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HOLIDAY DESTINATION IN SCOTLAND FOR THE LESS ABLE TRAVELER
Crathie
Opportunity Holidays www.crathieholidays.org.uk. has
4 self catering cottages which are for weekly or short break rental and are
accessible to all but have special facilities for people with
disabilities. The
holiday cottages have been designed to be easily
accessible and specialist equipment such as hoists, portable ramps, alarms and
scooters are available to ensure visitors have all they need without facing the
hassle and expense of transporting it. The COH ethos is that disabled people
should not have to spend any more for a holiday than an able bodied person, so
no charge is made for the extra equipment. Our cottages also featured on the
Balmoral Castle website although we are completely independent of the Balmoral
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For more information on Ed Pearlman tours, click here.
Ed Pearlman Trips to Scotland
Join
a Scottish walking guide from CnDO Scotland (35 years experience leading
hikes in Scotland) and music guide Ed Pearlman (35 years experience teaching,
performing, and 19 years as music columnist for Scottish Life magazine) on an
unforgettable walking/music tour of Scotland next summer. There are 3 to choose
from; you'll join a small group of up to 7, plus our 2 guides, staying generally
2 nights in each location, with day hikes and evening private performances by
top Scottish musicians. The three tours are: Highlands
& Skye (June
24-July 2); Outer Hebrides
(July 6-16, only 2 spaces left on this trip); and
Orkney/Shetland (July 26-Aug 7).
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GLASGOW APARTMENT RENTAL
My apartments
in Glasgow may be of interest to any of your members considering
visiting Glasgow or Scotland over the coming months. I have had many guests from
the US over the last 8 years and particularly around the time of the World Pipe
band Championships.
For more information, you may contact:
ISLE OF SKYE RENTAL
Self catering holiday cottage holiday
cottage rental located in a stunning setting on the Isle of Skye. Owners are
also in the process of building
another beautiful house nearby. If this is of interest, contact them through
the following web sites.
www.skyewindowhouse.com
www.skyewhitehouse.com ******************
Always recommended by us for individual or tour arrangements: SCOTTISH HIGHLAND TRAILS
7 Dalmahoy Crescent, Balerno EH14 7DF Scotland
Telephone: +44 (0) 131 449
9500 Fax: +44 (0) 131 449 9501
E-mail: [email protected] ************************************
Scottie recommends this site and that's good enough for me. A good way to book private B&B's for a more authentic visit to
Scotland. Click here for the "Private House Stays" web site.
I am a genealogist, living in Ontario, with an expert in Scottish genealogy research. I offer 10 day trips to Scotland
to allow people to access the records directly. I take groups to the repositories in Edinburgh (Scotland's People Centre,
The Scottish Genealogy Society, The National Library of Scotland) and in Glasgow (The Mitchell Library - the largest Library
in Europe with one full floor dedicated to genealogy research and now a second floor which houses the Genealogy Centre - a
repository with full access to all of the records). In addition, I arrange speakers to help those in the tour better understand
their scottish research and scottish ancestry. Being from Scotland, I think it is really important for those of British Heritage
to gain a greater understanding of who they are as a person. As such, I take the groups to The Scottish Expericence Dinner
Show and arrange a full Scottish Banquet in a small country castle on the outskirts of Edinburgh for the final night. There
is time for people to travel to the part of Scotland where their ancestors lived. This is not included in the tour price,
but I will make all of the arrangements for the individuals as requested. Since travel is not from Ontario, I would suggest
that interested participants register for the "Land Only" portion of the tour.
groups of 5 or more qualify
for a $100 per person discount (this is in addition to the fundraiser donation per participant).
Christine Woodcock
Tour Facilitator
Genealogy Tours of Scotland *
*For Christine Woodcock's newsletter and brochure, click here:
Scottish Genealogy Holidays
Come to Scotland and find your family’s history. While you are here, discover your
ancestral heritage. Genealogy Tours of Scotland provides 10 day genealogy research
holidays at the archives in Scotland.
Your fees provide:
• 9 nights accommodation in the heart of Edinburgh
• 9 breakfasts
• 2 days of assisted research at Scotland’s People Centre in Edinburgh
(home of the GRO)
• 1 evening of assisted research at Scotland’s People Centre
• 2 days of research at the Mitchell Library in Glasgow (Europe’s largest library)
• 1 day of assisted research at the National Library in Edinburgh
• 1 day of assisted research at the Scottish Genealogy Society in Edinburgh
• Dinner at Dalhousie Castle
• An evening of Scottish food and entertainment at the Scottish Show in Edinburgh
• A free weekend to travel to the home of your ancestors
• Transportation to the research facilities and the evening events
Come to Scotland. Search your roots; discover your heritage. You’ll be glad you did.
www.genealogytoursofscotland.ca
[email protected]
Christine Woodcock
Tour Facilitator
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Royal Mile Edinburgh web page. Click here.
