Not really OT - Going to Scotland/Yorkshire

Hi Heather, York was my childhood home and it is now the home to THE quilt museum!!

I hope that you'll have time in your schedule to visit - it seems to have some interesting display topics this summer. If you do get there, I expect to read all your news and see lots of photos.

I still think that Yorkshire is the best place in the UK!! jennellh

I'm so envious! My late husband and I spent a week in Scotland in 2003; he was ill then with Lou Gehrig's Disease (motor neuron disease or ALS), depends on where you're from as to what it's called. He loved golf so we went to St. Andrew's. It was wonderful! I don't know about quilting shops, but they do have the most beautiful woolen clothing! Of course, we lived in South Texas and woolen clothing is out of the question, so I didn't bring any home with me. Have fun! Michelle

In message , Heather in WestOz writes

I live further south than where you are going. Derbyshire joins Yorkshire it is south of it. Shirley

- Mandor's in Renfrew Street, Glasgow (best shop in Scotland)

- The Cloth Shop in Bonnington Road, Edinburgh (vastly improved recently)

- Mandor's in Edinburgh (not as good as the Glasgow one - I forget the street, not far from the Cloth Shop)

- Three fabric-related shops a few yards apart in Linlithgow High Street

- For something rather different (not much cotton), the Asian fabric shops in Woodside Road, Glasgow and Edinburgh Fabrics in Nicolson Street, Edinburgh (the latter is also a pretty good general fabric shop)

- Quilt shops in the high streets of Melrose and West Calder

Walk along the cliff path from Arbroath to Auchmithie and eat at the But 'n Ben (which specializes in Arbroath smokies). The red sandstone cliffs are one of the most spectacular landscape features in Scotland.

On your way from Arbroath to Edinburgh, stop off and look round the Verdant Works jute factory museum in Dundee. It'll take you a lot longer than you think, the place is fascinating.

If you're going through Biggar, look in the museum at the amazing pair of military-themed patchwork wallhangings made by a local man in the mid-19th century. (There's some old patchwork in the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, but nothing in that league).

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