Road Trip Write-Ups

[PredacomDom]

A regular feature in the mags and bit like marmite.

Anyone got any good stories?

I'm just writing a bit of a thread about our first big away in our latest T4, a 1750-mile wild camping (mostly) road trip to Skye.

Got me wondering what big trips the rest on the forum have been on?


Dom


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[baileybridger]

hi mate im off to skye on sunday staying at glenbrittle, this will be my first road trip, any top tips in general ,what would u reccomend to see and do on skye? cheersT:

[PredacomDom]

I'm putting together a thread at the minute which has got lots of details of campsites and wild camping spots etc. Should be online in the next couple of days.

There's some great coastal roads, the trip around the coast from Portree to Uig via The Old Man of Storr is really worth doing. Dunelg castle and the Seal colony is pretty cool tbh for what seems like it would be a really touristy thing. If you like a drop of scotch then the Talisker distillery was good (although I spent too much money in the shop after).

Just beware of the midgies!

Some close ups of the van one morning:

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Those are just the ones that happened to die!

[baileybridger]

aye the midgies their are pretty special! cheers look forward to yor threadT:

[nitedana]

Just south of Uig there is a turning on the right to Balnanock. A few kilometres along this road you enter the "Fairy Glen", a wierd landscape of conical hillocks. Park up on the verge and walk in amongst them. Climb to the highest point (it has a rocky outcrop) and rest awhile taking in the bizarre landforms.

For a good night out visit the cellar bar of the hotel at one end of Dunvegan village (can't remember the name). Very friendly and a good lively atmosphere.

If you like good food, book well in advance for lunch or dinner at the Three Chimneys restaurant. It is fabulous food (recommend the Seafood platter) at quite reasonable prices (compared to similar food elsewhere in the UK).

Walk to the Old Man of Storr and continue past it to the north to get the best views looking back. If the weather is kind to you the views across to Torridon are breathtaking.

We didn't do this because the weather was so poor but people we met enthused about the boat trip from Elgol which goes right up to the base of the Cuilins. It doesn't matter if it's bad weather (this can make it all the more atmospheric so I've been told) but if the cloud cover is only a hundred feet or so you ain't gonna see much!


I highly recommend a book called "The Best of Scotland" which gets updated every couple of years. No sponsorship or advertising - we used it a lot on our recent trip and it had lots of things in it that the regular guide books didn't.

Hope that helps,
Nik

[PredacomDom]

I can thoroughly recommend the Fairy Glen too, that has got to be the weirdest thing I have seen all year. It's like something out of the Hobbit.

Totally superb place, I've got some pics but they don't do it justice.