Thanks that would be great, thanks ash

you can also go onto the website at www.auchendean.com i think that will show you the hotel aswel it backs onto the river, bliss!

Hi all the pics are so lovely, its hard to decide, so thought we would go to edinburgh, have a look around there, (must say i do fancy aviemore sounds lovely especially with the whisky trail, that will be right up dads street, lol,) then we can decide where we go from there, but it all looks so beautiful. TY all.

hi woofer - just to say edinburg his lovely ( its where I live !! )
Aviemore is great too - loads of nice scenery and loads for the dog - if you are taking it. Howver I do think the west coast is more scenic - so oban/fort william/mull of kintyre - really beautiful especially the train route.....

just choose a time when the weather is good - its beautiful right now !!!
if you would like any recommendations for hotels in edinburgh or restaurants etc - give me a shout !!
dani

Thank you dani will do, hopefully booking for the 19 august as if we book the tickets this week it will only cost just under £100 for 4 adults and 2 kids whic is a bargain.

I'll second that. I'm in Edinburgh too. If you decide to come up the witchery tour is fantastic!!!

thats where i want to live when i get my nursing jaquie love edinburgh

My cousin lives just outside Aviemore, which used to be a nice, quiet wee highland village. It's a bit garish these days and a bit "commercial", because of the ski-ing. My dogs love it at her house - big garden, trees., lots of rabbits and great walks. You have to avoid the nesting season, but August is well out of it.

Inverness has its attractions, too - good views, bottle-nosed dolphins and reasonable shopping (compared to here, that is ). On the west coast, there's Kyle of Lochalsh, which is the ferry terminus for the isle of Skye, which is overwhelming. The beer's OK, too

And, of course, there's here (see my webbie in profile) - loads of beaches, great food, great beer - but I admit it's awkward to get to. Disguise yourself as a phone bill - they always get here quickly!

Snorri

Brilliant snorri, thanks for the advice, everywhere sounds so great, wish i could do a couple of months i would see the lot. Phone bill, :smt043

I used to live there, too, and if I absolutely HAD to live in a city again, I'd go back there rather than anywhere else. However, I'm reminded of what I used to say to colleagues who asked why I wanted to live in Orkney, of all places - "Fewer morons per metre"!!!!!!

Seriously, Edinburgh is a great place, just try to avoid going there when the Festival is on. The Festival is good fun, but the place fills up with millions of tourists and you can't get a bed for megabucks. If you see a flash in the street, you're hard-pushed to tell whether it was a camera or an American baring his teeth!

I was born there, I lived there for more years than I care to remember, and I love it, but I don't live there now (I live where I used to come on holiday!). My sister still lives there, though.

Snorri
(Edinburgh was a sad, dogless place for me. I'm making up for it now!)