A fine time....

Glad the weather was kind to you and that you enjoyed your brief tour of Scotland.

Dumfries and Galloway is worth a stop off, too many just drive straight through on the way to the highlands, yet the highest village is in D&G !

Passed through there today en route from Moffat to Arran, great roads that were almost deserted apart from the occasional sheep.
 
Thank you.

The things I didn’t know:

(a) The dual naming of places on road signs, English and I guess, Gaelic. It’s easy for a Londoner like me to take the pee (usually with some ridiculous accent) but it was quite nice to see the effort made

Well said Wapping

Christ imagine if I had posted that, the Viceroy would have had a herri fit :-D
 
If geology/geography is your bag then you can't go far wrong with the glacial features at Sanna sands, Ardnamurchan point. Absolutely stunning.
Plus you get to see Britain's most westerly mainland point along the road.:thumb

If you are 'doing' the NC 500 and interested in geography/geology, the north west highland geopark is on your way..

https://www.nwhgeopark.com/rock-route/

The display/info etc at Knockan Crag is right next to your route and well worth a stop for a few minutes....

https://www.nature.scot/enjoying-ou...reserves/knockan-crag-national-nature-reserve

We've got lots of good stuff up here!
 
No forgetting the Quiraing and old man of Storr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quiraing

Cracking wee road over the Quiraing and round the top loop, Staffin, Kilmaluag etc taking in the old man of storr
Used to see hired cars lined up on the Quirang , all with blow outs on n/s front or rear due to a particularly jutty out bit of rock on one of the bends near the top :D
The local garage in Portree made a fortune, no spare tyres in hired vehicles nowadays ;)
 


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