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Traffic Scotland website has some live cameras. Mainly trunk roads though.
I live between Glencoe and Ft William. It’s been very busy all week and extremely busy today. Loads of caravans and motorhomes mostly heading north. A82 was blocked by a smash at Glencoe for a few hours yesterday afternoon.
I live between Glencoe and Ft William. It’s been very busy all week and extremely busy today. Loads of caravans and motorhomes mostly heading north. A82 was blocked by a smash at Glencoe for a few hours yesterday afternoon.
fancyabevy said:
Interesting to hear. Is there any way to monitor approx traffic levels online? Any live webcams or traffic data that's easy to check?
I almost set off myself, at lunch time, for a 48 hour meander, as the weather was looking perfect. But decided it was likely bad timing.
No clue - and I suppose for balance I should say I don’t have a reference point for Friday afternoons on the A96/A9. The caravans and motorhomes are all heading north though, we are heading the other way. I almost set off myself, at lunch time, for a 48 hour meander, as the weather was looking perfect. But decided it was likely bad timing.
Hired motorhomes in the highlands are a liability - people who aren’t used to driving large vehicles driving them on single track roads they aren’t used to, recipe for disaster. One of them gave me no choice but to leave a bit of single track this morning between Kinlochewe and Torridon, by just continuing straight at me on a reasonably well sighted straight part.
GordonL said:
Traffic Scotland website has some live cameras. Mainly trunk roads though.
I live between Glencoe and Ft William. It’s been very busy all week and extremely busy today. Loads of caravans and motorhomes mostly heading north. A82 was blocked by a smash at Glencoe for a few hours yesterday afternoon.
Would you say its busier for this time of year with RVs /caravans / coaches than other previous years (obv not including last year)? We're doing a 5 day tour in 3 weeks time and hope the roads, particularly in the north, are not jammed. In 5 days in July last year we saw only one coach and hardly any RVs caravans etc. & all roads were very quiet apart from the major cities. I live between Glencoe and Ft William. It’s been very busy all week and extremely busy today. Loads of caravans and motorhomes mostly heading north. A82 was blocked by a smash at Glencoe for a few hours yesterday afternoon.
Tye Green said:
GordonL said:
Traffic Scotland website has some live cameras. Mainly trunk roads though.
I live between Glencoe and Ft William. It’s been very busy all week and extremely busy today. Loads of caravans and motorhomes mostly heading north. A82 was blocked by a smash at Glencoe for a few hours yesterday afternoon.
Would you say its busier for this time of year with RVs /caravans / coaches than other previous years (obv not including last year)? We're doing a 5 day tour in 3 weeks time and hope the roads, particularly in the north, are not jammed. In 5 days in July last year we saw only one coach and hardly any RVs caravans etc. & all roads were very quiet apart from the major cities. I live between Glencoe and Ft William. It’s been very busy all week and extremely busy today. Loads of caravans and motorhomes mostly heading north. A82 was blocked by a smash at Glencoe for a few hours yesterday afternoon.
Tye Green said:
Would you say its busier for this time of year with RVs /caravans / coaches than other previous years (obv not including last year)? We're doing a 5 day tour in 3 weeks time and hope the roads, particularly in the north, are not jammed. In 5 days in July last year we saw only one coach and hardly any RVs caravans etc. & all roads were very quiet apart from the major cities.
Drove 17 miles to Lochcarron at 08:20 this morning. Didn't see a car. Drove back at 09:20 and saw about 40 cars/motorhomes. It's not about where, but when. 
ruggedscotty said:
Tye Green said:
GordonL said:
Traffic Scotland website has some live cameras. Mainly trunk roads though.
I live between Glencoe and Ft William. It’s been very busy all week and extremely busy today. Loads of caravans and motorhomes mostly heading north. A82 was blocked by a smash at Glencoe for a few hours yesterday afternoon.
Would you say its busier for this time of year with RVs /caravans / coaches than other previous years (obv not including last year)? We're doing a 5 day tour in 3 weeks time and hope the roads, particularly in the north, are not jammed. In 5 days in July last year we saw only one coach and hardly any RVs caravans etc. & all roads were very quiet apart from the major cities. I live between Glencoe and Ft William. It’s been very busy all week and extremely busy today. Loads of caravans and motorhomes mostly heading north. A82 was blocked by a smash at Glencoe for a few hours yesterday afternoon.
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
Sadly the whole West Coast is going to ruined for a while for those who like it for its remote feel. It's just another big Lake District last year and this.
If your lazy and just want to sit in your car but there must be places that require a bit of effort to walk to that'll still be quiet ?egor110 said:
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
Sadly the whole West Coast is going to ruined for a while for those who like it for its remote feel. It's just another big Lake District last year and this.
If your lazy and just want to sit in your car but there must be places that require a bit of effort to walk to that'll still be quiet ?GetCarter said:
egor110 said:
RonaldMcDonaldAteMyCat said:
Sadly the whole West Coast is going to ruined for a while for those who like it for its remote feel. It's just another big Lake District last year and this.
If your lazy and just want to sit in your car but there must be places that require a bit of effort to walk to that'll still be quiet ?
)mjlloyd500 said:
Coming up there in June, last year was the first year I have not been to Scotland since 1987,staying at the borgie Lodge Hotel, hope its nice, and not to many campervans.
No idea what it's like to stay at but the food is lovely. My parents are quite close to there and we go out for dinner there when I'm visiting 
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