My Scotland trip - some videos added . . .

[buzyg]

Hire a boat. There's no clouds over the sea!

Have to be a bloody big boat if he's going to get a decent top down drive in

:lol:

 

[firebobby]

Just seen your rain clouds are heading down to England midweek :roll:

 

[Marlon]

mornin :|

 

[Smartbear]

Damn, the last time we stayed in Fort William the rain was so bad we couldn't see the other side of the road!
We ended up coming home early as we couldn't see any of the fantastic scenery :x
Rob

 

[firebobby]

Damn, the last time we stayed in Fort William the rain was so bad we couldn't see the other side of the road!
We ended up coming home early as we couldn't see any of the fantastic scenery :x
Rob

At least Marlon can see the hills...through the rain :wink:

 

[Marlon]

Thought the central locking had packed in when I was unloading the Zed on Sat night at the hotel. Car refused to lock, thought it could be the remote so Lady Marlon dug out the spare key but that didn't work either! I was thinking, bugger - can't lock the car, will have to use the key manually.
Anyway turns out I had left one of our pillows on the drivers seat - Zed must have sensed on occupant so wouldn't lock. Surprised cos the pillow is hardly heavy?

 

[Marlon]

Drive out today was enjoyed from the back seat of a Fiat Panda





Patiently waiting for a break in the weather:

 

[Smartbear]

I'm impressed Marlon, you took a backup vehicle in case of inclement weather! 8)
Rob

 

[Vonlipvig]

I would be praying the handbrake holds with that water behind....

 

[RubyBlueZ4MC]

So as you may remember Mike and I were planning a trip to Scotland end of Sept. We ended up worrying about the weather and flew out to Cannes in the South of France instead to have some beach time We will do Scotland another time. Hope it settles down for you and you have a lovely trip

 

[patriot66]

Billy Connolly says there's no such thing as bad weather in Scotland, just the wrong clothing ! Get some waterproofs and boots on and get out there and embrace the elements and when the rain stops get the hood down in the Zed !

 

[Marlon]

I'm impressed Marlon, you took a backup vehicle in case of inclement weather! 8)
Rob

Yeah Rob, we are staying with a mate who's happy to drive us around. Planning on this route in the Zed on the first clear day:



Or this one to take in a gallery (Kilmaluag) to keep the missus happy:

 

[Marlon]

So as you may remember Mike and I were planning a trip to Scotland end of Sept. We ended up worrying about the weather and flew out to Cannes in the South of France instead to have some beach time We will do Scotland another time. Hope it settles down for you and you have a lovely trip

Ah, right - I was waiting for your Scotland report to compare.

Cheers, weather has to break soon

 

[buzyg]

So as you may remember Mike and I were planning a trip to Scotland end of Sept. We ended up worrying about the weather and flew out to Cannes in the South of France instead to have some beach time We will do Scotland another time. Hope it settles down for you and you have a lovely trip

Ah, right - I was waiting for your Scotland report to compare.

Cheers, weather has to break soon

Wednesday Marlon. :fingertap:

But just in case, this is what it should look like.


:evil:

 

[Boris]

Sorry to hear you had such bad luck with the weather, the west coast is fabulous in the sunshine.

Unfortunately you chose the wrong time of year; we regularly go in May and have yet to have a bad week.

 

[firebobby]

Glorious blue skies down south today :exitright:

 

[Burple]

It's been blazing sun down here on the east coast for the last 2 days (windy mind.. but sunny! :wink: ).

If you get the chance, head out along the north a bit towards Durness and Tongue, and a good blast round the Loch Ness road. that will take the pain away!

 

[Nictrix]

Billy Connolly says there's no such thing as bad weather in Scotland, just the wrong clothing ! Get some waterproofs and boots on and get out there and embrace the elements and when the rain stops get the hood down in the Zed !

He also said if you dont like the weather wait 5 minutes

 

[brillomaster]

do your best to embrace the weather - wouldnt be scotland if it wasnt raining, but definitely still worth getting out there for a drive. Did the NC500 a couple of years ago but deliberately missed Skye - excellent reason to return to scotland again!

 

[jimmybell]

what's your entire holiday route marlon?

FWIW i did scotland with similar weather prediction. SCotland weather is always that - but youll find 'rain' means 'passing blasts of rain from minor to heavy, with bursts of sunshine intertwined'. for us londoners rain = RAIN, but it seemed like all weather forecasts just report rain all the time up there, but most of the time for us it was actually dry, with light passing spells of rain.

honestly lots of the places we went wouldn't of mattered what the weather was - some even added to the photos, and if you're travelling any real distance youll be going in and out of the weather too (or running away from it - as we did).