22 Oct '08 - The James Bond Connection

With the release of the new Bond-flick Quantum of Solace, I thought it would be nice to bore my visitors with some very trivial trivia which I recently encountered in Scotland relating to James Bond.

First connection, there's ofcourse the famous headquarters of M, normally known as Eilean Donan Castle. Now we've looked extensively for the secret 007 bunkers but concluded that we'd probably find Nessie first ... the castle was interesting nonetheless.

Scotland - Eilean Donan Castle

The second connection was a bit of a chance encounter. It involved a ship. A Royal Navy ship called HMS Westminster (F237). We encountered it off the Applecross peninsula. Normally nothing special, were it not that this ship was used for interior shots for the Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies.

Scotland - off Applecross

However, we failed to spot Sir Sean (Connery) ...

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