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ckpqerjwrpwp
23rd May 2007, 17:46
How far do you have to travel from Edinburgh or Glasgow to get somewhere away from the noise of main roads and flightpaths in Scotland? Valleys are normally good.. or if not at least 10 miles from a B road...

You can get tranquility maps of England, based on how close you are to flightpaths, roads, towns, industry etc. I was annoyed to find they didn't cover Scotland too.

http://www.cpre.org.uk/imggrab/247/img.gif

http://www.cpre.org.uk/campaigns/landscape/tranquillity/national-and-regional-tranquillity-maps
AVX23
23rd May 2007, 17:57
that's cos Scotland ain't tranquil ;)

I wish I knew how far I had to go to escape the sounds of jurrasic fuckin park on a Friday/Sat night - it's a jungle out there man.
gypsy_cream
23rd May 2007, 17:59
nah you dont have to travel far to hear peace and quiet here....infact i can think of some places that are really quiet and still considered as part of edinburgh.


tranquility maps...well good idea..wish there was one for scotland, just out of curiousity
TimB
23rd May 2007, 19:00
I'd be really interested in looking at a tranquility map of Scotland.

You'd find a lot of green on that map I think.
ckpqerjwrpwp
23rd May 2007, 19:03
In terms of sound recording, 'quiet' is a whole different level of.. err... quiet.. it's amazing what your brain just blanks out for you.. very different once you turn a mic on you can easily hear cars that are 5-20 miles away.

Is it true to say the general rule in Scotland that things get quieter the further north and west you go?
ckpqerjwrpwp
23rd May 2007, 19:07
Obviously being in a valley helps a lot...
TimB
23rd May 2007, 19:16
Yeah there's lots of quiet places. It's great.
Plenty of hills so plenty of valleys.
love_tempo
23rd May 2007, 21:50
If you go too far west the sea can be noisier than any manmade noise especially with the wind.
skosh
24th May 2007, 02:54
nah you dont have to travel far to hear peace and quiet here....infact i can think of some places that are really quiet and still considered as part of edinburgh.


tranquility maps...well good idea..wish there was one for scotland, just out of curiousity

aye ye can get peace and tranquility on arthurs seat in the centre of edinburgh if ye really want :)
ckpqerjwrpwp
24th May 2007, 10:50
so anyone want to give me a rough idea of what direction to head in? :)
Yer_Maw
24th May 2007, 11:00
err north? head to fintry.
big raff
24th May 2007, 11:31
theres vast areas of dumfries and galloway that are very quiet. its often overlooked as its just over the border. there's also very few tourists (compared to the mass of tourists in the highlands)
Yer_Maw
24th May 2007, 11:33
watch out for the pagans though ;0
big raff
24th May 2007, 11:35
;)
ckpqerjwrpwp
24th May 2007, 12:03
cheers fellars.. yeah looking closer at the map Fintry looks like a good start.

Hadn't considered Dumfries/Galloway.. good to check out on the way.

What is the Queen Elizabeth Forest Park like?
big raff
24th May 2007, 12:23
i don't know about Queen Elizabeth Forest Park....
the new galloway area of dumfries is a vast area of forests and valleys/hills without the tourists or nearby cities.
joe pinapples
24th May 2007, 14:49
The other side of the borders ie round Kelso is really nice. I lived there when I was a kid in a village called Yetholm at the very end of the Pennine Way - in fact if you finished the walk you used to get a free pint in the village pub (the only one in the village) dunno if us still do. Plenty of valleys and quiet round there.