please help - Scotland advice wanted

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Just go where you fancy, you can't go wrong.  And don't worry you can always pop back next year, and the year after that and.....

[size=1.35em]Ive heard very mixed reviews about Dunoon to Inveraray though?[/size]

I often use that route (I live in Largs).  If I'm heading up the west coast that's the way I'll go.  You can get half price tickets in the convience store in Gourock (not really worth bothering about for one crossing but good to know if you live round-about).  The road is fine and it's lovely up past Loch Eck.  It's a lovely area to wander about, you could extend it by wandering over to Clachan of Glendaruel, even pooping down to Colintraive to take a peak at possibly Scotland's shortest ferry crossing.  Or ride over to Tighnabruaich and then take the ferry from Portavadie to Tarbert (top notch fish and chips in the cafe there) and head up to Oban from there.  It's very quiet round these parts and there's some cracking bits of road, but the police also know lots of us bikers love it, so don't go daft, I got VASCARed heading up the Dunoon road a good few years back. 






Colintraive


You really should take a day or two off the bike.  Get yer walkin shoes/boots on and chill out.  Bikes can only show you so much, and it all flashes by way too quick.

Durness would be a good stop.  Check out Sandwood Bay, Cape Wrath, wander up the wee hills behind the village, take a walk along the beach Faraid Beach;


Sandwood Bay;



Scotland's most remote cafe, The Ozone Cafe at Cape Wrath;





Meall Meadhonach (overlooking Durness)



Faraid Head Beach;





But really just wander where you fancy, don't worry about it, and don't try to plan every detail, just let things happen.


[size=1.35em]Really fancied going to Harris/Lewis but I've been reading lots of stuff on the net and I'm a little [/size][size=1.35em]put off to be honest.

[/size]What's putting you off?  I love the Outer Hebrides. 

Oh I think petrol was 1.54 a litre back in June up at Durness.  It's worth remembering that shop hours can be shorter in remote areas, and often everything is closed on a Sunday including petrol stations.  There are some 24hr unmanned petrol pumps popping up here and there which can be very handy.