050711 Largs Sunset

Ryan Calhoun, on August 21, 2007, said:

Amazing, May, the water is blue gold! I love the silhouette with just a peep of the sun. This doesn't look like Scotland to me at all, it looks much further south, someplace tropical.

♫ Swissmay, on August 21, 2007, said:

You are right Ryan! It could be in the Caribic. It didn't look like Scotland to me either and it was a real surprise. I knew about the effect of the gulf stream, but I didn't realize that palm trees grew in the parks as high up North. On the 11th of July 2005 it was so hot, actually too hot to walk into town after eight, so I went with my car to get a fine and well deserved meal that night. ;)

Largs is a very nice market town near Glasgow. Pure coincidence that I got to this lovely lodge. It was 8pm, when I got to it after some useless attempts to find a room in other places. This lodge was wonderful with a beautiful view as you can see and an exceptional breakfast. :)

Erwin Woenckhaus, on September 14, 2007, said:

Hola May:

No sabía cuales fotos tuyas escoger, así que tuve que revisar tu colección, y esta es una de las que me gusta mucho.

Tienes muchas fotos y sería más fácil si le pones la etiqueta "Panoramio Elections" a algunas de tus favoritas.

Un abrazo desde Chile.

♫ Swissmay, on September 14, 2007, said:

Hello Erwin, unfortunately I have a problem with the tags (etiquetas), in most cases I can put only one and the others disappear. So I can't really tag them.

It's difficult to believe, but this picture is from Scotland near Glasgow.

Un abrazo desde La Suiza, May

Erwin Woenckhaus, on September 14, 2007, said:

It`s OK May, my tags are crazy too!

Cheers!

©junebug, on September 21, 2007, said:

Hallo May, auch mir gefällt dieses Foto sehr. Wirklich kaum zu glauben, dass dies ein Sonnenuntergang in Schottland und nicht irgendwo im Süden ist! Liebe Grüße, Anne

♫ Swissmay, on September 21, 2007, said:

Ja, das hätte ich mir vorher auch nicht so vorgestellt in Schottland. Liebe Grüsse, May

Syl de Canada, on September 29, 2007, said:

Hallo May Klasse! Gefällt mir sehr gut, Ich liebe solche Bilder. Ein Schönes Wochenende. Herzliche Grüße , Syl

♫ Swissmay, on September 29, 2007, said:

Danke Sylvie! Ja, ich hätte, bevor ich in Schottland war, nie gedacht, dass es dort solche Sonnenuntergänge mit Palmen zu sehen gibt. Ein schönes Wochenende auch dir! Liebe Grüsse, May

www.diselec.net, on September 29, 2007, said:

Fine Shot Swissmay !

♫ Swissmay, on September 30, 2007, said:

Thank you, www.diselec.net! :-)

May

Billy B@rk, on November 11, 2007, said:

This is stunning May, very well shot. I must admit that I wouldn't have guessed it was Scotland. I often go to Largs to catch the ferry over to Millport which is on the island you can see in your photo. We hire bicycles & go round the 20k long road around the island. This one is of my niece.

♫ Swissmay, on November 11, 2007, said:

Thank you Billy! When you go to the ferry, you pass those Palm trees. It's just above the road at the entry of Largs, coming from Glasgow.

Must be a lovely island tour on bikes. Greetings, May

Germanja, on January 19, 2008, said:

Wow! Das ist ein traumhaftes Bild, verdient einen gelben Stern! Viele Grüße Anja

♫ Swissmay, on January 20, 2008, said:

Herzlichen Dank, Anja! Es freut mich, dass du das Bild in deine Favoritensammlung aufgenommen hast. Liebe Grüsse, May

Rodríguez Prati, on April 15, 2008, said:

Realmente no parece Escocia May, podría ser aquí en el subtrópico!Esas plantas vienen muy bien aquí!

♫ Swissmay, on April 16, 2008, said:

Si, lo se, que non es facil a creer, pero in Irlanda hay tambièn palmas. :-) Y otras mas de Irlanda.

Es una sorpresa por todos, cuando veen esas palmas por la primera vez.

tiopepe8, on May 6, 2008, said:

vraiment cette photo je l'aurai jamais situé en Irlande, tres belle May, salutations

♫ Swissmay, on May 7, 2008, said:

Merci beaucoup, Tiopepe, pour tes messages! Cette foto est de L'Ecosse, mais en Irlande il y a aussi des palmiers, comme tu peux voir sur mon message enhaut. C'était un temps absolument merveilleux. Il faisait tellement chaud pour toute la nuit, ce qui est très beau, parceque les nuits sont tellement claires.

Salutations, May

KasiaD, on June 15, 2008, said:

Wonderful shot. I see you are a Scotland fan so I'm looking forward to looking at more of your shots! Kasia

goterei, on February 11, said:

Da hast Du Recht, das sieht wirklich aus wie Südsee.

V.G. goterei

♫ Swissmay, on February 14, said:

Kasia, sorry, for not having noticed your comment before! Thank you and best wishes, there will be a few more from Scotland next week, in the meantime you find more than 130 under the tag 'Scotland'. May

Goterei, Das Wetter war unglaublich im Sommer 2005 in Schottland, wolkenlos und sehr warm. Liebe Grüsse, May

Scally, on March 9, said:

I know this place May just over the burn north of Largs, but it still looks like a Tropical Silhouette, and a beautiful one too, If you had managed to get to Campbeltown on the Mull of Kintyre, you would find the esplanade lined with these trees. They transplanted a couple on the first Tee of Machrihanish Golf Club, and for a couple of months it looked like the Bahamas, till the trees shed their frowns all over the 1st fairway and the beach,:-(( scally.

♫ Swissmay, on March 9, said:

Scally, thanks for the hint! I intended to go to Campbeltown, when I came down from Oban in 2008, but then it rained so much, that I didn't see much more than water and I decided to take the ferry from Dunoon to Largs, remembering this B&B, where I stayed in 2005. The outer hebrides, Mull of Kintyre are the places, I'd love to visit some day. Maybe, I'll travel by railway and ferries for a change. :)

Regards, May

ღ Domi Rolland, 12 days ago, said:

Je visite l' Ecosse, et voilà que je rencontre ma très chère May

Que du Bonheur, le Monde est parfois si petit !

Merci beaucoup

Domi