Five days in Scotland

[dickturpin]

A few pics to encourage you to visit Scotland...



A832 Gruinard Bay




Minor Road north of Laide




War defences at Cove, Loch Ewe, Poolewe




Loch Ewe




The Storr from A855 north of Portree, Skye




A855 northern limits on Skye




A855 northern limits of Skye




A855 north Skye




Uig from A87 Skye




Portree, Skye




The Cuillin Mountains from A87 Skye




Skye Bridge, A87.




Plockton, nr Skye Bridge.




Coast road north of Applecross.




Coast road north of Applecross.


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Approaching Applecross[/size]




Applecross Pass




A896 Glenn Torridon.




Tongue Estuary A836.




Tongue Estuary A836.




A838 East of Durness.




A838 Durness.




Durness.. Balnakeil Bay




Durness ...as above




A838 approaching Durness from south.




From Kylesku Bridge, Unapool A894.




Coast road round Lochinver, B869.




Nr Lochinver...minor coast road Inverkirkaig.




As above.




Loch Lurgainn, south of Lochinver.




As above.




Gruinard Bay A832 south of Ullapool.




A832 Aultbea




A832 Loch Ewe




A832 Glen Docherty approaching Loch Maree.




Loch Carron A896.




Eileen Donan Castle A87.




Loch Carron from A890.




Glen Etive, Nr Glencoe, (this road is 12 mile cul-de-sac).





A82 approaching Glencoe from south (Tyndrum).


Thanks for looking.....


D

[Yogi]

Hi.
That looks fantastic.
Would you mind sharing the route info.
Would be great to have a run up there.

Thanks

[bri h]

Well between you and my hedgetrimming friend im inspired. You had better make sure the weather is good in June. Oh and please keep the midges away thanks.

[nickodemon]

Great photos of the isle of skye and the route you have taken. When i go to skye i always visit Elgol and Neist point

[nick crisp]

Been trying to figure out which of those places I went, and which I didn't see. Some are obvious, but can't get others. Glad someone else was able to make best use of the weather too, nice one Dick.


Once in Scotland isn't enough though, I'll definitely be looking to go again sometime. It is quite a big place!

[dickturpin]

See map below
Pink route up to base from Yorkshire, skirting round Edinburgh and stopping overnight at Killin before heading over Glencoe to Fort William and setting base at Poolewe, about 30 miles south of Ullapool.
Red route from base to Ullapool and on to Durness (following the coast where possible) across to Tongue, south to Lairg and back to base.
Blue route south to Applecross, over the pass and north around the coast, then on to Plockton, over skye bridge to Portreee and Uig before returning along the east coast by Staffin and Loch Carron Lock Marie back to base.
Green routes just local access roads near to base camp before a long trek home the next day by Inverness and A9 to Edinburgh and Newcastle.





I will try and add locations to pictures posted....They are not in order of route taken.
Midges will appear after end of May....sorry.
I suspect mine (and Hedgetrimmer's) weather was not typical of Scotland!
Hope you enjoy your trips..Don't underestimate the mileage involved, it's a big country. The blue route alone is about 350 miles!


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[nick crisp]

I got chatting to a chap at the Hartside today who was telling me about a couple of Scotland routes I've yet to do, so will have to investigate some time. Going to peruse the map in a minute and see if I can't figure out where he was talking about.


Was definitely nice not to have to deal with midgies, although I didn't camp this time. Been a mild winter too, so I suspect they will be quite bad this year?

[youngsterbiker]

You guys should give me and sinto a shout next time your going through. I'm always up for chasing some foccers. 

[downey]

NICE SHOTS ....ah cheers for that ,never got up around skye when i was there a few years ago when i got the bike ivanized,, went up to fort william ,,inverness ,aviemore,,fortwilliam ,,,oban,,,,loughgilphead,,,iveraray,,arrocher actually yheres a road there and its like a tarmacaddem motox track,,crazy fun ,,.on to the nuke submarine base,,,and the coast road nearly all the way back to the ferry,,beautifull place with great roads,,gotta get back again soon :thumbup

[sinto607276]

As I said to Hedgetrimmer, welcome to God's country cracking pics, Really pleased that you had a great trip and the weather was kind to you
I'll back up youngsterbiker by saying anyone wanting to give any foccer a shout up here if your visiting I'm sure we could meet up and show you a few nice routes along the way

[sinto607276]

NICE SHOTS ....ah cheers for that ,never got up around skye when i was there a few years ago when i got the bike ivanized,, went up to fort william ,,inverness ,aviemore,,fortwilliam ,,,oban,,,,loughgilphead,,,iveraray,,arrocher actually yheres a road there and its like a tarmacaddem motox track,,crazy fun ,,. THATS THE A814 I WAS TELLING HEDGETRIMMER ABOUT to the nuke submarine base,,,and the coast road nearly all the way back to the ferry,,beautifull place with great roads,,gotta get back again soon :thumbup

Quoted above and took out the sizing so you can read it :thumbup

[downey]

cheers for that sinto me and computers  :rolleyes :'(

[sinto607276]

cheers for that sinto me and computers Are only good together when I'm looking at porn :rolleyes :'(

Your welcome, and I messed about with the above :pokefun
I think in your original post above you had loads of txt sizes in, think that's what caused it

[Red Ceri]

Looks like you had a cracking time and superb weather, hopefully you and Mr Crisp haven't nicked all the good weather for Scotland this month as I'm on my way up this Sunday for a week long jaunt 

[nick crisp]

Have a good one Ceri  :thumbup  Camping or B&Bs?

[mickvp]

Weather is shitty the rest of this week RC but it is to clear up and be hot again start of next week

[dickturpin]

Looks like you had a cracking time and superb weather, hopefully you and Mr Crisp haven't nicked all the good weather for Scotland this month as I'm on my way up this Sunday for a week long jaunt 

Good luck with your trip...hope the weather lets you see Scotland in it's glory.


D

[downey]

[quote author=downey link=topic=20102.msg232231#msg232231 date=1463502820]
cheers for that sinto me and computers Are only good together when I'm looking at porn :rolleyes :'(

Your welcome, and I messed about with the above :pokefun
I think in your original post above you had loads of txt sizes in, think that's what caused it
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funny thing about porn its so user friendly  :lol :lol :lol ,so is it cuz i used some capital letters it went f****d up ?

[Tefer]

Me and a few Suzuki lads done very north coast 500 inspired run at the start of May, we stayed in a Bunkhourse up by Lairg for one night, was superb hospitality by the young family that owns the place so would recommend for any visitors to the highlands. They have a bar so you can have a beer at night, plenty parking and good food.

They have en-suite rooms in the hotel part too.

http://www.invershin.com/accommodation/the-bunkhouse/

[celticdog]

Beautiful pics . . . been there done that. As a former native, like most of my compatriots I now prefer cities, pubs and holidays in Spain  :lol