Edinburgh castle
My first visit to Edinburgh was two years ago on supposed be a summer weekend. But I was greeted by cold wind and it was a completely overcast. An optimum day for me to do anything else but go out…
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Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
Balmoral Hotel, a five star luxury hotel, is a prominent landmark in Edinburgh. This Victorian style building is more than 100 year old hotel and the clock in this hotel’s 190 feet high clock tower is set 3 minutes faster…
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Crathes Castle near Aberdeen
It is blasphemy, if you don’t visit a castle when you are in the land of castles. After many postponements, finally I paid a visit to Crathes castle, near Banchory in the Aberdeenshire. This sixteenth century castle was built by…
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Yellow fields of Aberdeenshire
Spring, the season of growth, is here. Clear sky with scattered clouds has taken over the dull, grey sky of winter. There is an essence of cheeriness all over. Trees and plants turning green with chirping of birds hopping from…
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A Geek’s Sculpture at Bennachie
Over the weekend, I went on a short hike in Bennachie. A range of hills near Inverurie in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. With several marked trails around the hill range, we took the shortest one to the ‘Mither tap’ as we were…
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Loch Ness and Urquhart Castle in Scotland
In April this year during the Easter holidays, I went on a whirlwind road trip with my friends covering close to 1400 miles (2240 KMs) in four and half days. Urquhart Castle on the bank of Loch Ness was one…
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The Performers
Compilation of performers – A Bagpiper at The Royal Mile, Edinburgh The Huckleberries at Bath Spa. Their music was nice and soothing. I had a couple of hours’ spare time to catch the train. I spent more than half an…
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