Scotland is an ideal place for a road trip and a mobile home is a really good way to get around. It's not that any one place stands out but more about hopping from town to town and taking the little bits and pieces in as you go along; until you have created your own patchwork quilt of a journey. Our twelve day tour did include many whisky distilleries, the Islay Jazz Festival and John O' Groats but was definitely more about the journey than the destination. There's amazing natural beauty and loads of history to discover along the way.
Day 1 - Edinburgh to Falkirk, with a visit to the famous Falkirk Wheel; Stirling for the castle and cathedral and on through Dunblane, Crieff and Aberfeldy to Pitlochry.
Day 2 - Pitlochry, the Moulin Inn and a tour of Edradour, the smallest Whisky Distillery in Scotland. Blair Atholl, a tour of Blair Castle, a whisky and chocolate tasting at Dalwinnie, Loch Laggan, Loch Lochy and Loch Garry to overnight in Invergarry.
Day 3 - Loch Ness and Inverness, Tomintoul Distillery, a single track road through the Cairngorms National Park, Balmoral Castle from a distance to Braemar; to meet up with Danie and John again.
Day 4 - The Braemar Highland Games, through Speyside, to Dufftown, the Glenfiddich Distillery and on to overnight at Kinloss.
Day 5 - The North East Coast has lots of Pictish history. Ben Romach distillery is in Forres and further north we stopped in at Dalmore, Glen Morangie and Clynelish. We finally reached John O' Groats, braving the wind and rain for a quick picture.
Day 6 - Hooray for great weather! Dunnet Bay to Ullapool along the North Highland Coast from East to West is by far the best scenic drive in the whole of the UK and one of the best in Europe. What a great day we had through little places like Thurso, Bettyhill, Tongue,Durness, Smoo,Scoune and Elphin. We got stuck in a busy pub in Ullapool watching Kevin Anderson beat Andy Murray in the US Open. We ate Cullen Skink, a creamy haddock and potato soup.
Day 7 - We continued our coastal drive. heading south on the west coast and on to the Isle of Skye; including a visit to the Talisker Distillery.
Day 8 to 12 - From Skye we continued south to Fort William, Oban and Lochgilphead to catch the ferry to Islay. Our last night in Scotland was at Balloch, Loch Lomond.
Day 1 - Edinburgh to Falkirk, with a visit to the famous Falkirk Wheel; Stirling for the castle and cathedral and on through Dunblane, Crieff and Aberfeldy to Pitlochry.
Day 2 - Pitlochry, the Moulin Inn and a tour of Edradour, the smallest Whisky Distillery in Scotland. Blair Atholl, a tour of Blair Castle, a whisky and chocolate tasting at Dalwinnie, Loch Laggan, Loch Lochy and Loch Garry to overnight in Invergarry.
Day 3 - Loch Ness and Inverness, Tomintoul Distillery, a single track road through the Cairngorms National Park, Balmoral Castle from a distance to Braemar; to meet up with Danie and John again.
Day 4 - The Braemar Highland Games, through Speyside, to Dufftown, the Glenfiddich Distillery and on to overnight at Kinloss.
Day 5 - The North East Coast has lots of Pictish history. Ben Romach distillery is in Forres and further north we stopped in at Dalmore, Glen Morangie and Clynelish. We finally reached John O' Groats, braving the wind and rain for a quick picture.
Day 6 - Hooray for great weather! Dunnet Bay to Ullapool along the North Highland Coast from East to West is by far the best scenic drive in the whole of the UK and one of the best in Europe. What a great day we had through little places like Thurso, Bettyhill, Tongue,Durness, Smoo,Scoune and Elphin. We got stuck in a busy pub in Ullapool watching Kevin Anderson beat Andy Murray in the US Open. We ate Cullen Skink, a creamy haddock and potato soup.
Day 7 - We continued our coastal drive. heading south on the west coast and on to the Isle of Skye; including a visit to the Talisker Distillery.
Day 8 to 12 - From Skye we continued south to Fort William, Oban and Lochgilphead to catch the ferry to Islay. Our last night in Scotland was at Balloch, Loch Lomond.
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