#touring Scotland

[tswiftupdatess]

Taylor's reaction to a couple getting engaged at her show last night!

''I love performing this entire show in the sunlight cause I'm pretty sure I just saw somebody get engaged over here. YESSS!!! I never get to see that cause it's dark usually at night, but it's not right now. Congratulations. Wow!! I just saw that whole thing!! Man, that's amazing!!''

(Via codywaddy99 on TikTok!)

[hometoursandotherstuff]

How they do a church conversion in Scotland. 1800 church in Avoch, Scotland, 4bds, 5ba, £500,000 / $634,035.

Look at this. I love the open stairs and landings for each floor.

Very large living room with the stairs as a focal point.

Nice big kitchen. I like the floor.

Cute, casual dining room.

Small hallway to the large primary bedroom. The arched doors throughout the home are lovely.

Across the way there's a bath.

Large room with a wall of shelves makes a great family room with it's cozy wood stove.

Heading up to the top level.

Very nice bedroom with a wall of built-in storage and an ensuite.

This bedroom gets lots of natural light from a skylight.

Large sunny guest room.

Has its own ensuite.

These stairs are so nice.

Isn't this a great TV room? Love the black accents.

This is beautiful.

Cute little bonus room.

You can see Avoch Bay from the building.

More yard on the side.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/87014982#/?

[beatlesmenrock]

excerpt from my beatles book that i thrifted! the image of the boys sleeping in the van together in my head is so cute to me

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

AHHHHH I GOT TICKETS TO SEE MILES!!!!

[paramooreee]

THE NEWS Paramore, Glasgow, Scotland • 2023

[surprisesongoclock]

Taylor Swift performs a mashup of "Haunted" and "exile" in Edinburgh, Scotland on June 9, 2024.

[more-relics]

Rick Wright, David Gilmour, Roger Waters & Nick Sedgwick Backgammon backstage at the Usher Hall, Edinburgh, British Winter tour, November 1974. Photos: Storm Thorgerson/Aubrey Powell

[luhafraser]

The Swift effect...

Some pointed out a missed opportunity (the Dior event in Edinburgh)... "They" certainly didn't miss another... Well, I'm no expert on the subject, and as cringe as it may seem, it seems like a very smart move by Starz, Sam, PR...

Sam was losing followers yesterday and ended the day gaining...

Look today...

👀

This time, I think they got it right 😜

They are just taking advantage of The Taylor Swift effect! You can google about it!!! I did. And I read a little about it.

It's not just Sam and OL Starz... Who doesn't want to benefit?!...

You can research how Taylor's Eras Tour impacts tourism and the economy wherever it goes...

But Taylor's time in Scotland is causing controversy and is giving people something to talk about... 👀

Back to Sam... It's been a long droughtlander... And in a short time we've had inflatable monkeys, pap walk with an escort, Taylor Swift... I can't wait for the next topic 🙄

[scotianostra]

Edinburgh Castle.

Wasn't even in the castle before a tour guide leading his troop over the 'drawbridge' pissed me off as he pointed to the statues, "Robert the Bruce, with the crown, and Sir William Wallace without." adding. "Wallace was ONLY a noble" to which I shouted "Only?".....he repeated the word....

..

[oneminutefiftysixseconds]

🌐 You can add one race to the world tour calendar (promoting an existing race or inventing a new one). What do you do?

for everyone that asked me this question i thank you and i will be answering it all at once here because i put WAY too much thought into this. way too much.

Tour Of Britain But It's (Hopefully) Less Shit

Stage 1A: Richmond Park 10km 50m elev.

we open with a 10k lap of Richmond Park -- it's the cycling hotspot of the capital, time trials are a big part of the UK domestic scene, and i like a prologue TT. and it would really piss off london cyclists when whoever wins sets a record time around the park, taking with them the leaders jersey for the first proper road stage later the same day:

Stage 1B: London -> Brighton, 150km 1,000m elev.

a meandering journey to the seaside taking in the Olympics-famous Box Hill and joining the classic London to Brighton route, the first stage winner will likely need to bide their time and hope an attack on Ditchling Beacon gets them enough of a gap to take them to the finish line.

