The urge to go North calls to me again.I drove up from York to Skye via Glencoe last year and absolutely loved it, spent a week in a cosy little hut by myself doing plenty of walks and just enjoying the relative solitude.The Isle of Skye itself is lovely, I did the Trotternish Ridge walk among others, but I feel like I could have spent way more time on the mainland, around Glen Torridon and such. Just anywhere quiet and starkly beautiful with big hills really.So that's what I'm asking. I spend hours at work looking on Google Maps at where might give me the same sense of awe again. But I'm talking individual car parks like the one at Loch Arkaig (you can't just leave your car on a lot of the single track roads), hills and Munros, beaches, bothies. If you have any experience up there I'm all ears.
Unfortunately I don't have too many photos from my trip on this phone but it was lovely. I went in March and the weather wasn't too bad and it was very quiet, the feeling of isolation is lovely
>>2747367Stayed in Dalmally train station (it's a quaint little B&B as well as a train station) on the way upStayed in Inverness on the way home, went to see Inverness Caledonian Thistle FC play
>>2747370Took way better pictures than these but they're on a hard drive.
>>2747371Found a few more from my own shitposting on the archives
>>2747373 I remember the sun bursting out of the clouds up on the Quiraing and just smiling to myself
Last one. I stayed near Herebost near Dunvegan
>>2747363If you want beaches then there are a few on the mainland that are worth looking at (Achmelvich, that stretch up from Arisaig, Balnakeil, Dornoch). But the best are on the Western Isles, North Uist in particular has some excellent ones. Uist is a total fucking pig to get to so even in peak season there's not too many people there. Park up past Malacleit and walk to Coileagan an Udal on a fine sunny day; enjoy the machair. While you are up there visit Harris and Lewis for some more beaches and mountains. There are lots of stone age stone circles and other stuff littered around this area too. Allow plenty of time as the ferries can be temperamental; you can also visit st kilda if you want Inner Hebrides - you've already seen Skye, you could spend another week there and still enjoy it (did you do anything on Sleat? visit the abandoned village in Boreaig?)/ Mull is also worth a long visit, slower to get around than Skye but it is not normally too busy either (Calgary beach on nice summer days is maybe the exception). Mainland - you find anywhere nice to stay only lets out whole weeks, so you either pick one and do day trips from there, or do something like the nc500 and commit to campsites. Anywhere in Assynt, Wester Ross or Argyll will give you mountains and remoteness (consider doing An Teallach if you want something specific).
>>2747470Thank you for such a thoughtful post lad.I didn't spend much time at all in Sleat, for some reason. Mostly stayed north of Broadford when I was on Skye. Did visit St Columba's Isle near Snizort which was pretty cool.
>>2747367>>2747370>>2747371>>2747373>>2747375OP this is beautiful
I've always avoided Scotland because of the weather. I'll get to it one day
>>2748172I think you mean lovely.
>>2748217it's not normally too bad outside of winter the problem is "normally". last time I was up there got caught in unseasonal rainfall which washed away the road real problem is of course the midgies. nice sunny day with no wind? enjoy being eaten alive
