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<blockquote data-quote="Tom Gaynor" data-source="post: 8437" data-attributes="member: 4034"><p><strong>Roads in Scotland</strong></p><p></p><p>Safety notice first:</p><p>I once came upon a motorcyclist stone dead in the road. He'd been looking at Eilean Donan Castle, and had run head-on into a car. Not much consolation that his last view was one of the best in Scotland...</p><p>Practical notes: I saw a sign last week that said "next services 46 miles (not 24 hours)" - so fill up when you get the chance. Especially on Sundays.</p><p>DEET (strongest you can buy, like "Jungle Formula") fixes midgies. They feed at low levels of light, when the wind speed is below 4 knots (I'm not making this up) so that still twilight may have a downside... </p><p></p><p>West coast is best, a mix of single track roads requiring care, and fast open roads. The road from Inverness to Applecross (B835?) is a beauty, particularly if you get there via Bealach na Ba - Scotland's answer to an Alpine pass, c/w hairpins, albeit only three. Good pub in Applecross. Leave round the coast road to Shieldaig. Doubtless there are castles, but I'm habituated to them now. Many (Dunvegan for one) are in fact country houses with the original windowless castle buried inside. Castles went out when cannon came in. Further North the road through Poolewe is nice too.</p><p>I live in Aberdeenshire (which is positively INFESTED with "castles". Dunnotar, however, just South of Stonehaven, is the real thing.) My favourite trip is Aberdeen, Ballater, Corgarff, Tomintoul, Granton-on-Spey, Inverness, Dingwall, Achnasheen, and Applecross via the Bealach. 200 miles of heaven.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tom Gaynor, post: 8437, member: 4034"] [b]Roads in Scotland[/b] Safety notice first: I once came upon a motorcyclist stone dead in the road. He'd been looking at Eilean Donan Castle, and had run head-on into a car. Not much consolation that his last view was one of the best in Scotland... Practical notes: I saw a sign last week that said "next services 46 miles (not 24 hours)" - so fill up when you get the chance. Especially on Sundays. DEET (strongest you can buy, like "Jungle Formula") fixes midgies. They feed at low levels of light, when the wind speed is below 4 knots (I'm not making this up) so that still twilight may have a downside... West coast is best, a mix of single track roads requiring care, and fast open roads. The road from Inverness to Applecross (B835?) is a beauty, particularly if you get there via Bealach na Ba - Scotland's answer to an Alpine pass, c/w hairpins, albeit only three. Good pub in Applecross. Leave round the coast road to Shieldaig. Doubtless there are castles, but I'm habituated to them now. Many (Dunvegan for one) are in fact country houses with the original windowless castle buried inside. Castles went out when cannon came in. Further North the road through Poolewe is nice too. I live in Aberdeenshire (which is positively INFESTED with "castles". Dunnotar, however, just South of Stonehaven, is the real thing.) My favourite trip is Aberdeen, Ballater, Corgarff, Tomintoul, Granton-on-Spey, Inverness, Dingwall, Achnasheen, and Applecross via the Bealach. 200 miles of heaven. [/QUOTE]
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