Must drive roads for visitor to UK
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jackal said:
just planned my scottish tour for september
this is as good as its gets
the A87 into skye
A830 Road to the Isles
the A836 south of tongue
the 'mini nurburgring' down to Moffat
the A822/A826 Crieff to Aberfeldy
A93 Bridge of Cally to Ballater
Ulapool to Durness
the Applecross penninsula
the run up to Glencoe/Fort william
Eilean Donan Castle
Loch Ness
Kylesku Bridge
Would you mind posting a link to that map so I can see distances etc? It looks just about ideal. this is as good as its gets
the A87 into skye
A830 Road to the Isles
the A836 south of tongue
the 'mini nurburgring' down to Moffat
the A822/A826 Crieff to Aberfeldy
A93 Bridge of Cally to Ballater
Ulapool to Durness
the Applecross penninsula
the run up to Glencoe/Fort william
Eilean Donan Castle
Loch Ness
Kylesku Bridge
Edited by jackal on Tuesday 24th July 22:27
mhh said:
jackal said:
just planned my scottish tour for september
this is as good as its gets
the A87 into skye
A830 Road to the Isles
the A836 south of tongue
the 'mini nurburgring' down to Moffat
the A822/A826 Crieff to Aberfeldy
A93 Bridge of Cally to Ballater
Ulapool to Durness
the Applecross penninsula
the run up to Glencoe/Fort william
Eilean Donan Castle
Loch Ness
Kylesku Bridge
Would you mind posting a link to that map so I can see distances etc? It looks just about ideal. this is as good as its gets
the A87 into skye
A830 Road to the Isles
the A836 south of tongue
the 'mini nurburgring' down to Moffat
the A822/A826 Crieff to Aberfeldy
A93 Bridge of Cally to Ballater
Ulapool to Durness
the Applecross penninsula
the run up to Glencoe/Fort william
Eilean Donan Castle
Loch Ness
Kylesku Bridge
Edited by jackal on Tuesday 24th July 22:27
jackal said:
Amazing pictures! Thanksmhh said:
Sandy59 said:
If you're heading up to the west of Scotland, lots of good info here :
http://www.stevecarter.com/picaday/roads.htm
Wow, great pics!http://www.stevecarter.com/picaday/roads.htm
The famous castle (Eilean Donan) was actually a disappointment to me. It's a "fake" castle, with parts of it being a normal building, and parts being made to look like a beautiful castle. From a few angles it is beautiful, but it's not the same as a real one.
Holy thread resurrection batman, and all that. Found this while researching another potential Scottish trip in late September ...
Between A and C on Jackal's route, it is missing the Glen Fruin Road, Inveraray and the B863 loop to Kinlochleven, all of which in my book are great bits of driving road, for different reasons:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=A82&daddr...
The trouble is that this takes you out of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, where you may be missing some other excellent scenery and roads. If you are pushed for time, or so desire, you can miss out the Inverary detour (though it is fantastic) on that link and cut back to the A82 either at Tarbet or by returning across the Glen Fruin Road from Garelochhead, but I wouldn't recommend missing out the other two as they are tiny detours off of that route for great roads.
I've been recommended the Glenelg Ferry road for a fun way to get to Skye, not sure how that might fit into that route though, because you should probably do the Skye bridge because scenery, and also the Fort William to Mallaig road comes well recommended. Here it is anyway, just in case:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Old+Military+...
The reality is, this is all fantastic driving country, and short of the motorways and the A9, there are very few boring roads in Scotland. Just one thing to remember is that the further north you get, "A" and "B" road designations are more for the fact that there is a route there at all, not because it's any level of quality/width. Some B roads are majority single-track with passing places and not suitable for pressing on (one from my trips particularly springs to mind, I think it was the B8074 from Inverlochy to Bridge of Orchy - you may think it's an interesting shortcut on the map but if you've anything wide or with low ground clearance it can be a bit of a stressful experience - picturesque "rickety bridge over whitewater" photo op halfway along though).
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Between A and C on Jackal's route, it is missing the Glen Fruin Road, Inveraray and the B863 loop to Kinlochleven, all of which in my book are great bits of driving road, for different reasons:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=A82&daddr...
The trouble is that this takes you out of Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, where you may be missing some other excellent scenery and roads. If you are pushed for time, or so desire, you can miss out the Inverary detour (though it is fantastic) on that link and cut back to the A82 either at Tarbet or by returning across the Glen Fruin Road from Garelochhead, but I wouldn't recommend missing out the other two as they are tiny detours off of that route for great roads.
I've been recommended the Glenelg Ferry road for a fun way to get to Skye, not sure how that might fit into that route though, because you should probably do the Skye bridge because scenery, and also the Fort William to Mallaig road comes well recommended. Here it is anyway, just in case:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?saddr=Old+Military+...
The reality is, this is all fantastic driving country, and short of the motorways and the A9, there are very few boring roads in Scotland. Just one thing to remember is that the further north you get, "A" and "B" road designations are more for the fact that there is a route there at all, not because it's any level of quality/width. Some B roads are majority single-track with passing places and not suitable for pressing on (one from my trips particularly springs to mind, I think it was the B8074 from Inverlochy to Bridge of Orchy - you may think it's an interesting shortcut on the map but if you've anything wide or with low ground clearance it can be a bit of a stressful experience - picturesque "rickety bridge over whitewater" photo op halfway along though).
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Edited by masermartin on Saturday 18th August 12:56
Shandy81 said:
If you're heading to Ballater you need to hit the A939 all the way to Grantown on Spey.
Has to be one of the best roads in Scotland.
Totally agree with this - the random appearance of Corgarff castle sitting all on its own is a bit surreal too. Stopped off at a nice little inn (Allargue Arms hotel, if Google is to be believed, it's generally a better bet than my memory) for refreshments when I was up there a few years ago.Has to be one of the best roads in Scotland.
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