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Hi, we will be travelling back from Orkney/ scrabster.

can anyone advise which is the best/most scenic route from Scrabster to Inverewe.

I have actually plotted: Scrabster/Syre/Rhian Ledmore/Ullapool and onto Inverewe,

But! after reading a couple of your travels it seems the route from Scrabster to Durness and down the west coast to Ullapool sound equally as nice.

any advice would be appreciated.

den

If you haven't been before then I'd definitely recommend the north & west coastal route. The scenery along the north coast is pretty good, but down the west coast from Durness it's fantastic and there are some wonderful beaches. The coast road from Ullapool to Inverewe is particularily fine - we drove that in our motorhome last year.

When are you going? We're doing the reverse of your route the last week in July, heading from Ullapool to Durness then onto Orkney.

Hi Steve, we are going around the 6th August all being well .

( wife'y just recovering from heart attack)

 We will be travelling up from Loch Lomand/Culloden/ Scrabster, and onto Orkney for a week.

So! it's the return journey i'm trying to put togather.

Anyway I hope you have a great time Steve.

den

Hi den

Thanks for your advice re Orkney.  We have travelled your route in reverse, Bettyhill, Tongue, Durness (Sango Sands Campsite) Loch Eriboll and down the west to Scourie etc is a good run.  We stayed at Scourie, the owner is rather unique - you would love him or hate him!! he does not take bookings but manages to get everyone on.  The site is  right on the shore and the sunsets are to die for, its quite adequate with a small cafe etc however beware of the  village pub - we called for a barsnack one Sunday evening and the whole population of the County of Sutherland arrived after a footy match!! so look at the village notice boards b4 you venture within.  The site at Inverewe is not very big - book if u can. Happy travels

Pat

Top tips Pat..all sound s good.

I have booked Inverewe thankfully, and the pubs well will take your advice and like an old indian read the signs eh!

den

We're staying at Scourie and Sango Sands on our trip (plus Ardmair Point and Dunnet Bay) and I've really looking forward to it.

My experience of Inverewe last year was also that it was quite a busy sight as ee had to alter our schedule around availability there.

Hi everyone, whats the wild-camping situation like on the west coast?

We are heading up that way in August and have a night booked at Morvich Caravan Club Site. From there we were planning two nights wild-camping before reaching Dunnet Bay Caravan Club Site (also booked) and had intended heading across to the east coast for the journey north between the two club sites, but having read your posts I'm now seriously considering changing the plotted AutoRoute course to take in the west instead.

Phil

Hi Phil

Have you been up north of Scotland b4.  We have just had 3 nights at Morvich on our travels en route to the Islands.  Make sure you have plenty of cash cos the nearest cash machine & shops are at Kyle of Lochalsh which is 16 miles away.  Fill up with fuel at Morrisons at Fort William (as it gets quite dear the further up u go) and do a good shop there as it is the northernmost civilised shop.  Re the west coast route - in our opinion it is much nicer than the east, far more dramatic, scenery second to none.  You can stop at Scourie or Sango Sands and I think there is a campsite at Bettyhill.  From there the landscape changes and becomes very flat, uninteresting and scruffy.  Hope this of some help.

Pat

Hi Roifromwales, this is the kind of info I like, loads of useful facts. well done, if I spot Blod I'll give you the nod

Den

Hi again,

West coast it is then. I've plotted the course on AutoRoute and can't wait to go (stupid saying that is - I have no choice but to wait) just under five weeks to wait anyway. Hopefully find a couple of good wild-camp spots without too much trouble, then return down the east coast (shorter route).

If only we had more time available, then we could explore further and not have to plot a course so rigidly, but work commitments and all that .

Well this is the agenda:- two wild-camps on the way to Morvich CC site, two wild-camps on the way to Dunnet Bay CC, two wild-camps heading back south again before spending the last night at Park Coppice CC at Coniston. If there was an easy way to get fresh water and empty the chemi-loo then we'd happily skip the sites and just wild it all the way . Can't beat that sense of freedom.

I'd better stop typing now before we get onto chapter 7...lol

Bye for now

Phil

Quote: Originally posted by heppy on 26/4/2008

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Hi
did you do this route as just trying to plan a holiday to include West Coast and possibly across to Moray Firth area,any suggestions for good sites etc much appreciated
Mike & Sandra

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