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Written: 02:58pm 06/02/2008
This café has proved a godsend to me. It's situated on Perth Road, which is easily accessible from the city centre, the train station, bus station, and by car. It's a traditional Scottish café layout at the front, with tables and waitress service, and cakes on display at the counter. At the...
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Written: 02:28pm 06/02/2008
Our trip to The Iglu started poorly, with my confirmation email for table reservation having gone unnoticed. However, the head waitress sensibly kept our tables free in case we showed up - so all was well.
The Iglu has a simple, rustic layout in a relatively small room above the main bar. The...
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Written: 11:38am 03/27/2008
Although Number 40 walks the walk of a Hotel du Vin restaurant, with sleek decor and an impressive looking menu, on attempting to talk the talk it trips and falls on its face.
Granted, the doors haven't been open for all that long, but from our inauspicious arrival to find the front door locked...
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Written: 02:29pm 02/07/2008
Just before my trip to Iceland I decided I ought to get some off-road experience, because I wanted to drive across Iceland's rugged Interior. I looked for my nearest centre, and found one in nearby Strathmiglo - so I phoned up, booked a starter course for £99 and I was set. Because I was allowed...
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Written: 03:50pm 02/06/2008
If you're thinking about visiting the UK, I'd like to examine some of the old clichés to help you make up your mind.
1) The British are uptight and rigid. False. In fact, the British are some of the most open minded people in the world, with a vast swathe of foreign influences embraced into...
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Written: 04:48pm 02/05/2008
This is a truly delightful traditional inn, which sits right on the waterfront in Elie - itself a traditional Fife coastal town. You can't get much cosier, with its open fire, chatty locals and free-flowing pints. For camaraderie, stay in the bar - but it can get crowded with people jostling for...
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Written: 04:32pm 02/05/2008
This is one of the best restaurants in Fife, if not Scotland. It's run by a husband and wife, and has a cosy, unpretentious feel that makes you feel comfortable and welcome. When we were there last, the atmosphere was relaxed, but we have been there when it's been more stilted. Because the dining...
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Written: 03:47pm 02/05/2008
Fancy experiencing a bit of golf at St Andrews? Can't play to save your life? Fear not, my friends - the answer is at hand in the Himalayas putting green. It's hugely entertaining, with 18 holes of devillish fun, and costs only a few measly pounds.
There's no need to book. You simply turn up at...
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Written: 03:33pm 02/05/2008
So, you're in Dundee, you've got children dripping from your fingertips, and you need to entertain them - fast! Well, to be honest, you're in a pretty good city for families, and there's nowhere better to start than Sensation. It's a science museum with a great deal of hands-on activities, as...
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Written: 03:17pm 02/05/2008
This cosy restaurant has been awarded 3 AA rosettes, and the price matches its reputation. For a 3 course meal with drinks before, after, and a bottle of wine, don't expect to part with less than £50 per person.
The Cellar's situation couldn't be more ideal for a romantic escape. Set back from...
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Written: 05:37pm 01/31/2008
Dundee is Scotland's 4th largest city - which doesn't make it very big at all. It's got a poor reputation, with many of my aquaintance describing it as a 'dump' a 'dive' or a 'good place to go and get yourself a kicking.' But I'm here to tell you - I love this town. It's reputation is unfair, and...
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Written: 05:25pm 01/31/2008
A trip to Dundee United's home ground is like something out of the annals of history - a run-down old ground, capacity 14,200 seats (and yet they managed a recent record crowd of 28,000 when Barcelona came to play), it breathes working-class footie with every cheer. Forget the chrome and glitter...
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Written: 05:10pm 01/31/2008
The Discovery is Captain Scott's famous ship, which took him to the Antarctic and, first and foremost, it's rather beautiful - a last remnant of a bygone era of seafaring, with its triple masts and elegant lines. It bobs serenely in the harbour, an easy walk from the railway station and not far...
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Written: 02:10pm 01/19/2008
The best thing about the Malmaison restaurant is its atmosphere. The dark wood and intimate lighting gives an aura of privacy, as do the well-spaced tables. There's no sense of being too close to other diners, and conversation therefore tends to be free-flowing, rather than hushed. All of this...
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Written: 01:51pm 01/19/2008
A friend and I decided to start blowing our budgets occasionally and going out for some really fancy food once a month or so. We started with The Atrium, in the West End, opposite the Usher Hall.
First impressions were favourable. They're very proud of their award-winning status, and it comes...
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Written: 05:09pm 01/08/2008
Despite not harbouring an abiding fascination with the history of fishing, this really was an interesting attraction. For a reasonable price we were able to see the inside of one of the Hanseatic merchant's houses. They were German traders who developed a keen network of houses all over Europe,...
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Written: 05:00pm 01/08/2008
Bergen's waterfront is a delightfully picturesque place, with tall, gabled buildings painted different shades of red, white and mustard. Yachts and motorboats bob on the water, and the elegant looking shops try to entice you in to buy all the usual tourist tat. Resist, unless you want mass...
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Written: 04:43pm 01/08/2008
This was actually my favourite of all the waterfalls I saw in Norway, for a couple of reasons:
First of all, we didn't set out to see it, but came upon it by accident while driving from Utne to Bergen. It's situated about a mile from Norheimsund, an hour or so from Bergen, and it well worth the...
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Written: 04:34pm 01/08/2008
This is Norway's most visited waterfall, and it's easy to see why. Situated not far from Highway 7, it's easy to access and truly spectacular. There are two falls, facing one another across a cliff face - one a gushing river, the other little more than a stream - but both stunning. The water...
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Written: 04:10pm 01/08/2008
I loved this hotel, depsite the fact I went there in off-season, with a friend who was suffering terrible toothache and whose nerves were seriously on edge!
The hotel is an eighteenth century, wooden, white house built right on the fjordside. It's been a hotel for 300 years, and takes its...
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