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Several things were noteworthy about the Isle of Skye: It was hillier and more scenic than I expected. The number of foreign tourists in rented cars and motorhomes was surprisingly high. The condition of many of the roads was the worst I have ever driven on, anywhere in Western … [Read more...]
Our journey around mainland Scotland continued where it left off - at Gill's Bay, a few miles west of John O'Groats. We had travelled up the east coast on our way north, so now started to drive across the northern coast of Scotland, ready to travel down the famed west coast and visit the Isle of … [Read more...]
Leaving Scalloway, we decided to continue the journey by starting at the top and work our way down. This meant driving up to Toft, in the north of the Shetland mainland, and catching a ferry to Yell, one of the two inhabited islands to the north of Shetland. These ferries are government-subsidised, … [Read more...]
The next day, we headed a little way up the coast and visited Burra Island (pretty place to live, conveniently close to Lerwick, but not much to do) and then Scalloway, the one-time capital of Lerwick and one of the few towns on the islands. The town was gearing up for its annual summer gala and … [Read more...]
Anyone arriving in Orkney (or indeed the far north-east of Scotland) has to adjust their sense of normality. A named village or hamlet may only consist of a few houses and almost certainly won't have any shops, pubs or probably any other businesses at all. Even small towns are unlikely to have a … [Read more...]
On our route up the A9/A99, we called in at the fishing village of Lybster, but probably wouldn't recommend this. It's another village that seems to have suffered from the decline of the fishing industry and does not really have much to offer visitors, although the public toilets were clean and open … [Read more...]
We were now coming to one of the parts of the trip I'd been particularly looking forward to - travelling up the Sutherland and Caithness coasts to the far north east of Scotland. Before this, however, we took a scenic drive around the Black Isle, which was good in itself. Fortrose has the ruins … [Read more...]
Our final stopping point, where we were planning to spend a restful two nights before a long drive up to Calais, was Oradour-sur-Glane, which has a rather excellent aire (sp. Aire de Repos, click here for a video). Situated just to the north-west of Limoges, Oradour is best known as the scene of … [Read more...]
On leaving Najac, we headed off through the Vallee Du Lot on the D662, a scenic route leading to the Quercy town of Cahors. Cahors was given a cracking write up by our faithful Lonely Planet guide, which described it as a "bustling city" with "the feel of a sunbaked Mediterranean town". What … [Read more...]
After leaving Gavarnie, we needed the trappings of a large town - principally affordable internet access - and headed to Lourdes, as it was on our planned route north and might be interesting to see. I have been to a Catholic pilgrimage destination before (Fatima, in Portugal), but found Lourdes … [Read more...]
