I'm thinking of heading up to the north coast of Scotland in August.
Now..I've always understood August to be a bad time to visit Scotland.
Generally in August the UK is quite wet but the main problem i understand is the midges! :eek
am i right?
Do it now cos it might be snowing by april, possibly may
Smell ones mother. Yaas!
We bumped into some bikers last year .. we'd been to the bike show at Kelso , they'd been to Scotland for a week touring.. they ditched their tent in the end and went ino B &B'S, they'd been bitten to death and soaked to the skin.. they were pretty fed up !! Sure you'd be ok just take that mozzi spray from the mountain centres.. good luck.. let us know how it goes, where going to tour next year,, if you fancy somewhere else have you been to Ireland ??
Yep, them midges ARE a bugger at that time of year....and, yep, I've seen it snow in May up there before today as well :eek
How far north are you going? I'm going up mid-May for a mates wedding (and hopefully it won't snow!).
Seen snow in June before.
I was near Fort William for a week in August last year and I can confirm it was very wet and the midges were out in full force. We did get a couple of dry days riding and we weren't camping this time so still enjoyed it.
We have snow forecast for this Sunday, it always snows here in the middle of lambing season.
In general, March, April and May have been our best weather months and very little chance of the flying sharks being out. July, August are defo the worst months for midges. Other little devil's that people never mention are Clegg's (horse fly) and Tick's. Clegg's don't appeare much on the east coast but the bite is sore and itches for ages. Tick's on the other hand can be pretty dangerous if they latch on to your skin and suck your blood, if you are very unlucky they will leave you with limes desease :eek .
Better to stand and look a fool than speak and prove it !
If it aint broke, I'll fix it till it is !!
What a great advert for Scotland :lol
Living 45 minutes from Dover I go South young man.
Kinda failing to mention it's roasting up here at the mo....the Ochil Hills are bathed in glorious sunshine and...the midges are out!
The Frying Scotsman
its Ullapool im meant to be going to (camping). i also got it wrong, its September not August. I really hate midges though! :\
Even though i like Scotland a lot...i might save further exploration around Scotland for in the car. :o
May June would be better for you, however if September is your only option you should keep and eye on what the weather is doing all year - if its warm and wet all year the midges will be murder even into late Sept. the drier the summer the better. a cold spring helps too, but currently its kicking the arse of 20celcius. brings out the flesh in the city centre mind you.
Re midges, Avon Skin so soft is good stuff to repel the little blighters, mind you your tent will smell like a whores boudoir lol. :eek :rollin :rollin :eek
If you worried about falling off your bike, you'd never get on.
I got busted there for "a speed no less than 75mph" a coupla years ago Trev. Next lay-by up
fond memories.
Smell ones mother. Yaas!
If the roads go thorugh or round, not over, the lumps and are quiet, that would be fabby cycling territory.
That's the rest and be thankful as viewed from Ben Arthur.
I've not cycled that road, but I doubt it would be much fun.
Quite narrow and a lot of fast traffic.
The scariest day I ever had cycling was riding down through Glencoe. And I had it good, heading south with a north tail wind, I was moving quite quick but it was still scary as hell. Ended up on my arse at one point due to a tanker that cut in on me.