Stage 2: Oxford -> Cambridge, 190km 700m elev.

between the two ancient university towns lies the flat and beautiful Bedfordshire. the peloton will start among the dreaming spires and the sprinters will tough it out on King's Parade, a stone's throw from the apple tree newton supposedly sat under while working on gravitation!

Stage 3: Telford -> Stoke-on-Trent, 220km 1,500m elev.

we loop into Wales for a long but relatively gentle start to the hills... the Clwydian Range might not be the Pyrenees but there are plenty significant climbs in there that indicate today is likely one for the breakaway -- or an audacious solo -- and the notorious welsh weather could lead to all sorts of surprises

Stage 4: Manchester -> Leeds, 160km, 1,800m elev.

heading first south from Manchester into the Peak District and finishing with a city circuit in Leeds, this should be another chance for a breakaway ahead of tomorrow...

Stage 5, the Queen Stage: York -> Hardknott Pass, 280km, 3,500m (!) elev.

i woke up and chose violence. giro mountain stages eat your heart out, it's time for GC action in the North York Moors, Yorkshire Dales, and the Lake District with a summit finish on Hardknott Pass (the steepest road in england, maxing out at an eye-popping 30%). Rosedale Chimney, Buttertubs Pass, and the aptly named Struggle are the key climbs before Hardknott, and the helicopter shots will be superb as the race passes through some of the UK's most beautiful landscapes, finishing within sight of Scafell Pike.

Stage 6: Carlisle -> Glasgow, 180km, 850m elevation.

a border-crossing run into two laps of the iconic 2023 city circuit, this punchy stage will likely favour whichever classics specialist can recover the best from yesterday's efforts

Stage 7: Edinburgh -> Newcastle, 195km, 1,000m elev.

starting in scotland's capital, today is the final opportunity for any GC changes, mostly rolling terrain but enough to make a difference if it's only a few seconds

Stage 8: Peterborough -> Great Yarmouth, 180km 300m elev.

and so the Tour of Britain But It's (Hopefully) Less Shit concludes with a sprint along Great Yarmouth's seafront Golden Mile, bringing to an end a hopefully exciting one-week race in this country that does actually have decent cycling, contrary to what the actual TOB might lead you to believe

[weolucbasu]

A manifestation circle for Käärijänation. Fingers crossed 🤞🏻

[tswiftupdatess]

taylorswift: Edinburgh!!! You truly blew me away this weekend. Thank you for breaking the all-time attendance record for a stadium show in Scotland 3 times in a row 🤯 and for all the ways you made us feel right at home. Love you, all 220,000 of you!!! 🤍

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Thanks to Chuckstipositon for finding this lovely home in Lochbay, Waternish, Isle Of Skye, Scotland. It was a finalist in BBC Scotland's Home of the Year 2023 and winner of Highlands and Island Home of the Year 2023. 4bds, 2ba, £525K / $663,495.

Enter a lovely newer modern sun room.

Then, the historic part of the home. Look at the stone walls in the living room. They've been whitewashed to match the newer addition and brighten it up.

It's so pretty and cozy, isn't it?

The kitchen also has the stone walls and two tone cabinetry.

Wow, it has a new Aga stove.

There's a pantry area in the back of the kitchen, beneath the stairs.

Reading nook under these stairs.

Up the gray stairs is an attic studio.

A modern .5 bath shares the room with the washer/dryer.

There's a compact kitchenette unit here in the family room.

Bedroom with a cute mural.

Nice double shower.

Stairs go up to a pretty primary bedroom.

It's a spacious room.

And, it has a beautiful en-suite.

There's another bedroom up here, also.

Plus a lovely guest room.

Small back porch opens to the yard by the water.

There's even a small home office.

Beautiful gardens and decks with stunning views.

The back yard.

It's a very sought-after area of Scotland.

https://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/66785606/

[onthisdayts]

The 1989 Tour

June 23, 2015 - Glasgow, Scotland

[uhbasicallyjustmilex]

trying to be normal about the fact i’m seeing miles for the first time tomorrow but in actual fact the inside of my brain is just doing this:

[nightyoorb]

friendly reminder that we’re only three weeks (and three fhjy episodes) away from d20 live!!