Places to see in ( Elgin - UK )
Places to see in ( Elgin - UK )
Elgin is a former cathedral city and Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland. Elgin is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the floodplain. Elgin is first documented in the Cartulary of Moray in 1190 AD. It was created a Royal Burgh in the 12th century by King David I of Scotland and by that time had a castle on top of the present day Lady Hill to the west of the town.
The modern town straddles the River Lossie, with the suburbs of Bishopmill to the north and New Elgin to the south. Permo-Triassic rocks, rare in Scotland, are commonly found around Elgin. These are composed of aeolian sandstone formed when this area was subjected to desert conditions. Quarry Wood, on the town's edge, has a formation nicknamed Cuttie's Hillock which produced the internationally known fossils called the Elgin Reptiles. In the Elgin district, boulders belonging to the lowest group of Jurassic strata, Oxford clay and chalk are found both in glacial deposits and on the surface of the ground. The largest of these deposits is at Linksfield, where limestone and shale lie on boulder clay. There is a large hill in downtown Elgin, often viewed as the highlight of the Elgin tourist trail.
Elgin is situated on the A96 trunk route which connects the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness. Heavy traffic through the town causes serious congestion. Scottish transport minister Tavish Scott visited the town in August 2006 to look at the traffic management problems and to meet campaigners for a bypass. It is estimated that a bypass would remove about one third of traffic from Elgin's streets. The A941 runs from Lossiemouth through Elgin to Rothes, Craigellachie, Dufftown and Rhynie. Elgin railway station is operated by Abellio ScotRail. The railway also connects to Aberdeen and Inverness which have trains to other UK destinations. Elgin's bus station is operated mainly by Stagecoach, and provides services within Elgin and to other local towns as well as to Aberdeen and Inverness. There is a 'Jet' bus service which runs to the Inverness Airport at Dalcross, Inverness has flights to mainly UK destinations while Aberdeen airport has UK and international flights.
Alot to see in ( Elgin - UK ) such as :
Elgin Cathedral
Elgin Museum, 1 High Street
Elgin Library, Cooper Park
Elgin Golf Club, Hardhillock, Birnie Road
Glassgreen Golf Range, Birnie Road
Cooper Park: boating, pitch and putt, tennis
Biblical Gardens
Moray Leisure Centre, Borough Briggs Road, containing swimming pool, ice rink and a gymnasium
Town Hall with auditorium for production of shows
Community Centre, Trinity Road: badminton
The Lantern Gallery, 18 South Guildry Street
Red Shoes Theatre and music venue, High Street
Elgin Youth Café, Francis Place
Moray Jazz Club, ground floor of the Elgin City Football Club, Borough Briggs Road
( Elgin - UK ) is well know as a tourist destination because of the variety of places you can enjoy while you are visiting the city of Elgin . Through a series of videos we will try to show you recommended places to visit in Elgin - UK
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Inverness Dalcross Airport Spotting April 27th 2016
Having spent a good 2 weeks up in Aberdeen during April I opted to take a day to head up to Inverness Airport for the afternoon.
I've often visited the airport up there over the years whilst visiting friends in the area. This year is an especially good one for both the airport and Inverness and the surrounding area with British Airways resuming its direct service from London Heathrow and KLM is to begin a direct daily service beginning on the 17th of May to Amsterdam. All in all it is nice expansion for the airport.
In terms of spotting it is one of the easiest and most accessible to spot at. A path runs around the end of runway 23 which offers various apron views and head on runway shots.
It is always one of the rare terminals where you can walk in , order a cup of coffee and take advantage of a fantastic apron view as the aircraft taxi in and out.
I hope this gives you a small insight into what Inverness Airport has to offer. Granted it isn't the busiest airport in the world but it does offer you the opportunity to get up close and really appreciate regular daily flights in the form of Flybe's , Loganairs and more.
The aircraft you see in this video are as listed below.
Flybe Dash8-Q400 G-FLBE
Loganair Saab-340 G-LGNN
London Executive E-135 G-HUBY
Easyjet A319 G-
Loganair Saab-2000 G-
Loganair Saab-2000 G-
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Filmed on the 27th April 2016.
Clava Cairns - Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Clava Cairns Scottish Highlands
Mysterious ancient ruins and burial chambers similar to Stonehenge.
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Travel blogs from Clava Cairns:
- ... from there we went to clava cairns, which, from what i understand, is a prehistoric tomb site ...
- ... We will visit Dingwall and Inverness; Culloden Battlefield; the Clava Cairns, 3 Bronze Age cairns ; Fort George; Castle Stuart and Dalcross Castle ...
- ... La mattina seguente breve tappa alle tombe preistoriche di Clava Cairns, tre tumuli di pietra con camera circolare al centro, si trovano in un boschetto poco fuori città ...
- ... Drove on a few miles further to Clava Cairns ...
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- Inverness, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom
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- Clava Cairns mini stonehenge by Campbells from a blog titled Beautiful Scotland!
- Clava Cairns, near Inverness by Tyga from a blog titled Walking Tour of Inverness and Culloden
- Clava Cairns by Avirili from a blog titled Inverness e le tombe preistoriche
Kingsmills Hotel Inverness
Kingsmills Hotel Inverness
Find your ideal luxury hotel from the wide selection of hotels Inverness has to offer.
