Dee Man Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 18 hours ago, tarapoa said: Going back to some of the aforementioned places, as I was driving up from England with time to spare on Saturday, I turned off the M74 on to the A70 and took in the delights of the legendary Rigside and Tarbrax before eventually crossing over at Queensferry on the road back to god's country. Sadly darkness had fallen, so likely didn't get the true picture of these places. At Rigside, I turned right into the schemie streets, which had a menacing aura about them (likely due to the murders mentioned before). Then on the entrance to a footpath, I spotted a bloke lying face down on the ground, who looked like he'd fallen or collapsed. It dawned on me that I may need to stop and help the guy, when thankfully I caught view in the rear mirror of a woman and bloke running over the road to (hopefully) assist him. Just trying to explain that the only reason I was driving along this street, was due to being told on P&B it was particularly grim would have been an interesting conversation. Tarbrax appeared on my SatNav fifteen miles or so later and seemed to be the only place in a kind of no man's land between the Lanark and Livingston areas - and even then you had to turn almost 2 miles off the main road to get to it. It was too dark to differentiate it as a particularly desperate place - and maybe the daylight landscape was required to appreciate this one. That's top commitment to this thread. Well done Sir. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 20:38, yoda said: Scotland's cities ranked: Glasgow/Edinburgh Dundee Inverness Aberdeen Perth/Stirling Glasgow MASSIVE GAP Edinburgh MASSIVE GAP Dundee Aberdeen Inverness Stirling MASSIVE GAP Perth -2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, Afro said: I’m actually struggling to recall any other village in Scotland I’ve been to where there’s just a single road for access in and out. Suggestions welcome. Mallaig, unless you count the wee ferry over to Skye as an alternative way out..... Edited February 19, 2019 by tarapoa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Mallaig, unless you count the wee ferry over to Skye as an alternative way out..... Or the Harry Potter Express... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 6 hours ago, Marshmallo said: Glasgow MASSIVE GAP Edinburgh MASSIVE GAP Dundee Aberdeen Inverness Stirling MASSIVE GAP Perth MASSIVE GAP MASSIVER GAP Paisley 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I'm Brian Posted February 19, 2019 Author Share Posted February 19, 2019 Why does Mallaig get such a bad rep? I've never understood it. 10 minutes from Arisaig, gateway to the isles. Stunning views of Rum and Eigg. Granted there's not a lot to it, but your never going to get stabbed wandering around it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonksy+HisChristianParade Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 (edited) Aberdeen is an awful place (with dreadful accents), Inverness is full of weirdos with dreadful accents. Edited February 19, 2019 by Bonksy+HisChristianParade 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crroma Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 I'm going to vote for a tiny little place to the North-East of Glasgow called Croy, you might have heard of it, I certainly hadn't. I came across Croy quite by accident coming back from a concert in Glasgow, the Gorillaz, thanks for asking. The trains were not running fully and so we had to get a train to Croy to get a bus to Stirling to get another bus to Perth. I'm sure my disdain for the town is focused on the 2 hour stop-over with no knowledge of when our cavalry would arrive but regardless my brief visit didn't endear it as a future retirement destination. Broadly speaking though, if you cut out a triangle on a map from Glasgow to Stirling to Edinburgh, you could throw a dart blind-folded and you wouldn't miss shite 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Paisley. Aids to the eyes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 26 minutes ago, Crroma said: I'm going to vote for a tiny little place to the North-East of Glasgow called Croy, you might have heard of it, I certainly hadn't. It's a stop on the main train route between the two biggest cities in Scotland so I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crroma Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 It's a stop on the main train route between the two biggest cities in Scotland so I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. I can understand this but I'm from Perth so I've never taken a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh or vice versa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 7 minutes ago, Crroma said: 1 hour ago, Darren said: It's a stop on the main train route between the two biggest cities in Scotland so I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. I can understand this but I'm from Perth so I've never taken a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh or vice versa Glasgow to Perth and vice versa goes through it. In fact Galsgow to pretty much anywhere significant north of Glasgow goes through it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 1 hour ago, Darren said: It's a stop on the main train route between the two biggest cities in Scotland so I'm surprised you haven't heard of it. Pat Clinton was from Croy, which is its only other notable achievement. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Pat Clinton was from Croy, which is its only other notable achievement.So was Fergus McCann if I recall? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanCityHibee Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 My folks and wee brother live in Fife, and i have to say that there are many gems in the East Nuek and i have some good mates there, but there are many many many more utter shiteholes in the rest of Fife. Kennoway/Thornton/Glenrothes should be avoided at all cost. However, the winner for me has to be Linwood...an absolute fucking abortion of a hellhole. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 My folks and wee brother live in Fife, and i have to say that there are many gems in the East Nuek and i have some good mates there, but there are many many many more utter shiteholes in the rest of Fife. Kennoway/Thornton/Glenrothes should be avoided at all cost. However, the winner for me has to be Linwood...an absolute fucking abortion of a hellhole. No more 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tarapoa Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) 6 hours ago, VanCityHibee said: My folks and wee brother live in Fife, and i have to say that there are many gems in the East Nuek and i have some good mates there, but there are many many many more utter shiteholes in the rest of Fife. Kennoway/Thornton/Glenrothes should be avoided at all cost. Fife definitely has a variety of almost everything. On the one hand it's the daddy's boys and blokes dressed as 70s pimps golfers of St Andrews, the Fence Records culture/ Edinburgh lawyer retirees of the East Neuk, then one or two nice bits in central Dunfermline, Falkland Palace, the aspirational 'keys on the floor' commuter burb of Dalgety Bay and even some nice parts with DD postcodes overlooking the Tay. ......to the other extreme and the likes of Methil and various Sevconian-infested derelict ex-mining communities where corrugated iron shutters are the norm - what is it Ian Rankin refers to when Rebus heads home, the ABCD villages? - they always sound especially grim Edited February 20, 2019 by tarapoa 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moonster Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 One thing I've learned from this thread is that Scotland isn't that bad. Some of these places that folk are touting as hell on earth are far from it, just your usual grey looking Scottish town with some schemey bits thrown in for good measure. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 11 hours ago, VanCityHibee said: My folks and wee brother live in Fife, and i have to say that there are many gems in the East Nuek and i have some good mates there, but there are many many many more utter shiteholes in the rest of Fife. Kennoway/Thornton/Glenrothes should be avoided at all cost. Methil and Windygates up to Kennoway area and Glenrothes, Thorton, Ballingry and towards Oakley are utter dumps that would be best served being demolished. If you were coming to up to Fife I'd suggest North East Fife like St Andrews and Cupar then down to the East Neuk like Pittenweem and Anstruther where you could have a nice afternoon out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FifeArab Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 3 hours ago, The Moonster said: One thing I've learned from this thread is that Scotland isn't that bad. Some of these places that folk are touting as hell on earth are far from it, just your usual grey looking Scottish town with some schemey bits thrown in for good measure. If Scotland had a warmer climate It would be the most popular country on Earth. Imagine how much businessman and wealthy folk would pay for a villa on Loch Lomond or Loch Ness with warm sun from April-October. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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