Comments on: Stirling http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 10:19:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70699 Brett Holman Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:44:43 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70699 Ross: I can well imagine they would be. Next time! Don: Thanks, but it's easy to sound knowledgeable about a place when you've got Google at your fingertips! Actually I hadn't heard 'brass monkey' used in this way ... but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brass_monkey_(colloquial_expression)#Cannonballs" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> is sceptical. Ross:

I can well imagine they would be. Next time!

Don:

Thanks, but it’s easy to sound knowledgeable about a place when you’ve got Google at your fingertips!

Actually I hadn’t heard ‘brass monkey’ used in this way … but Wikipedia is sceptical.

]]> By: Don Smith http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70657 Don Smith Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:25:57 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70657 Is that thingy with the cannon balls on it a brass monkey? (photo of the Grand Battery on the Eastern side) BTW I do feel you have an alternative vocation here Brett - you'd make a mighty fine travel guide! Don Is that thingy with the cannon balls on it a brass monkey?
(photo of the Grand Battery on the Eastern side)
BTW I do feel you have an alternative vocation here Brett - you’d make a mighty fine travel guide!
Don

]]> By: Ross Mahoney http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70630 Ross Mahoney Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:58:38 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70630 Yeah that would be the statue at the bottom. A likeness of Gibson. Quite funny really. It was done by a local artist as a bit od a joke. Kind of here is what you think he is and now lets see the real thing. The view from the top of the monument is great. The views are outstanding. Ross Yeah that would be the statue at the bottom. A likeness of Gibson. Quite funny really. It was done by a local artist as a bit od a joke. Kind of here is what you think he is and now lets see the real thing. The view from the top of the monument is great. The views are outstanding.

Ross

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70626 Brett Holman Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:59:13 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70626 Ross: I didn't actually make it to the Wallace Monument, only gazed upon it from afar ... but according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_Monument" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a> they were trying to sell it, due to its Mel Gibsoness. Jack: Yes, I did find Stirling Castle more pleasant than Edinburgh, though it may have had something to do with the relative lack of tourists! And I did think the hills I could see from Stirling looked inviting, so if the 'real' Scotland is anything like that then I probably would be a fan ... Ross:

I didn’t actually make it to the Wallace Monument, only gazed upon it from afar … but according to Wikipedia they were trying to sell it, due to its Mel Gibsoness.

Jack:

Yes, I did find Stirling Castle more pleasant than Edinburgh, though it may have had something to do with the relative lack of tourists! And I did think the hills I could see from Stirling looked inviting, so if the ‘real’ Scotland is anything like that then I probably would be a fan …

]]> By: Jack http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70611 Jack Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:10:36 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70611 Very nice indeed. Stirling really is bonny, isn't it? And the Castle is much less gloomy and dreich than Edinburgh. It sound to me like you would be a big fan of Perth and all points north. Next time, eh? Some would argue that only from Perthshire onwards are you are moving into 'real' Scotland (at least in terms of scenery). And they could have a point there. Very nice indeed. Stirling really is bonny, isn’t it? And the Castle is much less gloomy and dreich than Edinburgh. It sound to me like you would be a big fan of Perth and all points north. Next time, eh? Some would argue that only from Perthshire onwards are you are moving into ‘real’ Scotland (at least in terms of scenery). And they could have a point there.

]]> By: Ross Mahoney http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70597 Ross Mahoney Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:52:49 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70597 Great pics Brett. My family live around there so I have been many times. Is there still a statue of 'Braveheart' at the bottom of the Wallace monument. It was there many years ago. Ross Great pics Brett. My family live around there so I have been many times. Is there still a statue of ‘Braveheart’ at the bottom of the Wallace monument. It was there many years ago.

Ross

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70593 Brett Holman Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:16:23 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70593 Thanks, Alun. I was lucky with the weather, if I'd gone the next day it would have been overcast and gloomy. I'd love to go see Skara Brae one day too ... I managed to knock quite a few things off my 'must-see' list while I was over there, but it's a very long list! Thanks, Alun. I was lucky with the weather, if I’d gone the next day it would have been overcast and gloomy.

I’d love to go see Skara Brae one day too … I managed to knock quite a few things off my ‘must-see’ list while I was over there, but it’s a very long list!

]]> By: Alun http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70585 Alun Tue, 19 Feb 2008 09:43:14 +0000 http://airminded.org/2008/02/19/stirling/#comment-70585 Fantastic photos. I've never been to Stirling. I'll have to make a point of stopping there when I finally make my pilgrimage to Skara Brae. Fantastic photos. I’ve never been to Stirling. I’ll have to make a point of stopping there when I finally make my pilgrimage to Skara Brae.

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