# How about a Scotland dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2001, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190 "2001-02-20T07:37:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2001, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/61 "2001-03-01T22:39:36Z")
I can make 4th-6th of May, count me in 🙂 (I just booked some time off work) Anyone who could point me in the direction of a cheap but relatively good place to stay would be way up on my list-of-people-to-buy-drinks-for. If someone wants to arrange times and places to meet, I can prolly make anytime/place. Dunno if I’m gonna dirve or not though, any advice on parking vs train would be appreciated too cause I have never been to Glasgow. Rick 🙂 \ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/62 "2001-03-02T18:17:56Z")
Here’s a hostel that doesn’t seem to have made it into the guidebooks and websites yet. I stayed there last summer and liked it a lot. **Bunkum Backpackers** 26 Hillhead St. tel: 0141 581 4481 Notes from FP’s travel diary: _£9 / night. Nice neighborhood near the university – not central but easily accessible via underground. Small, quiet and very homey; only 4 beds to a dorm, dried flowers and bookshelves w/ an intriguing variety of reading material in rooms. Bathrooms not en suite but convenient; the usual water pressure problems, otherwise OK and very clean._ BTW, I’ll be in York from June through August and would definitely be up for a LeedsDope (especially if RickQ wants to buy me drinks!) ---
**Author:** ![Nimue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nimue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimue)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2001, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/63 "2001-03-02T19:42:49Z")
Awww, it’s nice that you guys still want me to come, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable making the trip on my own. We don’t have a car so it’s ~5 hours either way on a bus, plus a night alone in an unfamiliar city. Meeting you guys in Glasgow would be great if I had someone to go with, but it’s not gonna happen if I’m by myself! Anyway, I assure you that Mr Nim is well worth the wait, he’s really much more outgoing than I am, very talkative and funny. He has posted a few times on the SDMB but not regularly due to his working schedule. (He is a lurker, though, and I will endeavour to get him more active. :)) Anyway, when the next one is in its planning stages, I’ll let you know the dates that he’ll be home. Apart from his time out of the country (currently 6 weeks away, 6 weeks home) we’re very flexible about when and where to meet. ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/64 "2001-05-15T17:55:02Z")
I’ve been so busy this month with my new job, I forgot. Did anyone go? What happened? What did I miss? Tell me, tell me! ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/65 "2001-05-15T18:41:47Z")
Erm, not a lot really. Somehow it didn’t happen, shame really, I guess it needs someone to be more positive in date setting and then everyone can work around that. Have to say that Edinburgh in the summer is a packed city with hordes of tourists, still a great night out though. ---
**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190/66 "2001-05-15T19:46:08Z")
oh! Well, maybe we can re-arrange? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-about-a-scotland-dopefest/55190.md?page=3)