Hi there!

Anyone out there that is taking the Elizabethan Trafalgar tour from July 26th - Aug.9th???
If so, I would love to chat with some people before the tour.

I am from BC, Canada and can't wait to see SCOTLAND!! IS there anyone out there who have done this particular tour and has some ADVICE???

Please reply if you are doing the same tour
OR
If you have already done it and have some advice

CHEERS! NS 2975

oops... I mean July 27th - Aug. 9th (The ELIZABETHAN.....touring SCOTLAND)

Hello NS2975 and welcome to the Bulletin Board.

You might have better luck posting this thread under "Meeting friends before you travel" a little further down on the board.

I wish you a very happy trip and I hope you will come back and tell us all about it.

NS2975,
Hi and welcome to the BB. I haven't done this particular tour but I have done a tour of Scotland and it is a beautiful country. You will love it. Edinborough is my favorite city, especially if you are there during the Tatoo. That is something to see, there is also a festival in August in Edinborough that is a lot of fun.

Hope you have a good time.

Hi NS2975
The Elizabethan tour looks similar to the tour we did last year (Best of Britain) as far as itinerary goes. If you have a look under Tour Tales, you will see our tour tale which you may find useful. Loved Scotland especially Edinburgh, could have done with longer there but you can't do everything!

Aug - we did a "BoB" a few years ago - but would have preferred it to be longer.

"Elizabethian" sounds interesting. So long as you keep your heads about you ... This was a wonderful time for England.

NS2975 - if it doesn't - try to visit Leeds Castle - well worth a look - a bit modern but lovely. You'll love Scotland - Edinburgh, the Highlands, Lochs etc.

Reminds me of that of Campbells joke when we were there.

Enjoy.

Yes I would have loved it to be longer too but then I just wasn't ready to go home! I thought 11 days was pretty good, not too rushed or tiring and we certainly got to see a lot in the time frame we had available to us.
Hmm the Campbells joke I'm hopeless at remembering jokes.

Well, ... they say it was the event that ended the highlands. The night the Campbells were given refuge from the weather by the MacDonalds - and the story of Glencoe. It was the custom that, no-matter what, in the highlands you gave shelter to anyone - even an enemy. BUT - it was an armistice on both sides. This time the treacherous Campbells - after being given shelter for the night - betrayed the highlands itself, and assisted in a massacre of the MacDonalds as they lay sleeping.

'Tis said, its why you'll never find Campbell's soup in a McDonald's restaurant ...

Saint Mike: The MacDonalds are wary of the Campbells to this day. http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SCT-ARGYLL/2002-03/1016376312

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the story of Glencoe

We were there in 1999 and there is something there, something that you feel in your bones.

I've experienced similar feelings at the Killing Fields.

I agree totally Tangata.

We have been there a couple of times and on both occasions it was an unusual experience. Oddly, I had the strange sensation that I was coming home and felt quite sad as we left.

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'Tis said, its why you'll never find Campbell's soup in a McDonald's restaurant ...

That's very good. I shall try to remember it!
Yes Glencoe does have a melancholy feel, as does Culloden. Our scottish driver said there is definately still resentment between the two clans.

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Yes Glencoe does have a melancholy feel, as does Culloden. Our scottish driver said there is definately still resentment between the two clans.

Augusta: Hard feelings still exist but it`s not only between the two clans. Generally, the Campbells are still paying for that incident with unpopularity in Scotland. Sometimes they are still mistrusted to an extent and given a wide berth. One of my husband`s colleagues,a MacDonald, categorically refuses to do business with a Campbell client.