Scottish Road Trip 2025

[MorkC68]

Great pictures ! Suggest you should try the Outer Hebrides. Absolutely stunning but different to Scotland which we also love and have visited every year since 2016 (when we got our camper).
A great off the main route road trip in Scotland (east coast to NW) as follows

Helmsdale take A897 to Kinbrace. Take B871 to Syre. Turn left on B873 to Altnaharra. Either turn right on to A836 to Tongue and Durness OR go straight across towards Hope and the Durness

Have a look on the map and try it sometime

Thanks buddy!

We have toyed with Outer Hebrides too, which we will do - my better half wants to go to Orkney for the Folk Festival too!

I'll take a look at the route you suggest too, thanks for the info, another one to consider! We have friends near Dingwall, they went to Scotland on holiday back in 2018 and never returned home, they settled there and love scottish life!

 

[Sasquatch]

Shetland for Up Helly Aa is a good one.

IMHO Orkney is nicer than Shetland, but the folk are little less friendly with outsiders, which is ironic as half of them are themselves.

We have a place on the West coast of South Uist near Askernish. My sister is an author and she's renting it at the moment, some bollocks about the peace and quiet allowing the creative process to flow. My dreams of retiring there came crashing down when Mrs Sasquatch developed MS, meaning we can never live far from a good sized hospital

 

[MorkC68]

Shetland for Up Helly Aa is a good one.

IMHO Orkney is nicer than Shetland, but the folk are little less friendly with outsiders, which is ironic as half of them are themselves.

We have a place on the West coast of South Uist near Askernish. My sister is an author and she's renting it at the moment, some bollocks about the peace and quiet allowing the creative process to flow. My dreams of retiring there came crashing down when Mrs Sasquatch developed MS, meaning we can never live far from a good sized hospital

Funny thing is, lots of people (this side of the border) tell us how unwelcoming the scots are and will stone you on sight

Total opposite to what we have experienced so we may be lucky on Orkney, who knows!

I'd retire there if the time was right, but sorry to hear Mrs Sasquatch is ill, it must be awful for her.

 

[Sasquatch]

Yeah, I've personally never had any real problems in Scotland.

The only time I had any slight issue was in Glasgow for a stag night with an old army buddy that lives there. I caught a half whispered disparaging comment about me being English. I turned and faced the bloke and said words to the effect of, "dont you dare insult me. Im not English, Im a Cornishman." The crowd seemed to like that and I never bought a drink for the rest of the night.

 

[Linoleum Bonypart]

You missed one important thing … midges

 

[Linoleum Bonypart]

I found a new area to explore this year … we went centrally higher than Glasgow and Edinburgh
There’s some lovely lochs and countryside to the right of Loch Lomond going up

 

[MorkC68]

I found a new area to explore this year … we went centrally higher than Glasgow and Edinburgh
There’s some lovely lochs and countryside to the right of Loch Lomond going up

On our 2023 trip we found a lovely spot to the left of Loch Lomond, past Rest & Be Thankful - Ardfern, there is a lovely walk a, to the pub and b, alongside Loch Craignish

 

[monkeybusiness]

Heads up for those planning a Scotland trip next year.
The CalMac summer ferry timetable (April onwards) is out this Wednesday am 16th December.

 

[Salty Spuds]

On our 2023 trip we found a lovely spot to the left of Loch Lomond, past Rest & Be Thankful - Ardfern, there is a lovely walk a, to the pub and b, alongside Loch Craignish

Ardfern is a gem.
If you get to Mull, you can’t miss a visit to David Balfour Bay. It is absolutely stunning, so much so it nearly brought a tear to a grumpy Yorkshireman’s eye.
This is us at Ardfern a couple of years back.

 

[Salty Spuds]

David Balfour Bay, Isle of Mull

 

[Sackmycook]

"dont you dare insult me. Im not English, Im a Cornishman."

If you're from Cornwall, you are English. Be proud of both.
My wife and me were disparaged by a Cornish idiot once on holiday. I'll never go back there. Devon is much nicer and friendly too

 

[Linoleum Bonypart]

David Balfour Bay, Isle of Mull
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This on Erraid …. Did you stay at Fiddden farm campsite …. Fantastic spot

 

[Salty Spuds]

This on Erraid …. Did you stay at Fiddden farm campsite …. Fantastic spot

We were camping at Ledaig near Oban. We went up to Balfour Bay by boat. They're anchored in the bay. Had BBQ mackerel on the beach.

 

[Salty Spuds]

If you're from Cornwall, you are English. Be proud of both.
My wife and me were disparaged by a Cornish idiot once on holiday. I'll never go back there. Devon is much nicer and friendly too

I've never got the fascination with Cornwall. Been a couple of times and yes it's nice enough, especially the south coast around Falmouth/Lizard/Penzance etc. But it's not the be all and end all of destinations. The campsites can be piss takingly expensive, the roads are chocka and restaurants and pubs all think we're Surrey stockbrokers, and priced to match. Give me the west coast of Scotland anyday. Crab sandwich in Polzeath, £21 and you have to search for the crab. Crab sandwich from the green shed in Oban, £5 and you can share it between 2.

 

[Sasquatch]

If you're from Cornwall, you are English. Be proud of both.

As you can see from my post, I only used it as a put down for a Glaswegian, who's a fellow Celt after all, who started on me first.

People are born arseholes, it has nothing to do with where they originate.

 

[MorkC68]

David Balfour Bay, Isle of Mull
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Thanks for that one, David Balfour Bay looks lovely, definitely a place to visit!