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Quote: Originally posted by macquatic on 20/10/2017

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Skye is worse in the height of the Summer...........no ferry to catch (or tolls)

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Quote: Originally posted by macquatic on 20/10/2017

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Skye is worse in the height of the Summer...........no ferry to catch (or tolls)

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Quote: Originally posted by alan29 on 21/10/2017

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Didn't the authorities put out a plea for people to stay away at the height of this summer because the roads were congested and all accommodation full.

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Quote: Originally posted by ficklejade on 20/10/2017

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See you stopped at the viewpoint at the Dervaig hairpins! Glad you found somewhere to park but you're quite right in your first paragraph. You were lucky you only met a couple of the large hired motorhomes! You can only imagine what it's like to live with!!

Were you looking for somewhere to camp informally with the caravan?

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Quote: Originally posted by ficklejade on 22/10/2017

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I’m astounded! I know the man and at a tenner you got off lightly! Be thankful!

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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 22/10/2017

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Quote: Originally posted by ficklejade on 22/10/2017

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I’m astounded! I know the man and at a tenner you got off lightly! Be thankful!

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amusingly he ask for a tenner but accepted 6 quid and i had to hunt for that.. it was all the cash i had on me..

i did have an interesting chat with him about the cheap ferry fares and the tourist situation..

i also made a mistake.. i was heading south and without thinking used the same ferry off the island i used to get to it.. i should have driven back across the island and used the other ferry.. it would have saved me a rather tortuous 100 miles off my 500 mile journey home.. :)

it would seem the isle of mull now makes a nice short cut when heading north.. even more bad news for those that live there..

trog

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Quote: Originally posted by TheHeadGardener on 22/10/2017

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Two thoughts - first is that the NC500 is doing to the north west of Scotland what Wainright did to the Lake District with his infernal walking guides ..... make something so popular that “everyone” flocks to visit and promptly ruins what it is which made the area so special in the first place.

Second thought - came across an excellent blog this morning about the problems of too many visitors on Skye, suspect Ficklejade might identify with much of this.   
Skye Calling Blog

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Quote: Originally posted by trog100 on 26/10/2017

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Ardnamurchan was the place i stopped on the mainland..

the pic is looking back from where we parked.. it does look down on the Ardnamurchan camp site.. having no idea where the tiny (dead end) road we were on ended up i would have pulled in there but the owner said he didnt have room for caravans.. he did me a favour because the spot we found was perfect as is often the case with some of these dead end tracks..



trog

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