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Threads to help you get the Scottish holiday of your dreams. Try the search facility on https://scotland.gentlydoes.it About this account and me : https://bsky.app/profile/scotlandtravel.bsky.social/post/3ljmtguylrs2y

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scotland.gentlydoes.it is a first-try search helper for Travel Info posted on Bluesky from this account

It is still under development but is useful in its present state; helping to find featured threads on key items

Link is in my bio and this will be pinned post for some time

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What has happened to Labour?

Starmer

Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · Aug 16

Very good question ... took a bit of work en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardvrec...

Ardvreck Castle - Wikipedia

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Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · May 30

@haggisss01.bsky.social

Thank you bsky.app/profile/arey... is one to follow for politics. I've followed you from that account 🙂

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Hurrah - another Independence supporter 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

My primary account is where I do politics and I'll 100% followback. Looking forward to 2026 Holyrood elections @areyouyesyet.bsky.social

Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · May 29

thank you but we Scots are a much pricklier bunch than that 😀

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You may already know but Owens did try something similar in Indiana

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Har...

New Harmony, Indiana - Wikipedia

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Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · May 22

Thank you. May I please repost in feature threads? (credited in alt text)

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Thank you - I can nearly taste the McCowans Toffee

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😘

All good info & I love info. I feel sure that that'll get me a point in a pub quiz some day

Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · May 1

I'll need to Google ... or could just block you I guess 😆😆

Getting back to Glasgow, I imagine they are mainly tea merchants, shipping magnates, slave owners, etc

Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · May 1

I'll raise you ... Karl Marx at Highgate Cemetery 😉

Not "raise" in that sense of course 😆

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In a rare recommendation from me for England (joking), I would have to concede that Highgate Cemetery in London should be on your list

How many cemeteries have a website? highgatecemetery.org

Explore - Highgate Cemetery

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One for your Scotland trip Cindy bsky.app/profile/cyn1...

🌸🌺Cindy Alexander Capaldo🌺 @cyn1422.bsky.social · Apr 30

I love cemeteries

🍀 The Real Wild Thing 🍀 @therealwildthing.bsky.social · Apr 29

🍀💖🍀 Seriously, I can't pass a cemetery without going in and checking it out. Because I honor our ancestors, I like to share their final resting place. #cemetery #crypt #dead #spring #life #art #photography #PhotographersofBluesky

wild-thing.pixels.com/featured/tom...

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Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · Apr 30

Aberdeen and then Aberdeenshire has been my home since 1975 when I came south to go to University

Thus far, you are hitting all the areas where this new BlueSky project has decent coverage. Many other areas have barely been touched

Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · Apr 30

I love this outlook "park there for two or three months". I've heard too many folks saying they wish they'd had more time

Small in size (South Carolina is bigger), but very diverse and - in places - rather slow to get around with narrow roads, ferries, whatever

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I wish !!

No, I credit all photographs on Alt Text. Click on photo to enlarge and read

Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · Apr 30

Climate eh? You like to get the easy questions out of the way first 😆

I'm replying from this account deliberately. I'd be obliged if you would follow as overly-specific info (if/when it arises) should be kept on DM (and I note your dislike of them)

Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · Apr 13

Thank you Ally

Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · Apr 13

Progress has ground to a halt for now as I was diagnosed with cancer 4 days ago. I fully intend to continue with this project though - it might be a nice distraction from the darker days of my radio / chemo therapies

Should you wish to visit at any time, I am blogging it on @cancerblog.bsky.social

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Papa Westray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Westray

Populated island in Orkney Council region. One end of the shortest scheduled flight in the world
(2min flight from Westray)

Includes an important RSPB Reserve

#Scotland #Orkney #PapaWestray

Shag, Papa Westray Stood on the cliffs at the RSPB reserve of North Hill on Papa Westray. Copyright hayley green and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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North Ronaldsay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Ronaldsay

Populated island in Orkney Council region. Where the native-breed sheep are fenced OFF the land and eat seaweed

#Scotland #Orkney #NorthRonaldsay

By Ian Caldwell - Own work, CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1741542

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Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · Apr 8

You will find all categorised and tagged photos in Shetland with this search

scotland.gentlydoes.it?search=KWALL...

Scotland travel info 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @scotlandtravel.bsky.social · Apr 7

Foula is the hilly island in the distance. Photo taken from Shetland Mainland (near Mangaster)

View along Mangaster Voe to Foula

Creative Commons Licence [Some Rights Reserved] © Copyright Mike Pennington and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. kwScotland kwShetland kwpicGallery

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Couple of major projects in and around Orkney which you've reminded me to include www.orbitalmarine.com and saerenewables.com/tidal-stream...

O2 - Orbital Marine

The most powerful tidal turbine in the world.

www.orbitalmarine.com

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Population 15 !!! Try Vaila - that's only 2 bsky.app/profile/scot...