johnnydun Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 The painted rock at St Fillans at the road side. I spotted it about 30 years ago, but I'm sure it has probably been there a lot longer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 There is a small tree growing at the side of the M77 just before Fenwick that always has tinsel and Xmas baubles on it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, Ziggy said: There is a small tree growing at the side of the M77 just before Fenwick that always has tinsel and Xmas baubles on it. Pics or GTF. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 17 hours ago, Patrick Bateman said: The Whale Bone Arch, Lewis 5 hours ago, Henderson to deliver ..... said: There's one on the the Meadows in central Edinburgh and a whalebone arch on top of North Berwick Law which is now made of fibreglass after it rotted away beyond repair. There's one in Stewart Park in Aberdeen too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 On the subject of trees beside roads, this pitiful attempt at disguising a mobile mast beside the A9 Keir Roundabout is fooling absolutely nobody. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, johnnydun said: Pics or GTF. https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-sunday-post-newcastle/20130609/282415576838123 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 13 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: On the subject of trees beside roads, this pitiful attempt at disguising a mobile mast beside the A9 Keir Roundabout is fooling absolutely nobody. There's quite a few of them going about, like you say, pitiful. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 That lump of rock above reminded me of the Dwarfie Stane on Hoy. At some point between 2500 and 3500 years ago, somebody saw a giant boulder in the middle of f***ing nowhere and had nothing better to do other than carve out a big man sized hole in it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 20 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: On the subject of trees beside roads, this pitiful attempt at disguising a mobile mast beside the A9 Keir Roundabout is fooling absolutely nobody. Not been set on fire yet so it's fooling some people. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclizine Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) The random statue of Rob Roy MacGregor by the bridge over the Dee in Culter has always seemed odd, seeing as he has literally no link to the place at all. Edited October 9, 2020 by Cyclizine 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Cyclizine said: The random statue of Rob Roy MacGregor by the bridge over the Dee in Culter has always seemed odd, seeing as he has literally no link to the place at all. Reminds me of a picture I took in Dunkeld last year. Usually places only bother with such signs for "so and so, famous for whatever, lived here from X to Y", but this one seems to be the very definition of "scrambling for relevance". Eta: on the subject of scrambling for relevance, there's the seemingly random 'John Lennon Memorial Garden' in Durness, put there because he visited on holiday. Edited October 9, 2020 by Hedgecutter 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 The Wee Minister in the middle of nowhere on the Lairig Leacach 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 There's also this thing in the middle of Loch Shin beside Lairg. Probably put there because it's the most boring place on the face of the f***ing Earth... and still is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Somebodys back garden behind EOS club Camelon's Carmuirs Park. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 (edited) Although I made reference to this on another thread, I feel that a road sign for Kilmarnock at Haymarket is deserving of a place here. It's not even a continuation of the A70 that you turn onto there. That said... Quote I'd never been to Ayrshire I hitched down one saturday Sixty miles to Kilmarnock To see Hibernian play... Edited October 9, 2020 by Hedgecutter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Cyclizine said: The random statue of Rob Roy MacGregor by the bridge over the Dee in Culter has always seemed odd, seeing as he has literally no link to the place at all. I looked this up. I'd always thought this was at "Rob Roy's leap". I see somewhere near Loch Lomond is claiming that story. Anyway here is some of the backstory including a tenuous connection with the wider area. https://www.robroyontherock.com/information/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share Posted October 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, coprolite said: I looked this up. I'd always thought this was at "Rob Roy's leap". I see somewhere near Loch Lomond is claiming that story. Anyway here is some of the backstory including a tenuous connection with the wider area. https://www.robroyontherock.com/information/ I'm rather tempted to finance and erect a sign somewhere that says "This section of river is the only one in Scotland that that Rob Roy didn't jump over whilst escaping from the Redcoats". Falls of Feugh would be a good spot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamish's Passenger Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Wallace’s Well in Pittencrieff Park, Dunfermline. A hole on the ground where we are claiming William Wallace hid for a bit. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highland Capital Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 Surprised this atrocity hasn't been posted yet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted October 9, 2020 Share Posted October 9, 2020 7 minutes ago, Hedgecutter said: I'm rather tempted to finance and erect a sign somewhere that says "This section of river is the only one in Scotland that that Rob Roy didn't jump over whilst escaping from the Redcoats". Falls of Feugh would be a good spot. Could be onto something. A blue plaque for the only house in Edinburgh that Sean Connery didn't deliver milk to. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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