 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) England has some of the most beautiful villages and landscape in the world, it’s just either over populated or the life has been ripped out because of second homes. I drove through Kent the other day, a place very familiar from my childhood, and it has some of the most picturesque chocolate box villages and hamlets you will ever see......except there were fecking cars and litter and filth everywhere and the air was stinking. My old man had a small holding not far from Sandwhich when I was a kid, we used to go to the cattle market and the mill and all that, smell of hops in the air etc etc. They have built a dirty great f***ing housing estate next to Sandwhich now which no doubt will fill up with odd marks, it really detracts from the protected little historic cinque port and its beauty. Scotland don’t have anywhere close to the same population and you can breath, that’s why it retains its beauty and soul and it’s what makes it such a wonderful place.......massive parts of it are also not very “PC” so oddments get told to f**k off ! long may it stay that way Edited September 16, 2019 by WILF 7 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,847 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 love the place....just wish it wasn't a 12 hr drive up therebest place I've ever been,just knock a door and they let you on to fill your boots ..... not been up for a few yrs but will be taking my 2 lads to experience it very soon 6 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotty12 1,372 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 23 hours ago, DIDO.1 said: Why am I a prick? Just my opinion. I spent half my childhood and youth going to Scotland for the fishing and shooting, in fact right up to my thirties. I have just formed the opinion that sport, pubs and food is better in England. Its only the same as someone else saying they love Scotland. Iv spent feckin a thousand hours freezing on Scottish marshes watching geese three mile up with cowboys takin pot shots. While goose guides top up their dole money. Or paying to sit on a duck pond knowing nothings coming. We had loads of shooting back home but just wanted lads adventure trips away, iv been ripped off more in Scotland than anywhere. Give me a flight on the wash or morecambe Bay any day. There's some good breweries Scotland but try getting a pint of real ale anywhere. Have you ever eaten a scottish pie England were once playing Ireland, and all the jock pubs were full of Irish flags. Went for a week in the Highlands last year, full of tourists and all the shops and bars were staffed with Eastern Europeans. Visited the Isle of skye, the main town listed it's war memorial as as a tourist attraction. All them deer and no staghounds, the fck is that all about Bag of wank. Give me the west country and exmoor any day. Bawbag !! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,285 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 (edited) 17 hours ago, gnasher16 said: Where is that mate ?....i just put Eilean Siar into Google maps and its just pointing at the sea.....i know its the Isle of Harris just cant find the actual place. Isle of Harris look a beautiful place by the way good for you. I know you have been to Scotland but I don’t know if you have ever been to Northern Ireland mate, but I get a feeling a lad like you would feel very at home with that sense of pride they retain about their country and their culture, also (in Northern Ireland) that massive outward display of pride in being British.......I actually feel very at home as a British lad in those places and I think a bloke like you would as well. Edited September 16, 2019 by WILF Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Daniel cain 42,847 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 went to a kebab/chip shop up near grantown on the spey few yrs back for a munch after a long day out on the hills.....was surprised to see 2 little Indian birds with Gupta spots on the foreheads in full garb serving there.....they had the thickest jock accents id ever heardcouldn't keep a straight face....the f***ing grub was banging tried a mushy pea fritter and deep fried haggis 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,285 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 Just now, Daniel cain said: went to a kebab/chip shop up near grantown on the spey few yrs back for a munch after a long day out on the hills.....was surprised to see 2 little Indian birds with Gupta spots on the foreheads in full garb serving there.....they had the thickest jock accents id ever heardcouldn't keep a straight face....the f***ing grub was banging tried a mushy pea fritter and deep fried haggis Sausage, bean and black pudding pie......can’t beat it. Also, a half pound burger with a slab of haggis and peppercorn sauce is outstanding.......it’s a heart attack on a plate but outstanding all the same ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,285 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 The bit to really wrap your head around when you see English, Scots, Welsh and Irish lads having the banter with each other is that actually in terms of Britain those 4 nations have only existed for a minuscule amount of time......1850 years ago we were all just Celtic Britain’s Gealic celts, Brittonic celts and Picts........ The actual establishment of seperate nations is much, much younger than that still........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 56 minutes ago, WILF said: The bit to really wrap your head around when you see English, Scots, Welsh and Irish lads having the banter with each other is that actually in terms of Britain those 4 nations have only existed for a minuscule amount of time......1850 years ago we were all just Celtic Britain’s Gealic celts, Brittonic celts and Picts........ The actual establishment of seperate nations is much, much younger than that still........ How did Britain split into 4 different countrys. Must of started off as a tribal thing maybe. And the populations grew... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WILF 44,285 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 4 minutes ago, king said: How did Britain split into 4 different countrys. Must of started off as a tribal thing maybe. And the populations grew... England is only about a 1000 years old, it’s an Anglo Saxon invention.......the others came into being as seperate nations further down the line with various invasions, wars, rebellions, acts of parliament etc etc but at the time of the druids we were all just Britains......seperate geographical tribes but all Britain’s The British Isles still includes Ireland in the world of geography. Germanys patron saint is I believe from Cornwall ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shovel leaner 7,648 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 If it wasn’t for the Scottish we would have to have English tramps and alcoholics sat in our shop doorways and on our park benches . God bless you Scotland 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sandymere 8,261 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 30 minutes ago, king said: How did Britain split into 4 different countrys. Must of started off as a tribal thing maybe. And the populations grew... https://www.bl.uk/anglo-saxons/articles/how-was-the-kingdom-of-england-formed 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
king 11,664 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 20 minutes ago, sandymere said: https://www.bl.uk/anglo-saxons/articles/how-was-the-kingdom-of-england-formed I will have a read of that later SM I'm off out with the tennis ball and dog now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurcherman 887 12,679 Posted September 16, 2019 Report Share Posted September 16, 2019 1 hour ago, shovel leaner said: If it wasn’t for the Scottish we would have to have English tramps and alcoholics sat in our shop doorways and on our park benches . God bless you Scotland Aint scotland full of smackheads? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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