Highlights of Scotland

On the map furthermore:

• the numbers in red are the days in June 1995; see also below
• places where we slept in hotels are red underlined
• boat trips we made are blue lines
• the flight to and from Scotland is dashed in black

The day-by-day route

Wednesday, June 14 [55 km]

My home in Utrecht -- train to Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol) -- flight to Prestwick Airport -- Kilmarnock -- Newton Mearns -- Glasgow (with city tour)

 

Thursday, June 15 [220 km]

Glasgow -- Dumbarton -- Balloch: Loch Lomond -- boat-trip to Luss -- Tarbet -- Ardlui -- Crianlarich -- Tyndrum -- Bridge of Orchy -- Glen Coe -- Fort William -- Glenfinnan -- Banavie: Neptune's Staircase -- Fort William

 

Friday, June 16 [240 km]

Fort William -- Spean Bridge -- Invergarry -- Glen Shiel -- Shiel Bridge -- Dornie: Eilean Donan Castle -- Stromeferry -- Glen Carron -- Achnasheen -- Garve -- Corrieshalloch Gorge: Falls of Measach -- Ullapool -- boat-trip to Stornoway on the island Lewis

 

Saturday, June 17 [195 km]

Stornoway -- Balallan -- Tarbert -- Drinnishadder -- Plockrapool -- The Golden Road -- Finsbay -- Rodel -- Leverburgh -- Scarista -- Tarbert -- Balallan -- Stornoway

 

Sunday, June 18 [125 km]

Stornoway -- Barvas -- Port of Ness -- Butt of Lewis -- Barvas -- Arnol: Black House -- Carloway: Dun Carloway Broch -- Callanish: Standing Stones -- Achmore -- Stornoway

 

Monday, June 19 [250 km]

Stornoway -- boat-trip back to Ullapool -- Ledmore -- Invercassley -- Inveran -- Shin Falls -- Lairg -- Altnaharra -- Tongue -- Bettyhill -- Melvich -- Thurso -- Wick

 

Tuesday, June 20 [180 km]

Wick -- Tatheron -- Helsmdale -- Golspie: Dunrobin Castle -- Evelix -- Dornoch -- Evelix -- Tain -- Tore -- Inverness (Scottish evening)

 

Wednesday, June 21 [255 km]

Inverness -- Tore -- Contin -- Garve -- Achnasheen -- Loch Maree -- Gairloch -- Poolewe: Inverewe Gardens -- Guinard Bay -- Corrieshalloch Gorge -- Garve -- Contin -- Tore -- Inverness

 

Thursday, June 22 [300 km]

Inverness -- Drumnadrochit, halfway Loch Ness -- Invermoriston -- Fort Augustus -- Invergarry -- Spean Bridge -- Glen Spean -- Dalwhinnie -- Glen Garry -- Pitlochry -- Edradour distillery -- Dunkeld -- Perth -- Auchterarder -- Stirling

 

Friday, June 23 [125 km]

Stirling -- Plean -- Culross -- Inverkeithing -- Forth Bridge -- Edinburgh (with city tour) -- Linlithgow -- Grangemouth -- Plean -- Stirling

 

Saturday, June 24 [200 km]

Stirling -- Thornhill -- Aberfoyle -- The Trossachs -- Brig o' Turk -- Strathyre -- Lochearnhead -- Crianlarich -- Tyndrum -- Connel -- Barcaldine: Sea-life Centre -- Connel -- Oban

 

Sunday, June 25 [115 km]

Oban -- boat-trip to Craignure on the island Mull -- Strathcoil -- Pennyghael -- Fionnphort -- boat-trip to the island Iona and back -- Fionnphort -- Pennyghael -- Strathcoil -- Craignure -- boat-trip back to Oban

 

Monday, June 26 [225 km]

Oban -- Kilninver -- Kilmelford -- Arduaine: Arduaine Garden -- Kilmartin -- Lochgilphead -- Furnace -- Inverary: Inverary Castle -- Cairndow -- Strachur -- Ardbeg -- Dunoon -- boat-trip to Gourock -- Inverkip -- Largs -- Ardrossan --*) Irvine

 

Tuesday, June 27 [130 km]

Irvine -- Ardrossan -- boat-trip to Brodick on the island Arran -- Corrie -- Mid Sannox -- Lochranza -- Catacol -- Blackwaterfoot -- The String Road -- Brodick: Brodick Castle -- boat-trip back to Ardrossan -- Dairy -- Johnstone -- Renfrew

 

Wednesday, June 28 [80 km]

Renfrew -- Paisley -- Newton Mearns -- Kilmarnock -- Prestwick -- Ayr -- Alloway -- Ayr -- Prestwick Airport -- flight to Amsterdam Airport (Schiphol) -- train to my home in Utrecht

*) Note
Due to the heat the pulley of the coaches cooling fan "disintegrated", as Harry (the driver) called it, and we had to use another bus for the last few miles. The coach was repaired again that evening, so we could continue our trip with it the next day.

 
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