Links
Here is a summary of all the links presented in the various pages of this site
Going to Scotland:
Eurotunnel: the official webpage of eurotunnel (the tunnel joining France to Great Britain)
P&O European Ferries: webpage of the company providing travels on ferries connecting Belgium to the north of England.
Caledonian MacBrayne: "Calmac" is the main scottish ferry company connecting the principal Scottish islands to each other, and to the scottish mainland. Essential to travel throughout the Hebrides!
SNCF:the shuttle tickets (train Paris-Londres) can be booked on the SNCF webpage.
British Rail International: through this webpage you can also book train tickets from and to any main british town.
Scotrail: the Scottish homologue of the site above. Travelling by train in Scotland is a very enjoyable way to savour the magnificent scottish landscapes.
Air France: official webpage of Air France company. They provide single and return ticket without any stops between Paris and Edinburgh, as well as between Paris and Glasgow.
British Airways: the same as above, execpt that this time the company is british!
British Midlands: another brittish company providing tickets to Scotland. But be careful, they treat their customers with very mean manners!
RyanAir: a new flying company with excellent service, and very low fares. The best way to fly to Scotland!
Edinburgh airport: maybe the easiest way to look for flight connections to Scotland!
National Express: one of the bus companies travelling through Great Britain.
Citylinks: another bus company, specialized in travel within Scotland.
Timberbush Tours: tavel organism providing mini-bus tours, from 1 to 3 days, departing from Edinburgh.
Rabbie's Trailburners: another travel company, providing tours as the above company.
Puffins: still a mini-bus travel company, but this time, the tours depart from Inverness.
Highland Journeys: same thing as the above company.
Haggis BackPackers: slightly different from the others, this company provides excursions from 3 to 6 days, with accomodation in youth hostels.
Accomodation in Scotalnd:
Scottish Caravan and Campsite Index: webpage that lists the different caravan and camp sites in Scotland.
Scottish youth hostel association: list of the scottish youth hostels. This site allows you to check if there are some rooms still available, and their fees.
Scottish tourist board: a huge site with information on Bed & Breakfast, and scottish inns, but also on scottish events, festivals... A indispensable visit for those who intend to go to Scotland!
Tourist boards:
In addition to the scottish tourist board, regional information can be found on these various sites:
Webcams:
- Aberdeen & Grampians
- Angus & Dundee
- Ayrshire & Arran
- Dumfries & Galloway
- Edinburgh & Lothians
- Highlands
- Fife
- Orcades
- Perthshire
- Borders
- Shetlands
- Western Isles
Scottish music:
- Edinburgh - Le Royal Mile
- Glasgow - George Square
- Inverness - Le château
- Loch Ness
- Cuillins, Isle of Skye
Keltia Musique: the best place in France to buy celtic and scottish music CDs.
Amazon-UK: for all the CDs that are not distributed by Keltia
Scottish and Irish Music: for the CDs not found either in Keltia or in Amazon.uk
Music Scotland: same thing as above!
Ceolas: countains a vast list of lyrics from traditionnal scottish tunes.
Lyrics de chansons traditionnelles: same thing as above.
Capercaillie: official homepage of Capercaillie.
Tannies: official homepage of the Tannahill Weavers.
Wolfstone: official homepage of Wolfstone.
Runrig: official homepage of Runrig.
Donnie Munro: a webpage entirely dedicated to Donnie Munro, ex-singer de Runrig.
Message board: forum dedicated to Runrig.
Webring: a webring dedicated to Runrig.
Lyrics: webpage dedicated to Runrig, where you can found the lyrics of all the Runrig songs.
Pictures:
Colin Prior: official homepage dedicated to Colin Prior's artwork, best scottish photographer in my opinion. Specialized in panoramic views of scottish landscape. Fa-bu-lous!
Diana Gabaldon and the "Outlandish" series:
Ladies of Lallybroch: main page of the LOL website, a lot of information written with great humor!
LOL Book Board: LOL forum dedicated to questions and information on Diana Gabaldon's books
LOL Social Board: LOL forum dedicated to all that remains ;-).
LOL Excerpt Board: LOL forum providing links to excerpts of the new Gabaldon's books.
La porte de pierre - extrait du jour: french speaking forum dedicated to Ms Gabaldon's books.
La porte de pierre - discussion générale: the ideal place to chat about anything with french-speaking lovers of Ms Gabaldon's works.
La porte de pierre - les grimoires de Maître Raymond: a reading suggestion forum, to spend the time while waiting for the next novels of Diana Gabaldon!
Forum Compuserve: forum managed by Diana Gabaldon herself. the main theme of this forum is "novel writing", tips on how to write given by famous or still unknown talented authors.
Webpage officielle: official homepage of Diana Gabaldon.
Through The Stone Webring: webring that groups a few sites dedicated to Diana Gabaldon.
Jamie and Claire Webring: a smaller webring on Diana Gabaldon (only 3 sites are listed)
Gaelic:
Sabhal Mor Ostaig: official homepage of the gaelic teaching school on the isle of Skye. A huge amount of information on Gaelic is available on this site.
Communn Na Gàidhlig: An association which helps to promote Gaelic all over the world.
Comann an Luchd-Ionnsachaidh: Another gaelic promoting association named "Gaelic learners voice".
Gaelic lessons on line: six interactive gaelic lessons are available on this site.
Dictionaries on line: a few celtic dictionaries (scottish or irish gaelic, cornish...)
Gaelic.net: a beautiful site where you can find books on gaelic (methods, history of Gaelic...), but also some gaelic speaking forums and many other links...
Gaelic books to buy: If you want to buy books in gaelic: lesson books, novels, poetry...
