I think there is no better way to see nature than getting up close and personal Roxy. Vehicles are all right to get from ‘A’ to ‘B’ but to really savour the scenery you need to be running, walking, or cycling.
It certainly would be a challenge for me now but it comes out about 36 miles a day, and I would consider that doable in my present state of decomposition… There are some decent climbs, but I’ve rode through the Lake District and the dales in the past, so I might be a bit slower, but at least I know what’s coming.
Someone driving backup would be essential, as would a stay in a good hotel at the end of the day, providing a good hot shower and more importantly some good food. A ride like that would demand at least 500 calories per day…
Roxy, Thank You so much for that very informative post and video clip too. I didn’t realise you lived so far up in Scotland.
The clip you posted showed how very beautiful and natural that area is. I bet the air is lovely and healthy too!
I can imagine you would get some very ignorant visitors who have no regard for anything or anyone else but l suppose they can’t change a habit of a lifetime!
Thanks for this, Roxy. It shows the other side of things to ensure we have a true idea of what it’s like.
We drive slowly and safely, and certainly don’t park stupidly blocking access for others.
I’ve shown it to Marge. We still intend to visit the Highlands and probably some of the north coastal areas, but I’d prefer not to drive all the way round that route; instead, just pick out some interesting individual places.
About thirty years ago we spent two weeks touring Scotland (clockwise) and did this route, albeit wasn’t know as the 500 then. Last year(2019) we were going on holiday to the Orkney Isles so decided to do it again stopping twice overnight going up and then when we returned to the mainland stopped twice coming down, a wonderfull experience, would be nice in an open top sports car, i have the T shirt
Piccies worked fine macywack, thanks…
It might get less busy in the future when everyone buys an electric vehicle. I don’t think they will be able to go that far on a charge…At least I hope not…
they are well advanced in Scotland foxey for services, on that journey we were about 50 miles from our first overnight stop and i was lowish on fuel, i checked the sat nav for nearest petrol station it told me 24 miles, as we clocked up that mileage i couldn’t see anything like a petrol station, there was a layby type area with two stainless steel objects, no people around, no buildings…omg they were petrol pumps, all done electronically using a credit card
That’s good macywack, but I can’t see them providing charging stations for electric motors up there. It will be bad enough installing enough to cope with demand here if Boris has his way. Or is he just giving the greens lip service?
also foxy, last year we were on holiday in Arisaig, and went to catch the ferry to the island of Rhum, the car park for the ferry, which was just a piece of waste land, had two electric charging points…amazing innit
Wasn’t that to charge the ferry macywak?..
We did a tour of western Scotland for my fiftieth birthday, we did Fort William, Oban, and Arisaig. We took the ferry from Mallaig to Skye, and Skye was so beautiful we stayed there for the rest of the holiday…Good memories…
Sorry about the quality, had to scan them from the album…
we visit scotland every year, sometimes twice, maybe three times a year, we have had to miss this year, we were booked in for a week in Portpatrick, then lockdown came
There are some decent climbs, but I’ve rode through the Lake District and the dales in the past, so I might be a bit slower, but at least I know what’s coming.
