It's tough only having one free day!
Last August our band spent two weeks in Glasgow (brilliant accomodation, Blythswood House) and we were given two free days.
One day I spent in Edinburgh, my main mission to revisit the National Portrait Gallery. Edinburgh is a quite convenient train trip and there are plenty of sights to see. I spent time on Calton Hill which somehow I'd missed on previous visits.
The other day I spent visiting Hadrian's Wall (yes I know, not even in Scotland!)
I discovered if I had the train timings just right (and I did) I could get from Glasgow Central Station to be walking on Hadrian's Wall (don't tell) in under two hours. My main goal besides the Wall was to see Vindolanda.
The caveat is that I've already visited Pitlochry, Stirling, Blair Atholl, Inverness, Loch Ness, Eilean Donan, Dunvegan Castle, Portree, Arran, Oban, Fort William, Glenfinnan, and many other places on previous trips. (We had to take a ferry to Skye. Now you can drive there.)
Had I not, I think I would want visit as much of the west coast as possible. Can one see Skye, Oban, and Fort William as a day trip? If so that's probably what I would do.
Sorry but here's a holiday selfie (LBPB is Long Beach Pipe Band).
Last edited by OC Richard; 4th June 25 at 04:33 PM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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