What's The Furtheset North In Britain You Have Been?

[Arthur]

Fort William after I went up there

I would imagine [MENTION=314]Arthur[/MENTION] hasn't been to Scotland

Not so, I'm a well travelled man I'll have you know. I doubt there are many people on this board that can claim to be a honorary member of the most feared group of ultras in the British Isles....The Jags Ultras. They make those NSK berks look like....well berks!

I will say though the most unfriendly place I think I've ever been is Aberdeen. True story; I came out of my hotel, jumped in a cab and asked for him to take me to the football ground (Aberdeen were at home to Hamilton in the Jock Cup if memory recalls). The cabbie puts the handbrake on and starts messing with the meter putting it up to 3 pounds something before we've even moved. I jokingly say "Is that English tax?" cabbie just replied with "Yep" and drove off.

So when anyone tells you the further north you go the friendlier people get you can take it from me that that statement is a load of cocksnot!

 

[Freddie Goodwin.]

Thurso, north coast of Scotland.

 

[omgitsjames]

London....

 

[BadFish]

Loch Ness and Inverness- Absolutley stunning part of the world, I love Scotland!

I went to visit a mate who was living up their at the time. I went to the pub with him and his highland mates and honestly couldn't understand a word they were saying unless they slowed down and spoke to me like I was a simpleton.

 

[Seagrrl]

Spent a week in Orkney last year and loved it, although the guide at Highland Park distillery warned us that Orkney had two seasons: winter and July. We were there in August. He wasn't wrong: it was wintry enough one day that the ferry back to Scotland was suspended.

Great place, and the tour guide who took us around the prehistoric sites was from Haywards Heath, had moved up years ago and loved it. Found everyone there to be amazingly friendly, fantastic, a week wasn't long enough.

 

[Bozza]

Findon. Didn't like it - it's grim up North.

 

[Notters]

Torridon

 

[Working class pride]

Edin- rah for rugby. Not my fault, Antipodeans said it would be a good trip. Never, ever again. Irritating posh blokes behaving like hooligans in kilts (although apparently its OK when they act like gits), Kiwis trying to tell me some egg chaser I have never heard of is bigger than George Best and sanctimonious pillocks with their even more irritating rugby loving girlfriends everywhere. It was so bad that it almost made me go completely the other way and almost miss The Event in Brighton.

 

[Lethargic]

Reykjavik, Iceland first or UK only Fort William.

 

[Weststander]

Cape Wrath, (the top NW of mainland Britain) ... stunning part of the world.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

Dounreay

 

[slinky]

isle of mull - tobermory

 

[Working class pride]

isle of mull - tobermory

did you find the treasure..?

 

[Perkino]

Wigan, but I'm not overly well travelled. I've only ever been to 4 other countries, 1 is France and another is Wales

 

[Hatman1234]

errrr York.

 

[Best Foot Forward]

Stornoway in the Western Isles on business. Flight was delayed on the way back because the one man crew was taken ill.....and it was very very windy!

 

[Best Foot Forward]

Oh and also went to John O'Groats when on holiday in Scotland about 35 years ago. I had removed this fact from my memory until this thread (for good reason)

 

[redhill seagull 66]

merstham

 

[Camicus]

Live in Bradford furthest north was Inverness to lay a poppy for my great uncle

 

[SeagullSongs]

Hull is the furthest North I have set foot FULL STOP

Furthest East and South is in Kenya and the furthest West is Vancouver, Canada - for all none of you who are interested.