17-07-12, 04:45 PM
I would say head west out of Fort William to Mallaig, take the ferry across to Skye.
The A830 along the coast is one of the nicest roads I've ever been on, this just a day after the A82!
(looking at your route, I can't tell if you're going along this route... if you are, then carry on
)
The road from Fort William to Inverness is really good, but when I went, (about this time of year 2009) there were loads of coaches and not many safe overtaking places (2 up + luggage taken in to account) and while the GF enjoyed it, I found myself getting quite frustrated I couldn't enjoy it, always looking to do more than 30... and not wanting to be behind a wide load with wide loads coming the other way, on narrow roads.
The north loop to Durness is lovely too (in tough biker way) if you're up there for any length of time, take a peak in Smoo cave for a nice 15 mins of the bikes
So yeah, a lot of blabber about not much at all
Tom
The A830 along the coast is one of the nicest roads I've ever been on, this just a day after the A82!
(looking at your route, I can't tell if you're going along this route... if you are, then carry on
)The road from Fort William to Inverness is really good, but when I went, (about this time of year 2009) there were loads of coaches and not many safe overtaking places (2 up + luggage taken in to account) and while the GF enjoyed it, I found myself getting quite frustrated I couldn't enjoy it, always looking to do more than 30... and not wanting to be behind a wide load with wide loads coming the other way, on narrow roads.
The north loop to Durness is lovely too (in tough biker way) if you're up there for any length of time, take a peak in Smoo cave for a nice 15 mins of the bikes
So yeah, a lot of blabber about not much at all
Tom