Good places to drive in Scotland

[adbett]

Have always liked the idea of jumping in the car one day and driving London to John o'Groats and back just for fun. I've 2-3 days off work in a couple of weeks so thinking about putting the plan in to action....

Looking at the distances / time needed plus the crazy cheap Ryanair flight prices (about 15gbp eash way) it's looking smarter to fly to Edinburgh and hire a car rather than sit on the motorways through England.

Question is, what is the best (ie fun roads, breathtaking views, mountain passes) route from Edinburgh to John o'Groats and back over 2-3 days?

Applecross pass on the west coast has been recommended, not exactly enroute but not too far off either

[v8ksn]

Fill ya boots lad!

http://www.northcoast500.com/home.aspx

Alternatively..... http://petrolhead.tours/tours/uk/scotland/

[adbett]

Beautiful! Looks like I might run out of time to sleep though

[Bennachie]

Most of it............

[gsewell]

Alledgedly, the North Coast 500 can be done fairly quickly....
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/general-pistonhead...

[sidicks]

The run-in for my GT3 was a mundane trip from Kent to Scotland, followed by some great driving into Skye and a number of the other Hebridean islands before returning home - highly recommended!!

[bigkeeko]

Don`t discount the south and borders. Plenty of phenomenal roads with little traffic and some spectacular scenery.

[douglasgdmw]

There is a massive amount of roads to choose from in any area that you go to Scotland. I have lived here all of my life and probably not driven as much of them that I would like.

However there are a couple of other threads on this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=133...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=173...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=908...

If you know where your going to be staying then post in the Scottish forum and they will give you loads of advice.

Also don't know which Porsche you have but if you go island hopping the majority of ferries should be ok to take your car without it scraping but maybe best to check with the scottish forum if you have a GT3 etc which is low.

Cheers
George

[adbett]

Lots of good stuff in those threads! thanks

[sidicks]

douglasgdmw said:

There is a massive amount of roads to choose from in any area that you go to Scotland. I have lived here all of my life and probably not driven as much of them that I would like.

However there are a couple of other threads on this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=133...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=173...
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=908...

If you know where your going to be staying then post in the Scottish forum and they will give you loads of advice.

Also don't know which Porsche you have but if you go island hopping the majority of ferries should be ok to take your car without it scraping but maybe best to check with the scottish forum if you have a GT3 etc which is low.

Cheers
George

On that note, I can confirm that a 991 GT3 with axle lift had appropriate clearance for the various different ferries that we encountered!