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Out & About / Re: exploring Scotland
« on: April 27, 2024, 11:11:15 PM »
Use A6 North of Manchester, good road roughly parallels M6.
Scottish Borders are beautiful, Moffat, Kelso, St Mary's Loch.
Glasgow roads are horrible, get out of town ASAP!
Loch Lomond, pretty but jammed with tourists. Roads to Inverary and Oban good, ferries to islands from Oban.
Lots of bikes stop at The Green Welly, Tyndrum for fuel, bike and rider. Glencoe, of course.
Eilean Donan Castle, Isle of Skye, lots to see on Skye. Plockton.
Applecross and Bealach na Ba, amazing road.
Applecross Inn recommended.
After NC500 avoid the A9 south, not a great road for bikes, 50mph average speed cameras full length.
Head to Grantown on Spey and Ballater, then Balmoral Castle, Braemar and Glenshee. (my favourite road) or to Aboyne then south over Cairn o'Mount, fantastic views from the top car park.
Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven, A92 coast road, Glen Clova all worth a look.
Broughty Ferry is nice, sandy beach and Visoccis Ice cream. 😎 Friendly bikers too.
Coast road through Fife is great, lovely old fishing villages.
In the Highlands fuel stops can be a long way apart so plan ahead. Some close on Sundays.
If you need any help let me know. I'd be happy to meet up for a ride if you want.
Scottish Borders are beautiful, Moffat, Kelso, St Mary's Loch.
Glasgow roads are horrible, get out of town ASAP!
Loch Lomond, pretty but jammed with tourists. Roads to Inverary and Oban good, ferries to islands from Oban.
Lots of bikes stop at The Green Welly, Tyndrum for fuel, bike and rider. Glencoe, of course.
Eilean Donan Castle, Isle of Skye, lots to see on Skye. Plockton.
Applecross and Bealach na Ba, amazing road.
Applecross Inn recommended.
After NC500 avoid the A9 south, not a great road for bikes, 50mph average speed cameras full length.
Head to Grantown on Spey and Ballater, then Balmoral Castle, Braemar and Glenshee. (my favourite road) or to Aboyne then south over Cairn o'Mount, fantastic views from the top car park.
Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven, A92 coast road, Glen Clova all worth a look.
Broughty Ferry is nice, sandy beach and Visoccis Ice cream. 😎 Friendly bikers too.
Coast road through Fife is great, lovely old fishing villages.
In the Highlands fuel stops can be a long way apart so plan ahead. Some close on Sundays.
If you need any help let me know. I'd be happy to meet up for a ride if you want.
