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thepritch said:
You mentioned the trip is June - when? Look at a few messages above for the link as the Glenshee road will be impassable due to roadworks at set times in May / June. I assume if you’re staying in Ballater then heading south the next day you’d be hoping to take the road over Glenshee?
Just closed 8pm to 6am IIRC, so should be fine during the day (and at weekends)
DFNorfolk said:
That’s useful to know, especially as girlfriend doesn’t get up till 10 so I can head off early on my own!
We’ve yet to see a bloody deer on any of our visits so far…….
I drove home from Perth last week - driving through Glen Torridon at about 6 a.m. I must have seen 200+ We’ve yet to see a bloody deer on any of our visits so far…….
They are in our garden every night eating our trees!
Hey all,
Few shots from my trip in early May. The weather was truly fantastic, sunny and 24c - such lucky timing.
Didn't get as many shots as I'd like on the camera due to losing it temporarily
Highlights on this trip included visiting Skye for the first time and doing a wild camp near Neist Point overlooking the sea, a cracking empty high-speed run to Mallaig for the first ferry of the day and spending a night at the Applecross Campsite with a glass of wine at the Inn talking to Judith.
Already looking to come back, what's late October like for visiting?
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Few shots from my trip in early May. The weather was truly fantastic, sunny and 24c - such lucky timing.
Didn't get as many shots as I'd like on the camera due to losing it temporarily
Highlights on this trip included visiting Skye for the first time and doing a wild camp near Neist Point overlooking the sea, a cracking empty high-speed run to Mallaig for the first ferry of the day and spending a night at the Applecross Campsite with a glass of wine at the Inn talking to Judith.
Already looking to come back, what's late October like for visiting?
This is one of my favourite threads for many reasons and it does make me smile at the tension between those who want to visit the Highlands because of the vast emptiness and those want the vast emptiness (but not for others).
I've been visiting family in the Gairloch area since I was a wee boy and always remember the tourists and campervans descending en masse. Although back then it was perceived to be more French and Dutch than those from down south.
One thing that was a certainty was a wild trip from getting picked up from the station at Inverness by whatever Uncle was tasked with the job!
I've been visiting family in the Gairloch area since I was a wee boy and always remember the tourists and campervans descending en masse. Although back then it was perceived to be more French and Dutch than those from down south.
One thing that was a certainty was a wild trip from getting picked up from the station at Inverness by whatever Uncle was tasked with the job!
Blown2CV said:
wow, now that is incredible!
The view or the lack of cars?As Get Carter said early morning or late evening is the time. All the motorhomes are parked up somewhere. Probably in a layby! Probably dumping toilet waste.
I still remember a run we had in June a few years back. We were coming over the pass (3 of us) to Applecross, stop for dinner then onwards. As it happens, one of the cars broke down at the start of the pass. We got it sorted eventually, but were circa two and a half hours late. Judith at the inn was very undertanding and catered for us accordingly despite our lateness and messing about.
We were then heading on to the torridon inn. Left Applecross about 9 ish as i recall. Great run, virtually not another car about, certainly no motor homes, still daylight, saw Get Carters wheelie bin. Ace run.
Blown2CV said:
monkfish1 said:
Blown2CV said:
wow, now that is incredible!
The view or the lack of cars?monkfish1 said:
The view or the lack of cars?
As Get Carter said early morning or late evening is the time.
I went out at 8ish last night up Deeside towards Braemar. I saw about 10 cars in the hour I was out. As Get Carter said early morning or late evening is the time.
That’s the upside.
I stopped for a drink at a place in Ballater, as their front patio looked inviting in the evening sun. But they said they weren’t serving drinks anymore, despite it being advertised earlier in the day on FB.
This is the trouble with the highlands. You want solitude. But on the occasion when you don’t, nothing is open
GetCarter said:
Blown2CV said:
monkfish1 said:
Blown2CV said:
wow, now that is incredible!
The view or the lack of cars?We stayed at the Applecross campsite at the tail end of last year, we took the Exige up over the Bealach and had two Dutch bikers waiting for us at the top who then flagged us down to say the Lotus sounded incredible on the way up! It's a brilliant stretch of road when you get it clear.
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