Brilliant things about Scotland

[JennyPiccolo]

Just cos I love Scotland.

The banter
Irn bru
Men who look like they grew out of the ground
How everyone sees going out and having a good time as some kind of fundamental human right
Edinburgh fringe festival
The barrowlands ballroom
Whisky

The view from my house - all I can see is trees and grass and sheep and cows and the occasional horse. I love Scotland, and I'm proud to call it my home. Like MrsPresley, I also love seeing the Welcome to Scotland sign as I cross the border. There's a wee cheer goes up in our car at that point!

God, we're lucky up here.

Trinity - if you look under the title of the thread there's a box saying start new thread

Lovely towns like Peebles
Freshly caught and cooked fish and chips
No overcrowding
Adequately staffed hospitals and short waiting times. Excellent maternity services
The rolling hills of the Borders and the craggy peaks of the highlands
Beautiful white sand on deserted beaches like Calgary Bay
City of Edinburgh

That's it so far..

Happyland - I'm off to Mull tomorrow

bit excited........

lawn sausage and my family

Nlurker have a fabulous time! We go quite often ( camping) and I just love it.

LOL@lawn sausage - sounds rude! You mean Lorne.

Tadleylass Lawn sausage [shocked].

Tablet
The kindness of strangers
The Lewis/Harris accent
Wearing wellies in June
The language and humour
The scenery
Pipe bands which make you greet
How the Scots can turn anything into a celebration
Tunnock's Teacakes

Marthown of Mabie
Great mountain bike trails
Cairngorms
Aviemore
PBH's free Fringe
Fish (the singer)
Fife
Oban
Skye
some great scuba diving sites
Bothies
Scottish hostelling

that's spell check for you

Balamory

Great childrens' programmes (draws discreet curtain around Granny Murray)

Caol Isla

Highland Cows

people saying nowhere is busy in Scotland on a Bank Holiday aren't familiar with Edinburgh, went to reopened museum the other day and it was literally wall to wall packed with people!

Everything! I'm proud to be Scottish.

Love it's history, scenery, food, people....

I get a bit romantic about it all

however I like this thread and agree with it all

Oatcakes
Raspberries
Cranachan
Castles
Gaelic place names
The way complete strangers will blether away on trains and buses and in post-office queues.
Never having to worry about drought.
Scenery
Books - So many good contemporary Scottish authors.

Had to leave Scotland and year ago and can say without a doubt the thing I miss most is the lovely lovely tap water!

The North West, Torridon, Applecross and Skye.
I've lived here 17 years now, and the scenery is breathtaking.

Some of these are regionally specific I think e.g. the 'banter' and 'friendly' people - come on, that's just Glasgow you're talking about

Mine (probably regionally influenced too) are:

Frank, no-nonsense attitudes
Healthy cynicism about absolutely everything ('aye, right')
Low tolerance for superstition and religion generally, more secular culture
Smaller population so it's always possible to have space to yourself, even in a busy city like Edinburgh
Words like: numpty, glaikit, peelewally (can't spell)
SNP government and utter lack of Tories
Seafaring / maritime culture

Oh yes: food: tablet, oatcakes and lovely fresh seafood

Fanjo I'm from Edinburgh - except for the month of August, it's never that busy there! I lived in England as a child and I speak from experience of sitting in queues of bank holiday traffic! Hell on wheels!

the accents
lorne sausage
the wildlife
kids go free on trains
stovies
the blues festival
broughty ferry
the right lets get on wi it attitude to any emergency
our lack of floods, always feel bad for down south when they get them but am glad we dont!
everything tunnocks
wallace pies!!
the tele
the courier
irn bru

i love my scotland tis hooooome ..

Tablet,
all my lovely relatives, and most importantly...
MEN IN KILTS! I love a man in a kilt! OH YES!!