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Royalmileedinburgh.com is a visitors guide to Scotlad's most famous
street, and includes all the information needed to research, plan and
enjoy your trip to the Royal Mile. It includes details of Hotels,
Restaurants and visitor attractions as well as practical information
such as the nearest Post Office, Drug Store etc.
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Apartments
for Rent in Edinburgh
We have a comfortable
apartment available for short term holiday lets in Cockburn Street in the Old Town in the heart of Edinburgh, about 5 minutes
from both the Castle and Princes Street, the main shopping street.
Should anyone be
planning a trip to Edinburgh and be interested, further information is available from Katie Kerr, Greatbase at http://www.greatbase.co.uk/
and she has
several other comfortable apartments for rent on the same website.
In the hope that
this may be of interest, with many thanks,
Your sincerely,
Harriet Brennan
26 Hampton Park
Bristol BS6 6LH
and
43/3 Cockburn Street
Edinburgh EH1 1BS
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Self Catering Cottage Available for Rental
Isle of Skye
Currently there is available a self-catering holiday cottage on the Isle of Skye. With beautiful loch views,
Keeper’s Cottage is located in the charming village of Skeabost Bridge, only six miles from Portree.
Skeabost Bridge has a country house hotel, a golf course and the best salmon river on Skye.
We would be delighted to accommodate your members at our cottage and would like to draw their attention to our website
www.keeperscottage-skye.co.uk
Kind regards, John and Wendy Cowpe.
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Always ask the recommended accommodation and/or travel service if they offer a discount
to our members. Many do offer discounts to our members, but in some cases you have had to be a member for a lengthy
period of time. We have registered most of you so far, but check with us before you contact them.
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STIRLING GHOSTWALK
2010 marked the 20th
Anniversary of the STIRLING GHOSTWALK - dramatic guided tours of the
spooks and crannies of the foremost of Scotland’s historic Royal Burghs...and,
since 2001, it’s newest City.
Starting at the Stirling Old Town Jail, the tour travels through the historic
Valley Cemetery, featuring sites as Mar’s
Wark, the Stirling Guildhall and Holy
Rude Church - all in the shadow of stately Stirling Castle - with
actors bringing to life colourful characters and stories from the rich folklore of the Castle
Rock, the former favoured seat of the ruling House of Stewart.
Jack Rankin ‘the Happy Hangman’, the Hellfire and Brimstone preacher Blind Alick Lyon (reputed to have
vanished on the Holy Rude kirkyard’s Ladies Hill, battling the devil) and the amorous merchant ‘Auld Staney Breeks’
have been delighting boys and ghouls of all ages for two decades.
To celebrate twenty years of ‘Waking the Dead’, we’re
offering discounts to guests to local hotels, patrons of Stirling’s museums and galleries - and members of Caledonian
Societies, such as yours - throughout 2010.
Should any of your members be visiting Scotland or Stirling, this year, we’d be grateful if you could advise
them that they will be guaranteed a 10% discount on our usual ticket price (£6 for adults, £4 for children, students and seniors)
on production of their membership card (or other accreditation) for your society. A 20-25% discount will be available for
pre-booked group parties of ten persons or more.
For further details visit http://www.stirlingghostwalk.com/
Tours run from Tuesday-to-Saturday in the peak of the tourist season, in July and August, starting
at 8.30pm - and at 8.00pm every Friday evening throughout the rest of the year.
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Scottish Bank Note Warning
One of our members warns that if you are traveling on a mixed European itinerary with an early stop in Scotland
or Northern Ireland and later plan to exchange UK pounds outside the UK, make sure you request Bank of England notes
to start with. Scottish notes may not be accepted outside of Scotland.
To read a detailed explanation by the Bank of Scotland, written to one of our members who encountered the problem while on
his way to serve in Afghanistan, please click here.
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For information on rental of luxury self-catering apartments for business or pleasure, contact Glasgow City Flats. Click here.
For information on the McQuade Collection of Glasgow Hotels and Apartments, click here:
For information on the GNWS Travel Guide for Scotland, click here:
For information on a beautiful Victorian Villa called the "Belhaven Hotel" conveniently located in North Berwick (east of
Edinburgh) click here:
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