UK Souvenirs
Showing some souvenirs I bought on my recent trip to the United Kingdom. I visited Edinburgh, Haworth and London.
Places I bought souvenirs:
Ballantrae Cashmere
Edinburgh
The Palace of Holyroodhouse
Edinburgh
Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh
The Brontë Parsonage Museum
Haworth
Harrods
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87-135 Brompton Road
Knightsbridge
London
The Sting Regent Street
55 Regent Street
London
Places to see in ( Girvan - UK )
Places to see in ( Girvan - UK )
Girvan is a burgh in Carrick, South Ayrshire, Scotland. Girvan is stituated on the east coast of the Firth of Clyde, with a population of about 6,700. It lies 21 miles (34 km) south of Ayr, and 29 miles (47 km) north of Stranraer, the main ferry port from Scotland to Northern Ireland.
Girvan was originally a fishing port. In 1668, it became a municipal burgh incorporated by charter. The opening of the railways, initially with the Maybole and Girvan Railway at the end of the 1850s, encouraged the development of Girvan as a seaside resort with beaches and cliffs. Holidaying here from 1855 to 1941 were Robert and Elizabeth Gray and their children; particularly Alice and Edith Gray. The family, led principally by Elizabeth and Alice, created scientifically organised collections of fossils for several museums including the Natural History Museum.
The town is now served by Girvan railway station. Just north of the town is a William Grant & Sons distillery which opened in 1964. There is a Nestlé factory that manufactures chocolate that is shipped down to York and used in Kit-Kat and Yorkie bars.
The McKechnie Institute was endowed by a local businessman and opened in 1889. The Girvan Folk Music Festival takes place on the first weekend of May each year. Girvan also has a folk music club. The Lowland Gathering takes place on the first Sunday of June each year in the Victory Park in the centre of the town. The annual Festival of Light takes place in October with a six-week lantern project resulting in the river of light lantern procession and shorefront performance. The autumn lantern project is a celebration of the lanternmakers and the people of Carrick.
Culzean Castle is about 8 miles (13 km) north of the town, and the volcanic island of Ailsa Craig is visible about 10 miles (16 km) offshore. Turnberry golf course and hotel are located 5 miles (8 km) north of Girvan. The coastline south of Girvan is famous for its geology, and also for Sawney Bean's Cave, where the legendary murderer and cannibal Sawney Bean supposedly lived until his arrest and execution in Edinburgh.
Most of the streets in the south east of Girvan are named after trees, examples are Maple Drive, Elder Avenue, Pine Quadrant, etc. Some flats are being refurbished due to damp rooms, poor insulation and mouldy windows (Which are still wooden). Girvan has a Roman Catholic church, Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, built around 1863. The Church is in Harbour Lane, situated between Louisa Drive and Henrietta Street, close to the junction with Ailsa Street West.
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8 York Place, New Town, Edinburgh, EH1 3EP, United Kingdom
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In the heart of the center of Edinburgh, the historic Ballantrae is an elegant Georgian hotel featuring guest rooms with free Wi-Fi. The shops of Princes Street and George Street are just a short walk away.
Newly refurbished, some of the spacious rooms with private bathrooms at Ballantrae Hotel have striking views and original period features. Each has a TV, and there are also tea and coffee-making facilities.
There is a residents’ bar for guests to relax in, and a breakfast room where a continental breakfast is served in the morning. The front desk team are available for any queries, 24 hours a day.
Waverley Train Station can be reached in about a 5-minute walk, and Edinburgh Castle is a 15-minute walk away. The Ballantrae also provides 5 free city center parking spaces for guests.
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Girvan, South West Scotland
Girvan Harbour, Ailsa Craig, Stair Park, Parish Church, and Auld Stumpy.
Girvan harbour, recently renovated in 2013 to add many more pontoon berths for visiting yachts. Warning for mariners, dredging last carried out in 2001 to maintain 2.6m, inside the entrance of the harbour is a second bar of 1.0m at MLWS. Visiting yachts are recommended to come in on a rising tide with access ±2hrs H.W. Girvan.
Ailsa Craig (/ˈeɪlsə/; Scottish Gaelic: Creag Ealasaid) is an island of 99 hectares (240 acres) in the outer Firth of Clyde, 16 kilometres (10 miles) west of mainland Scotland, upon which blue hone granite was quarried to make curling stones.
The island, colloquially known as Paddy'smilestone,[6] was a haven for Catholics during the Scottish Reformation in the 16th century, but is today a bird sanctuary, providing a home for huge numbers of gannets and an increasing number of puffins.
The island is owned by David, Marquess of Ailsa, but since May 2011 has been up for sale. By March 2013 the asking price was for offers over £1,500,000, down from the original asking price of £2,500,000.
From the mid-nineteenth century the island has been quarried for its rare type of micro-granite with riebeckite (known as Ailsite), which is used to make stones for the sport of curling. As of 2004, 60–70% of all curling stones in use were made from granite from the island[56] and is one of only two sources for all stones in the sport, the other being the TreforGranite Quarry in Wales.[57]
Ailsa Craig produced two types of granite for curling, Blue Hone and Ailsa Craig Common Green. Blue Honehas very low water absorption, which prevents the action of repeatedly freezing water from eroding the stone.[58] Ailsa Craig Common Green is a lesser quality granite than Blue Hone. In the past, most curling stones were made from Blue Hone but the quarry is restricted by environmental conditions that exclude blasting.
Kays of Scotland has been making curling stones since 1851 and has the exclusive rights to the Ailsa Craig granite, granted by the Marquess of Ailsa. The last harvest of Ailsa Craig granite by Kays took place in 2013, after a hiatus of 11 years; 2,000 tonnes were harvested, sufficient to fill anticipated orders until at least 2020.
Stair Park, Girvan, includes a water park and putting green and war memorial with many events taking place in the Summer as visiting coaches stop at Girvan each day. Unfortunately, the water park and putting green close mid-August when the local schools start their new term.
Stumpy Tower is a former gaol in Girvan, South Ayrshire, Scotland. It has been suggested that its popular name Auld Stumpy comes from the Gaelic Olladh Stiom Paidh, meaning Great Circle of Justice.
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Sawney Bean's Cave - Ten Minute Tour
A 10-minute single-shot tour of Sawney Bean's Cave.
The cave can be found at Bennane Head - 2 miles north of Ballantrae, 8 miles south of Girvan - in Ayrshire, Scotland.
Read about the legendary cannibal on wiki:
The character Sawney Bean was a creation of the eighteenth century. The cave at Bennane Head has been associated with Sawney since 1896 owing to the bestselling Victorian novel ‘The Grey Man'.
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