Highlands

[Red Devil]

Rochester TVR said:

There is also this bit not shown on the one above. (Points G and H look to be on some fantastic roads!)

G = B797 Mennock Pass via Leadhills.
H = A702 Dalveen Pass.

[Lancs Dave]

gwm said:

Red Devil said:

My money says here. The Glen Etive road a few hundred yards down from the junction with the A82.

Looks right to me, thanks.

That's the place :-) Glad you like the pic

[Who me ?]

Nice to see folks loving the scenary. I still get pangs to see photos of the views I saw as a lad on my daily slog. Mallaig -Fort William over the cursed A830 single track/ trips to Drumanadrochit to service one of the secret links to keep UK- USA contacts operational in the days of the cold war. Trips from Oban to keep other legs of this chain operational ,and various visits to radio stations that kept places like Oban/ the Argyl penisular linked to the rest of the mainland. For those driving up from Balachulish to Inverness, keep an eye out for little Snowcem buildings every four/five miles or so . These were repeater stations where the analogue signals on a 1000v powered 960 channel telephone system were amplified. Last time I ventured north there was one opposite Onich Hotel and another at black Rock .

[GetCarter]

Rochester TVR said:

My parents are on a Scottish Road trip at the moment and asked me to come up with a route for them. I am now a little jealous as I have spent the last few months reading up on the best roads in Scotland and Im now sitting in work getting regular updates on how amazing the roads are up there! Anyway this is a quick thank you to everyone for their suggestions on this thread.
The route is just over 2000 miles long and spread over nearly 2 weeks, they are currently on Day 3 of the trip at the moment (Mostly spent on the Isle of Skye), tomorrow they head up to Ullapool via the Applecross Road. They are in a Grey Evoque, if you see them give them a wave!

Anyway the route...


There is also this bit not shown on the one above. (Points G and H look to be on some fantastic roads!)

I saw a light grey Evoke yesterday. 2 up xxxx YLK? (or similar). Them?

[Rochester TVR]

GetCarter said:

I saw a light grey Evoke yesterday. 2 up xxxx YLK? (or similar). Them?

Possibly, their reg ends BYB. They did tell me they bumped into a load of PHers that were staying at the Tongue Hotel though a couple of nights ago.

[Speed.deman]

What a wonderful thread.

Does anyone know where this road is?



I'm looking for twisties where I can fun at the NSL, rather than long straights.

Any suggestions for some twisties?

[GetCarter]

Don't know where that is, but there are dozens like it round here. As for twisties... depends how twisty you want. Very hard to get to the NSL on the Applecross 'ring'



If you want to do this, best do it at 5 a.m. (Empty)... though watch out for deer and sheep.

[cat220]

Speed.deman said:

What a wonderful thread.

Does anyone know where this road is?



I'm looking for twisties where I can fun at the NSL, rather than long straights.

Any suggestions for some twisties?

Not 100% sure but it could be the Dukes Pass...

http://www.bestbikingroads.com/motorcycle-roads/mo...

Cheers,
C

[Speed.deman]

cat220 said:

Not 100% sure but it could be the Dukes Pass...

http://www.bestbikingroads.com/motorcycle-roads/mo...

Cheers,
C

Thank you. I had a look at a video and it very well could be. I know Scotland is full of twisties, but I want twisties that have excellent visibility so you can charge around them! Happy for any more suggestions!

[Red Devil]

I'm not sure where that is, but I'm fairly sure it's not Dukes Pass. It only has continuous white line edge markers on the hairpin bends at the Aberfeldy Aberfoyle end. It's bugging me as that road looks vaguely familiar.

Edited by Red Devil on Monday 19th May 05:43

[D4VE 3LL]

is it the road down Glen Nevis?

[sjabrown]

Speed.deman said:

What a wonderful thread.

Does anyone know where this road is?



I'm looking for twisties where I can fun at the NSL, rather than long straights.

Any suggestions for some twisties?

It does look quite like a stretch of the Glen Nevis road, up the glen from the cattle grid at the youth hostel. Not a road for a hoon at this time of year.

[GetCarter]

Speed.deman said:

Thank you. I had a look at a video and it very well could be. I know Scotland is full of twisties, but I want twisties that have excellent visibility so you can charge around them! Happy for any more suggestions!

I'm really not being funny here, but if you want twisties that you can take as fast as you dare, with perfect visibility, why not do some track days. For all I know, you do. But if you don't. Do.

I did over 50 when I was further south, and have never had so much fun (with me' trousers on).

I'm well into Highland hoons and fast runs, but if you want to test yourself, it's so much easier on a track (or airfield day). Not sure where you live, so can't recommend a track.

Just a thought, as you want to charge around corners.

[Speed.deman]

No, very good point and we do on occasion. This time we're trying to mix some scenery and fresh air into it! We're a "mature" bunch and sadly you'll rarely hear a squealing tyre on our trips!

[cat220]

Red Devil said:

I'm not sure where that is, but I'm fairly sure it's not Dukes Pass. It only has continuous white line edge markers on the hairpin bends at the Aberfeldy end It's bugging me as that road looks vaguely familiar.

I'm hoping you mean Aberfoyle?

[Red Devil]

D4VE 3LL said:

is it the road down Glen Nevis?

I knew it was familiar: just couldn't place it.

cat220 said:

I'm hoping you mean Aberfoyle?

Oops!

[Who me ?]

RD- I'd not even looked at it before, but yes I'm pretty confident it's up Glen Nevis ,way past the Visitor centre and not far from the Hostel . Not a place for a hoon at most times, as there's usually a few sheep ( black faced and those in cars scenic gourmeting ) and on the odd occasion Deer. Couple of years back, we stopped off at the visitor centre to find a stag and hind come over the bridge. And that was in late May/early June.

[OvalOwl]

Another vote here for Glen Nevis.

Yonks ago I was up there in my 205 D-turbo parked up looking at the snowy view when a Heilan Coo came over and started licking the salt off the side of the car.

More recently I was intending to go walking further up the Glen and got as far as the last car park and thought better of it. There was half an inch or so of snow on the road and whilst it was fresh it was OK but then I thought what if several folk go up there and it got polished? They only grit as far as the lower falls and eh massive P&D car park.

[Red Devil]

Who me said:

RD- I'd not even looked at it before, but yes I'm pretty confident it's up Glen Nevis ,way past the Visitor centre and not far from the Hostel.

Click on the 'place it' link in my previous post. Zoom in as far as you can and, although it will be out of focus, you will see there is absolutely no doubt at all.

Who me said:

Not a place for a hoon at most times, as there's usually a few sheep ( black faced and those in cars scenic gourmeting ) and on the odd occasion Deer. Couple of years back, we stopped off at the visitor centre to find a stag and hind come over the bridge. And that was in late May/early June.

Plus it's a dead end road so everyone going up there has to come back which means you're more likely to meet yourself coming the other way IYSWIM.

Otoh, although it's undulating, the surface of the two lane section up to the twin bridges is very good.

[Who me ?]

RD- I'd no doubt once I'd seen it. I can almost visualise the scenary both side of the road, and if memory serves, there's a dirt road leading into a field and possibly a bridge over the river. The road is at least 50% wider than when I first drove it.