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 via mobile 02/10/2024 at 1:56pm
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May or September.
May is pre-midge season, the clocks have gone forwards, there are many beautiful gardens to visit because it’s rhododendron season & there’s usually a good spell of clear sunny weather.
We’ve been having a glorious Indian Summer for weeks now. October can be beautiful (autumn colours against cobalt blue skies, maybe snowy peaks too) but days are shorter & sites start to close.
Caveat - the far north is awesome in the height of summer because we get the “simmer dim”, it doesn’t go dark, I’ve read a book beside the sea loch at Ullapool at midnight while OH gave the dog her bedtime walk, the fishing boats were chugging back in. Midges can be a massive problem in summer but not everywhere or all the time - 6pm and no breeze is awful, but that midnight outside was insect free; anywhere near bracken or bog will be a problem, I had to wear a midge hood to go round the beautiful botanical gardens at Poolewe, but midges don’t bother OH and I take an antihistamine tablet at night: sorted.
Just check online about using how to drive on single track roads with passing places - look & plan ahead, stop first if you’re about to pass somewhere or the vehicle nearest the passing place reverses to it (unless it’s a timber lorry), go into the lay-by on your side or stop opposite one if it’s on the other side - don’t cross over the road to it. And never ever park in one. And always acknowledge the other driver(s) - how, varies: first finger lifted off the steering wheel in Mull; the “Ballachulish nod” in Argyll; full palm raised; eye contact & head nod; sometimes a toot of the horn; it doesn’t matter, but do something.
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2024 = 20 sites / 41 nights. 2023 = 9/23. 2022 = 13/35. 2021 = 11/29. 2020 = 4/20. 2019 = 13/35. 2018 = 20/33. 2017 = 10/22. 2016 = 19/33. 2015 = 15 sites / 27 nights. Didn't count 1976 to 2014.
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02/10/2024 at 3:13pm
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Definitely May in my opinion, when we have brighter days, lighter nights and better weather than September.
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02/10/2024 at 10:51pm
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Depends where you are going. Never get midges on the Moray coast and its very quiet even in July.
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21/11/2024 at 10:17am
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September is a good month. We have had some of the hottest days when away in September. Fife and the Borders is our chosen areas.
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