03-26-2024, 04:28 PM | #23 |
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First week in October might be a good option for us too.... certainly wont be earlier than the 20th Sept.... How were the midges
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03-26-2024, 04:53 PM | #24 |
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Apparently there is now a Welsh alternative. Central and Northern Wales has some spectacular scenery and pretty good roads IIRC.
I must admit that John O' Groats was extremely underwhelming for me. But that was 35 years ago before the NC500 'marketing machine' had been thought of. |
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If you can, a day or two on the Isle of Skye - very scenic and quite a few places to see. There’s even a boat tour from there for half a day - whales are popular in the area. A |
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03-26-2024, 05:09 PM | #26 |
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They weren’t too bad, we also did a shortened version of the western side up the A836 the year after and went over the Skye. Need to do it again
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03-27-2024, 04:38 AM | #27 |
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There are a lot of alternatives sticking to the west coast
Glasgow(ish) > Loch Lomond > Glencoe/Fort William> Glenfinnan/Mallaig > Oban > Tarbert > Machrihanish/Campbeltown > Tarbert (take the ferry to Portavadie and stay there) > Arrochar > Glasgow No idea how long all that would take, and I've left Skye off the list because in October everything is usually closed! |
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03-28-2024, 01:29 AM | #29 |
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I did the west coast of Scotland from Glasgow to Glencoe, to Skye for one night then up to Durness following the west side of the Nc500 route in Oct 2020 in a T6 camper. Was quiet but close to lockdowns so probably why. Was really good, amazing scenery.
Did a Scottish road trip in the car in August 2021, stopping in Fort William, Inverness, Oban and island of Barra in the outer Hebrides. We had a day out to Durness from Inverness, and I couldn't wait to get off the NC500 single track roads up there. It's not just getting stuck behind camper vans, it's having to stop every 500m to let one past coming the other way, it quickly grates and I can't imagine living up there and having to deal with that every time you go to the shop/work/anywhere. For that reason I won't go up that far again using the Nc500 roads, I don't want to be part of the problem. I'd agree with D118D above, the best enjoyed parts of Scotland are Glen Coe, Fort William to Mallaig area(steam train trip over Glenfinnan is definitely worth it), Cambeltown peninsula area, Skye (take the boat trip from Elgol for some of the best views in Scotland in my opinion) and the west side of the Nc500 up to Kylesku Bridge - it goes single track after that and becomes painful. Some of my favourite pics from the many times I've been up there, all these are without going up to the single track road areas. |
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