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Scotland - recommend me an itinerary
- RubyBlueZ4MC
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Scotland - recommend me an itinerary
Hello!
Considering a 4 night trip to Scotland in late September with the other half. Will fly up from London and rent a car. I've only been on a short trip to Edinburgh/St Andrews about 15 years ago, keen to see much more this time, Highlands, Isle of Skye...Wondering if any of you nice people and locals can recommend me a 4-5 day trip that starts and ends in Edinburgh/Glasgow with places to see/stay?
Thanks!
Considering a 4 night trip to Scotland in late September with the other half. Will fly up from London and rent a car. I've only been on a short trip to Edinburgh/St Andrews about 15 years ago, keen to see much more this time, Highlands, Isle of Skye...Wondering if any of you nice people and locals can recommend me a 4-5 day trip that starts and ends in Edinburgh/Glasgow with places to see/stay?
Thanks!
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- mr wilks
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Cairngorms is a place i enjoy going back to in Scotland , north of Edinburgh taking the road from Pitlochry via Glenshee ski station to Braemar & Balmoral , rugged wild & pretty much why Scotland is a draw for me , the other big names LochNess , Loch Lomond , Inverness were ok but not places i would go back to very touristy but then we all have different wants from a trip north of the border .
If you find yourself needing somewhere to stay near Pitlochry ( approx 1hr20 from Edinburgh ) i can recommend the Inn on the Tay
http://theinnonthetay.co.uk/
If you find yourself needing somewhere to stay near Pitlochry ( approx 1hr20 from Edinburgh ) i can recommend the Inn on the Tay
http://theinnonthetay.co.uk/
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- Boris
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West coast is fabulous anything north of Fort William and you cant go wrong
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Edinburgh up the A9 through Pitlochry and Aviemore to Inverness. Across to Skye then down the west coast through Glencoe and Loch Lomond to Glasgow. Back to Edinburgh airport from Glasgow is only 45 mins but car.
- buzyg
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My wife and I did that route on our push bikes many moons ago. Great route. Sky is my personnel favourite. Look up the fairy pools on google. A great little walk your gran could manage it. But what a magical place.
Pretty much any where North West of the Great Glen has fantastic driving roads and plenty of places the other side too. Set your compass to North and just enjoy what you find Ruby.
- hopz121
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Have a look at the NC500 route Ruby, one of the best coastal routes in the world.
There is a caterham hire place near the route too so you could hire one of those for a few days if that took you fancy
There is a caterham hire place near the route too so you could hire one of those for a few days if that took you fancy
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- Marlon
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We have a week booked on Skye a couple of weeks after, would be interested to hear your experiences when you return
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- RubyBlueZ4MC
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Thanks guys these are all really helpful! Greg this is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for:
Keep the suggestions coming people, its all really useful.
Hopefully we can all meet up for a beer if we have some time there in Edinburgh
Keep the suggestions coming people, its all really useful.
Last edited by RubyBlueZ4MC on Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:30 am, edited 1 time in total.
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- RubyBlueZ4MC
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Are you staying on Skye the entire trip? Is there much to do? I did think about this option.
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- RubyBlueZ4MC
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That area looks lovely mr wilks, will take this route into consideration, thanksmr wilks wrote: ↑Thu Sep 07, 2017 8:25 pm Cairngorms is a place i enjoy going back to in Scotland , north of Edinburgh taking the road from Pitlochry via Glenshee ski station to Braemar & Balmoral , rugged wild & pretty much why Scotland is a draw for me , the other big names LochNess , Loch Lomond , Inverness were ok but not places i would go back to very touristy but then we all have different wants from a trip north of the border .
If you find yourself needing somewhere to stay near Pitlochry ( approx 1hr20 from Edinburgh ) i can recommend the Inn on the Tay
http://theinnonthetay.co.uk/
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- RubyBlueZ4MC
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Mike would be well up for that, thanks for letting me know
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- hopz121
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He would indeed, here is there websiteRubyBlueZ4MC wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:27 amMike would be well up for that, thanks for letting me know
http://www.highlandcaterhamhire.co.uk/
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- Marlon
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We are breaking the journey with a night at the Ballachulish hotel (west coast near Glencoe) on the way and on the way back, which leaves 5 days on skye. Really looking forward to the driving - the journey from Glencoe to Skye is lovely (A82 - A87), we have done it once before but not in the ZedRubyBlueZ4MC wrote: ↑Fri Sep 08, 2017 9:24 amAre you staying on Skye the entire trip? Is there much to do? I did think about this option.
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- MrPT
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I would do NC500 clockwise from Edinburgh, except cut back down after Tongue, through Grantown-on-Spey and head back to Edinburgh via Glenshee (The Old Military Road). The far North West is absolutely awesome.
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