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Traditional seaside resorts in Scotland
Mark1974
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As a kid I loved nothing more than a trip to one of the English or Welsh resorts. Seaside towns with a funfair, amusements, burgers, candy floss, etc. Towns like Blackpool, Bridlington, Skegness, Rhyl, Great Yarmouth, etc.
If I was a child in Scotland, as far as I'm aware, I would have had a to come south of the border for such things. However, am I wrong, does Scotland have such traditional resorts? I know of only one seaside location with a funfair and that's Aberdeen.
Of course as I've got older my tastes have changed, and the thought of spending the day in a place like Blackpool would make me shudder!
If I was a child in Scotland, as far as I'm aware, I would have had a to come south of the border for such things. However, am I wrong, does Scotland have such traditional resorts? I know of only one seaside location with a funfair and that's Aberdeen.
Of course as I've got older my tastes have changed, and the thought of spending the day in a place like Blackpool would make me shudder!
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......Skegness ??
Arbroath,Kirkaldy(no,really) and Ayr.
It's quite popular with Scots.:D
Don't I know it lol
Avoid Methil though, was there today (well Saturday:-D) to see my team get knocked out the League Cup on penalties :(:-D
Mine haven't, I've always loved seaside resorts and think I always will! :kitty:
Ouch!.That's a sore one Bob.:(
It was mate. Fair play to East Fife though
Me too! But then I do live in one so it's either lump it or like it
Now you can concentrate on beating Rangers.:p
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Although you wouldn't really describe it as a resort, Aberdeen has a permanent funfair and amusements as well as a reasonable amount of cafe's and ice cream shops.
Aberdeen has an absolutely fabulous sandy beach - at least two miles long - (and only 1.5 miles from the city centre) - and on a warm sunny day it is a great place to be.
Unfortunately, warm/sunny/Aberdeen are not words that you often hear in the same sentence. The wind that comes off the North Sea can be fierce.
As a kid we used to visit relatives in Aberdeen and I can vividly remember siting on Aberdeen beach in blazing sunshine, with the wind cutting us in half and one of my uncles saying that the icebergs were just over the horizon.
That water is icy!
beware of the hotel run by a cockney,he will beg you into having a nightcap with him and then charge you for it.