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 Favourite Villages
Topic Originator: PARrot  
Date:   Thu 23 Aug 15:23

Just had a coffee in a wee tea-room in Falkland. What a cracking village. I love all the old buildings.
Culross is another wee gem.

Muthill on the way to Crieff, looks a nice place to retire.

Bet you lot know more.

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 Re: Favourite Villages
Topic Originator: average white par  
Date:   Thu 23 Aug 16:39

Village People... it's fun to stay at the YMCA...

ETA Freuchie is very nice too...



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Topic Originator: widtink  
Date:   Thu 23 Aug 17:03

Dysart and Culross.
Photographers aplenty.

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Topic Originator: kelty_par  
Date:   Thu 23 Aug 19:16

Borghetto sul Mincio, Italy. Sitting in the wee restaurant there overlooking the river with a plate of pasta with butter and sage sauce - I'm not a believer in heaven but if there is one it must look a lot like that.
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar  
Date:   Thu 23 Aug 20:17

I do like Falkland. Beauty all around us as it happens.

Driving somewhere random and finding a wee place by accident is lovely. Places like Dedham and Lavenham down here are great to go to.

Aldeburgh is a wee bit bigger than a village but I have never found another place that puts me at peace as much.

....But it's the folk that make it really special.
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Topic Originator: neilholland999  
Date:   Thu 23 Aug 20:49

Ipswichpar - I know its a bit "fake", but we really love Thorpeness. We must go there at least once a month - it is one of our happy places. Lavenham is a bit too snobby for my liking, although the streets/buildings are very picturesque indeed.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender  
Date:   Thu 23 Aug 23:12

"Muthill on the way to Crieff, looks a nice place to retire."

They always look that way in the summer months - just wait until the horrible winter weather kicks in and you are struggling through the snow etc.to get a loaf or a pint of milk at the nearest convenience store.....which has likely run out of stock anyway !!!
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Topic Originator: helensburghpar  
Date:   Thu 23 Aug 23:49

Got to be Wellwood.
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Topic Originator: Opelfruitloops  
Date:   Fri 24 Aug 06:26

Lochore. Not the village itself but the Meedies.

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Topic Originator: polski par  
Date:   Fri 24 Aug 11:10

scotlandwell.climb bishop hill.fantastic views .
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Topic Originator: Bertiesback  
Date:   Fri 24 Aug 12:16

Earlsferry. - or practically any village near the sea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg3wrLWAlU0
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Topic Originator: PARrot  
Date:   Fri 24 Aug 13:59

Quote:

polski par, Fri 24 Aug 11:10

scotlandwell.climb bishop hill.fantastic views .


Is that where there is a golf course going up a steep hill. I played there once. Knackered at the end.

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Topic Originator: polski par  
Date:   Fri 24 Aug 16:25

that's the one parrot.
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Topic Originator: Par  
Date:   Fri 24 Aug 20:11

Elie, fantastic beaches, chain walk and one of the best parts of the Fire Coast Path to St Monans 2 castles, lady's tower and a lighthouse as well as the beach.
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Topic Originator: calpar  
Date:   Fri 24 Aug 21:53

Village Inn, wherever 😜🍺
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Topic Originator: Boston Red Sox  
Date:   Sat 25 Aug 06:45

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 Re: Favourite Villages
Topic Originator: GG Riva  
Date:   Sat 25 Aug 09:12

I lived near Aberdour for almost 3 years, when my family emigrated to Scotland in 1960. I thought it was the most beautiful village imaginable.

I still love visiting it today.



Not your average Sunday League player.
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 Re: Favourite Villages
Topic Originator: OzPar  
Date:   Sun 26 Aug 05:50

Yes, I would definitely have Crail and Aberdour on my shortlist and would add my old stalking ground, Bridge of Earn, to that list. There are lots of nice villages scattered across Scotland.

Here in Oz, the concept of a village doesn't really exist. Places we Scots would regard as hamlets or villages are called towns, while places we would consider towns get called cities. It is quite bizarre and takes some getting used to.

But if you are talking idyllic, then England always comes up trumps - Cumbria, the Yorkshire Dales, the West Country, etc. With their thatched cottages and their brightly painted exterior walls, the villages in East Anglia - from North Essex through Suffolk to the North Norfolk coast - are very hard to beat.

Whenever I want to take my mind to a calm and peaceful place, I have a picture in my head of a stunning little village that I came across while cruising with my family on the Norfolk Broads. Its name is long forgotten, but it represents to me the most beautiful little village that I have ever seen. Maybe one day you will come across it too. You are sure to know when you find it...

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