Kingsmills Hotel Inverness
The city of Inverness in the Highlands of Scotland is popular with tourists and business visitors alike. Inverness offers access north, south, east and west for visitors to the Highlands and is an ideal hub from which to explore the north of Scotland.
This popularity means that the hotels Inverness plays host to have been able to invest heavily in the quality of service and product visitors to the area can expect.
Which means you, as a visitor to the area, can expect high standards of presentation no matter where you choose to stay.
Major hotel brands are increasingly looking to establish themselves with new hotels in the Inverness area, such is the popularity of the city.
So when you’re looking through the hotels Inverness has to offer, you’ll find international hotel chains, budget hotel brands, national hotel brands, luxury hotel brands and high quality, privately owned hotel businesses.
The local area has much to recommend it. Tourism businesses are keen to show you the best the Highlands of Scotland has to offer you in terms of wildlife and natural history. Local restaurants vie to bring you the best flavours, textures and experiences from the fields, shores and waters of the Highlands. Then there’s the history of the city. From escorted walking tours through the points of local historical interest through to days out by car, minibus or boat to explore the sights for yourself. There are also museums dedicated to the Loch Ness Monster, the Battle of Culloden and the proud history of the military regiments raised in this part of Scotland at Fort George.
Travel southeast to sample the delights of Aviemore and Speyside. Where in the winter we hope you’ll find plenty of snow and throughout they year you can take time to visit a distillery or two.
In the Moray Firth itself you can find dolphins and seals. For keen fishermen there are good rivers for fly fishing and fine waters for beach casting or sea fishing.
Golfers can look forward to playing at Castle Stuart, which has regularly hosted the Scottish Open. Or other courses such as Nairn (a venue for the Walker Cup), Lossiemouth or Royal Dornoch.
The North Coast 500 is a new touring route designed to help visitors to the Highlands explore the true depth and majesty of the coast and mountain scenery in the north by car or motorcycle. Taking you as far north as you can go on the British mainland without getting your feet wet, before treating you to the magnificently rugged scenery of the northwest coast.
So you can see that hotels Inverness offers you access to so much more. Whether you’re looking for a culinary treat, a romantic experience, some time to yourself or experiences you’ve never had before.
Stay in one of the hotels Inverness can offer you.
Kingsmills Hotel Inverness
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*60 MINUTES* Planespotting 30+ Planes at Newcastle Airport 2016
Here is 60 minutes of action at Newcastle Airport which I filmed this year on September the 16th. All of the days movements bar a couple are included in this video. Everything from Thomsons dreamliner departing to Orlando, to Eastern Airways Jetstream41 arriving from Aberdeen Airport is included. This is the longest video Ive done from Newcastle. Its filmed from both ends of the runway during the day.
I hope it gives you a bit of insight into the airports activity on a typcial day in Septmeber. I hope you enjoy watching it.
Plane I saw that day are all listed below.
Jet2 Boeing737-300 G-CELH 0:10
Thomson 787 dreamliner G-TUIE 1:05 - 9:20
KLM Embraer E190 PH-EZX *SkyTeam livery* 3:30 from Schipol
Ryanair Boeing737-800 EI-DCX 4:17
British Airways A320 G-EUUK 6:05 from Heathrow
Emirates Boeing777 A6-ECZ 7:03-30:55 from Dubai
Thomson Boeing 737 G-FDZT 15:48-32:30 from Ibiza
Avion Express A320 LY-VEN 18:25-48:40 from Palma
KLM Embraer E190 PH-EZG 19:40-24:11 from Schipol
Thomas Cook A321 G-TCDC 21:50 from Corfu
Easyjet Airbus A320 G-EZWT 23:16-53:10 to Bristol
Vueling Airbus A320 EC-LZM 25:55-49:55 from Barcelona
Thomson Boeing737 G-TAWD 27:37 from Naples
Jet2 Boeing 737-800 G-JZHF 33:48 from Mahon
Eastern Airways JS41 G-MAJK 36:00 from Aberdeen
Jet2 Boeing737-300 G-CELX 37:30 from Alicante
Jet2 Boeing737-800 G-GDFP 39:20 from Ibiza
Easyjet Airbus A319 G-EZBB 40:25 from Malaga
Jet2 Boeing 737-300 G-CELV 42:37 from Faro
EasyJet Airbus A319 G-EZFT43;55 from Faro
Easyjet Airbus A319 G-EZDX 45:30 from Bristol
Jet2 Boeing 737-800 G-GDFW 47:30 from Palma
Jet2 Boeing737-800 G-JZHD 49:00 from Malaga
Flybe Dash8 G-ECOF 52:20 from Southampton
Citywing Let-410 OK-UBA 54:00 from The Isle of Man
Stobart Air ATR72 EI-FAV 54:10 from Dublin
Thomson Boeing737-800 G-FDZW 55:10 from Corfu
British Airways A319 G-EUOB 56:10 from Heathrow
Balkan Holidays A330 LZ-AWA 56:40 from Bourgas
Stobart Air ATR72 EI-FMK 57:50 from Cork
SAS Bombardier CRJ900 OY-KFK 58:55 from Copenhagen
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