Highlands + 993...some pics
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Posted this in the Roads forum earlier, but thought some here might enjoy the pics...
This weekend just gone was my annual pilgrimage to motoring nirvana.
The thought that pops into my head as each new piece of tarmac unfolds, and each new vista reveals itself is - "no, this is the best road I've ever driven"
Had a great trip up through northern england and borders / lowlands too - but the Highlands bit of the route was day 2:
Blairgowrie - Braemar - Grantown - Cawdor - Inverness - Lairg - Tongue - Scourie - Ullapool - Lochcarron - Uig
Missed out Applecross this time, as I had travelled that way each of the last couple of years and didn't want to turn a pleasingly long day into a japanese endurance test.
Key memories of the day:
- early morning light on the hills on your right hand side on the road north from Blairgowire
- discovering a new to me B road between Carrbridge and Ferness (no this is the best road I've ever driven)
- the (generally) outstanding courtesy of other drivers on the single-track roads, allowing you to pass if required
- convoying on the back of a group of bikers for 15-20 miles north of Ullapool
- joy unconfined at finding super unleaded in Broadford
- the ringing in my ears from hours spent in the car with the tacho buried in the happy zone
Suffice to say that the existence of these roads, and this one weekend a year remain probably the single biggest reason why I don't chop in my car for something comfortable, soft and sensible.
This weekend just gone was my annual pilgrimage to motoring nirvana.
The thought that pops into my head as each new piece of tarmac unfolds, and each new vista reveals itself is - "no, this is the best road I've ever driven"
Had a great trip up through northern england and borders / lowlands too - but the Highlands bit of the route was day 2:
Blairgowrie - Braemar - Grantown - Cawdor - Inverness - Lairg - Tongue - Scourie - Ullapool - Lochcarron - Uig
Missed out Applecross this time, as I had travelled that way each of the last couple of years and didn't want to turn a pleasingly long day into a japanese endurance test.
Key memories of the day:
- early morning light on the hills on your right hand side on the road north from Blairgowire
- discovering a new to me B road between Carrbridge and Ferness (no this is the best road I've ever driven)
- the (generally) outstanding courtesy of other drivers on the single-track roads, allowing you to pass if required
- convoying on the back of a group of bikers for 15-20 miles north of Ullapool
- joy unconfined at finding super unleaded in Broadford
- the ringing in my ears from hours spent in the car with the tacho buried in the happy zone
Suffice to say that the existence of these roads, and this one weekend a year remain probably the single biggest reason why I don't chop in my car for something comfortable, soft and sensible.
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