Looking to do 5 days in Scotland second week of Sept,

[Swansea Jack]

Can anyone give me ideas for a 5 day round trip
places to stay as well please.
As it’s so close hopefully be able to book for 3 or 4 people.
Travelling up fro Wales
Thanks in advance.

 

[Davey B]

How about an airbnb or cottage somewhere central like Moffat...then have a day or two around Dumfries and Galloway and the same to the East and the Borders area...Kelso, Duns, maybe as far as Holy Island.

 

[TIJ650]

Applecross Inn if you’re flush or adjacent campsite huts if not. Eat in Inn either way. and go east or west coast depending on weather for loop……..or straight up through Inverness. Alternatively head Moffat area and maybe meet us?!
PS. I’m a really shit tour guide as I normally book hotel in morning of day over coffee and croissant all dictated by weather

Home - Applecross Inn

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[MartinK]

Moffatt area and Applecross areas are fab! Whilst Applecross is awesome, it's a long way up, and you may struggle to make it with your timeframe (without using motorways or the boring A9)
I would seek to come North through Moffatt area, the "3 passes" (Dalveen Pass, the Mannock Pass and the Crawick Pass.) are a must-do.
See ABR report https://www.adventurebikerider.com/article/weekend-ride-southern-uplands/
The Dalveen Pass is my favorite

Moffat - St Mary's Loch - Selkirk is a stunner, and well worth doing too!

Obvious "digs" may be the Wanlockhead Inn or the The Buccleuch Arms Hotel in Moffat

As you head North, it's best to avoid the main arterial routes, because they're busy, and frequently have average speed cameras The road through Callander, or alongside Loch Lomond can be purgatory with slow traffic

The best alternative is Powmill Milk Bar )near Knockhill race circuit) - Muckart - Glendevon - Gleneagles- Crieff ...all gorgeous roads!

From Crieff, either (1) continue to Aberfeldy, or (2) to Lochearnhead and N towards Fort William

Personally I would try to keep flexible plans to cater for the weather. The NW has some of the best roads, but the NE can be drier...

 

[Hustler]

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[Flintlock]

Thread 'Five days in Scotland'

Sep 27, 2024

Stena flexi ticket Belfast/Cairnryan had been purchased & had been keeping an eye on the weather. Made the call to go for Sunday 22nd September 0730 departure.

Off at Cairnryan & a right turn onto the A77, then a left onto an un-named road & I was up in the moorlands within 15 minutes of leaving the Port.


Also past this & since googled

Turns out it was a WW2 bombing target

Secret Scotland - Braid Fell Bombing Range

The road continues to New Luce, from there, another great (un-named) road north to Barhill.
A quick stop here...

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Mostly camping, but one night B&B booked at short notice

 

[wessie]

My advice based on doing a similar thing not long ago at short notice is to find accommodation first then plan where you are going on daytrips. It is a very popular time and you want multiple rooms. I wanted to be in the Buccleuch Arms in Moffat but had to settle for a small B&B on the outskirts of town.
For 5 days away, maybe consider an overnight in the Forest of Bowland on the way up and back, with 3 nights in the Borders or D&G. That way you can avoid motorways apart from a small section to get past Manchester.

 

[Pepsi]

You haven’t said which part or parts of Scotland you’d like to visit, it’s a pretty damn big country!

I’m heading up for a road trip 18th to 24th September.

 

[DaddyPaddy]

Worth a look, TMF has some recent YouTube vids of his trip

Crieff Cloverleaf - Scotland's free motorbike touring routes​

https://www.cloverleaf.scot/

 

[Oldrat]

This was my trip last weekend, our group does it every year, routes devised by a local biker in our group, stunning & spectacular roads, very little traffic too.
Out Thurs returning to London on Monday 1,900 miles.
(dreaded motorways up and down to make the most of the time)
Beware of the prolific number of speed camera vans. Commonly above on motorway bridges, but in Scotland, plainish white vans parked in laybys with rooftop cameras.



I can recommend Roam West at Onich, just outside Fort William as a base. 12 of us stayed, self catering accommodation, but with a lovely restaurant/bar on site. The place has been recently taken over and the new owners work really hard to please. Recommended.

ROAM WEST LINK


Gairlock


Skipness - the most amazing seafood restaurant.





Braemar

 

[Swansea Jack]

You haven’t said which part or parts of Scotland you’d like to visit, it’s a pretty damn big country!

I’m heading up for a road trip 18th to 24th September.

We stayed in Paisley in 2019 and went up the green welly , Glencoe. Oban .
So just seeing where else to go as the 500 will be packed.

