Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fort William is where I was planning to go during the day on Saturday, if the weather is dry, yes. The itinerary is like this: arrive Edinburgh Wednesday afternoon; the conference I am attending lasts until Friday afternoon Friday evening arrive in Glasgow, spend Saturday there or going to Fort William fly home to Alicante Sunday morning Fort William was recommended to me by a colleague at the office, but OK, he is Welsh, not Scottish :-) Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog YNWA On Jun 12, 2010, at 1:12 PM, piers at hemy.org wrote: > Eh? Can't fault your choice of food and beverage, but the foothills of Ben > Nevis don't stretch to Edinburgh and Glasgow, Nathan! Nor could I stretch > to > getting to either of the cities for a meet. But if you mean you are making > a > side-trip to Fort William, then you are going to be a whole lot closer, and > since the Fort has all the cultural attractions of an abandoned military > camp, I could be persuaded to rendezvous to help you to get over the > disappointment (and there isn't much of a view of the Ben from the town in > any event), even if I can't persuade you that almost anywhere else in the > Highlands would make a better destination than Fort William ^-). > > Pray tell us more! > > Piers > > On 11 June 2010 20:28, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> Ah yes, they have a shop in London too, I was there earlier this year. >> Sadly, I am flying Ryanair with its 15 kg weight limit. >> >> But at least I will be able to fulfill my ambition to eat Haggis at the >> foothills of Ben Nevis while sipping a single malt. One of the things I >> have >> always wanted to do, and now, at age 49, I will finally accomplish it. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu >> http://www.greatpix.eu >> http://www.nathanfoto.com >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 11, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: >> >>> The best shop in Edinburgh, especially for you: >>> >>> http://www.royalmilewhiskies.com/ >>> >>> Cheers >>> Jayanand >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:37 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at >>> frozenlight.eu> >> wrote: >>>> I am going to Edinburgh for a conference on Wednesday afternoon. If >> there are any LUGgers in the area who would like to meet for a pint etc. >> on >> Thursday or Friday evening, that would be great. >>>> >>>> On Saturday morning I will go to Glasgow and spend the day there before >> flying home Sunday morning. So Saturday evening in Glasgow is another >> option. >>>> >>>> I also welcome any recommendations of things to do/see in the two >> cities. I note there is a jazz festival going in Glasgow from Friday >> onwards, including even an exhibition of jazz photography! So that's one >> thing I will definitely check out. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Nathan >>>> >>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>> Alicante, Spain >>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>>> >>>> YNWA >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >