Hi! Well as is usual, I come and prostrate myself at the general Bit-Techists feet... A friend and I are planning on a road trip to scotland in a few months time, late january february sort of time, to celebrate the arrival of a new car and we're thinking of going to Scotland. Traditionally we go up every year for a week to Edinburgh for the Fringe festival. This time we'd like to venture a bit further north and explore some of Scotlands delights, which is where I'd like your suggestions as off the top of my head I know very few delights north of the border! As a small bit of background there will be two guys, two girls, all early twenties. Any suggestions are welcome, from the best driving roads (such as the A68, which we will be taking), to good pubs, to amazing scenery, to must visit attractions and cities. Cheap places to stay (we'll probably use hostels but a cheap hotel isn't out altogether) would also be good. Hopefully going up for a long weekend, and snow might be quite fun. cheers guys, I look forward to the responses. RwD
How about Inverness Lochness – Urqhart Castle- or take the B852 along the east coast of the loch ness to Foyers for a nice waterfall and short steep walk. Dog Falls, Glen Affic is quite pretty, well it was in the summer might be a bit bleak in the winter. That has a fun road up a hill with blind corners and only a single lane with passing places, I have never driven so slowly in my life. Perths quite a nice little city. Pitlochry is quite a pleasant stop on the A9 with a couple of Distilleries that do tours, Blair Athol that makes some of the blend for Bells and Edradour, I think the smallest in Scotland. The Hermitage is a nice waterfall/woodland walk on the A9 before Pitlochry that again is very nice in summer or autumn not so sure what it will be like in winter.
Seconding Glen Affric. If you can head out to places like Ullapool, in my experience people from outside of Scotland tend just to find that side of the highlands absolutely georgeous. I've lived most of my live just outside Inverness, and while it's a good place to spend a day probably, there's not really much to it. If you're wanting to really experience the north, don't think about towns or villages, but areas. The islands are very cool and beautiful also, but whether you'd have time to go to Skye or Lewis, I dunno.
If you get to Blair Athol, check out the Falls of Bruar, lovely walk with stunning views, although I've only ever been in the summer.
Rejoice for being in the most beautifull nation on earth? There's a 'Pissoir' on the Glenfiddich site with my name on a plaque on the wall.
haggis pizza actually got my mouth watering. 1).just drive somewhere, park up, find a circular 3 hour walk so you can have lunch ontop of a hill 2). ?????? 3). profit.
Wallace Monument provides some nice views and short history lesson. Good for killing a couple of hours.
Redpoint is very nice. I also recommend going to Findhorn (Near Forres, which is near Elgin...) for a day at least. The village has a nice restaurant and just glorious sea side walks. On the other side of the bay there is Culbin Forest which is a <i>massive</i> Scot's pine forest. Magical place.
Be warned, Findhorn is full of filthy hippies and filthy filthy wannabe hippies. Nice enough area though.
Ahh I love you guys! Need to meet up with my mate to decided which of these suggestions we'll go for. Any more are welcome! <3 RwD
There's nothing better than middle class hippies This is why I tend to stick to the village, not the foundation
