highlands and islands

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

all they do on the telly etc is moan how all the yooung peopel are leavign and goign to glasgow etc, they want young peopel to come/stay on the islands.

They bitch all the tiem abott it. Now the raf are leaving unst the population is dropping by 25% so there will be 500 people left. And they are moaning the young raf peeps are leaving.

they moan houses have been empty for years etc etc

Amber and I treid to get a house for that last 2 and a bit years, they wouldn't give us a house!

They can't be that desperate!

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:55 am

It's a shame,

We have an Island down our way that is packed with people, Canvey Island, a lovely place! it lies below sea level, has a massive gas works and they are building it up so much, there are only two roots off the Island and in 1956 there was a big flood, that they say will happen again ,but still people move there, The house prices are lower than surrounding areas, but who wants to live below sea level on a high risk flood area with poor evacuation links?

I was joking about it being a lovely place by the way!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

Sounds like a Corby to me!

Natural disaster not included!

they'll go for the work and it will dissapear.

The islands theres not much work, but you could make work for them.

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

how big is the island chris?

id love to move there tbh..

Site Subscriber Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 1139

you just want 2 b Scottish, dont blame u lol

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Retroholic Joined: 23 Dec 2005 Posts: 3315

maybe its cold enough in scotland without adding insult to injury by moving to a cold island in the middle of the north sea lol Laughing

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

i'm struggling with the concept of an island under sea level mals Confused

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

theres a lot of fairly sizable islands up here roger.

If you have never been then its something you have to do. The weather can be iffy but white sands etc make it seem exotic, its really nice.

JB theres a couple of islands here where the main part is under sea level but sealed off around the edge is higher, like a bowl.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

just being silly really. Smile

Level 2 User Joined: 25 Oct 2005 Posts: 55

bbracer16valver";p="85577 wrote:

maybe its cold enough in scotland without adding insult to injury by moving to a cold island in the middle of the north sea lol Laughing

Erm.....last time i checked there werent any islands in the middle of the north sea! LOL Wink

Highlands and Islands of scotland is probably the nicest area in scotland to live. Nice views, fuck all people, quality roads.

But....

1)It rains all the time
2)No work really
3)Midgies!

Level 10 User Joined: 04 Nov 2005 Posts: 575

bbracer16valver";p="85577 wrote:

3)Midgies!

Yup, they are a right pain in the arse.

My family are all from the islands off the west coast of Scotland (skye and lewis). They are certainly somewhere worth going to - if you get good weather then they really are great places to be as their are great views, good driving roads and plenty other stuff.

I usually go up there at least 2 or 3 weeks a year.

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

whats the problem with ppl leaving them anyway? isnt that good for the natural beauty etc of the places?

if everyone started moving there they would then moan that it is being over populated etc causing damage to the ecosystems blah blah...

some ppl just aint happy when they have nothing to moan about.

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

main issue is the populations average age is above 45! Thats an old population!

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

was this on tv a while back...i think i watched a program where a couple had bought a whole island to themselves....then they built a pub...only customers they get are ppl that can be arsed to go over in a boat....weirdos....obviously so much money they need to throw it away cos it hurts

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

and surely the older population prolly like the peace they have without the young uns causing shinanigans and bally hoo

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

lol

a lot of the islands have been uninhabited (sp?) since the clearences back in the late 1800's on.

Then the government used them as test areas google anthrax island!

Mr Quoter-vator Joined: 16 Feb 2004 Posts: 7405

oh yes have heard about that...

isn't there one island that the military bomb the shit out of regularly as well?

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

yeah thats right up the top. Can't recall its name at the moment but all nations armies train on it, germans, yanks etc!