 

[JohnnyBoxer]

I can recommend Roam West at Onich, just outside Fort William as a base. 12 of us stayed, self catering accommodation, but with a lovely restaurant/bar on site. The place has been recently taken over

Has the food improved with the new owners ?

 

[brut33]

This was my trip last weekend, our group does it every year, routes devised by a local biker in our group, stunning & spectacular roads, very little traffic too.
Out Thurs returning to London on Monday 1,900 miles.
(dreaded motorways up and down to make the most of the time)
Beware of the prolific number of speed camera vans. Commonly above on motorway bridges, but in Scotland, plainish white vans parked in laybys with rooftop cameras.

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I can recommend Roam West at Onich, just outside Fort William as a base. 12 of us stayed, self catering accommodation, but with a lovely restaurant/bar on site. The place has been recently taken over and the new owners work really hard to please. Recommended.

ROAM WEST LINK


Gairlock
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Skipness - the most amazing seafood restaurant.


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Braemar

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With reference to your route north. Is the red spot (Liverpool area) on the M6 a stopover location?

 

[Oldrat]

Yes, a mate’s house in Liverpool.

 

[HGS]

Try to get an early and late short trip in each year to stave off the cravings of the annual bigger trip

Last September 4 of us did The Isle of Bute

Stayed here 3 nights

https://bespokehotels.com/glenburn-hotel/

Bit like the shining, but clean and very resasonable

849 miles Wrexham to Wrexham

From Wrexham M6 to Carlisle then off onto A roads to Wemyss Bay

Set off each day, ferry off and back on Rubhodach ferry covering the Kintyre and Argyll area



On a shorter trip, getting north, the motorway is unavoidable to cover the miles

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2nd week of September this year, the same 4 of us are doing the west coast a bit further north, but for 4 nights / 5 days

1083 miles total for me

All roads we have done before

1st night Dunoon

2nd & 3rd night Spean Bridge

4th Night Biggar, between Lanark and Peebles as a stop off on way back. Only using the A9 for a short bit and a short M876 / M9 to get over the Forth and around Grangemouth

If the weather is good, then Day 4 will detour earlier off the A9



Last year, the spring trip was North Yorkshire and Northumberland

Brilliant roads

Stayed in Middleton in Teesdale

Teesdale hotel
Not posh, but clean and good food, decent beers and bang in the good roads area
Courtyard parking to the rear

 

[Northern jock]

Don’t ignore the north east, as most folk do. Some of the small towns are very good value, eg Strichen, I stayed two nights there recently in the hotel for about £50 a night and all was good, plus some great roads in the area and drier than the west.

 

[brut33]

Yes, a mate’s house in Liverpool.

Only asking because I live a short distance from J.23 M6 and was wondering what the attraction was, as there's not much to see unless you like post industrial wastelands, dilapidated Labour Clubs and families enjoying a Sunday outing fine dining experience at Macdonald's drive through.
It's grim up north.

BTW, your route in Scotland looked nice.


OP, sorry for the thread hijack, I could throw in some nice routes myself but it looks like everything has been covered that I'd have added.
Just one thing re accommodation at Applecross. The Inn is rather expensive. I was quoted £200 this April for one night. After a search on booking sites I found a nice B&B in Lochcarron for half the price. It was a great place to ride over the Pass into Applecross from and was near a pub. There's lots of accommodation in Lochcarron.

 

[yoyo]

There's a group of 30 or so of us go up from Swansea every every year around May time. We normally leave the Glanusk service station at 8am and get into Kelso at 4.30 ish.

The guy that organises the trip put the attached route together using post codes for those that don't use a sat nav.

Day 2 is a long one, but it's an amazing route. The post codes shape the route and give fuel and food stops.

The run back from Drymen is normally set the sav nav for home but some will take a more scenic route or book a stop in the lakes and make an extra day of it.

30 sounds like a stupid number, but in reality people ride in groups of 4 or 5 and only see each other at the bar in the evening.

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[Oldrat]

Has the food improved with the new owners ?

Most definitely, not a huge menu, but that is probably good. I enjoyed the grub

 

[yoyo]

There's a group of 30 or so of us go up from Swansea every every year around May time. We normally leave the Glanusk service station at 8am and get into Kelso at 4.30 ish.

The guy that organises the trip put the attached route together using post codes for those that don't use a sat nav.

Day 2 is a long one, but it's an amazing route. The post codes shape the route and give fuel and food stops.

The run back from Drymen is normally set the sav nav for home but some will take a more scenic route or book a stop in the lakes and make an extra day of it.

30 sounds like a stupid number, but in reality people ride in groups of 4 or 5 and only see each other at the bar in the evening. View attachment 430715

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Don't know what happened with the extra images and I can't edit it to delete them. This year, we had a few had a few from away which is why its showing a start point in Caernarfon.

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