Scotland 2018 Planning

[Denali]

Would you spend one overnight in Glencoe or at Loch Lomond?

This is for our trip from Isle of Skye to Glasglow

I will eventually learn to spell Glasgow not Glasglow but not anytime soon!

 

[TheRealTMA]

Would you spend one overnight in Glencoe or at Loch Lomond?

This is for our trip from Isle of Skye to Glasglow

I will eventually learn to spell Glasgow not Glasglow but not anytime soon!

Glencoe probably more interesting for one night. But if Loch Lomond, take the light aircraft flight over the lochs and the coast. Also you could do dinner at the excellent Martin Wishart one * - Loch Lomond Home - Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond

 

[Denali]

Glencoe probably more interesting for one night. But if Loch Lomond, take the light aircraft flight over the lochs and the coast. Also you could do dinner at the excellent Martin Wishart one * - Loch Lomond Home - Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond

Now youve done it (aircraft flight). My husband would be, "Cant I do both?" when I tell him options.

Not that he has a say but I like to include him in the process but honestly, hes not listening. Just says each night, "What are we doing tomorrow?"

Im not a foodie but that resturant looks amazing.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Well this thread was great timing for me as I was also planning a 2018 trip to Scotland as I posted earlier. So a big than you to everyone and in particular Denali.

This thread has been brilliant for me as it has led to lots of ideas some of which I have adopted and or integrated in various ways. The biggie was deciding to do the North Coast 500 Route as that looks fabulous.

Things always come out of left field and for this trip it was integrating a cruise which when I started planning I had not considered at all. But we wanted to visit a number of Scottish Isles and so after lots of reading up a cruise made a lot of sense and moreso as this Scottish trip is part of a trip to the UK + Ireland. The other major departure is that we decided to come home via the Norwegian Fjords!

Originally we were going to do Scotland in the middle of the trip. But it is now being tackled first from the land with a second assault from the sea after visiting Ireland.

Flight wise from MEL we have snagged Singapore Suites by Krisflyer Redemption to London, and then back as a *A booking from Copenhagen (J) with the SQ Suites from Frankfurt.
To maximise the F and Suite experience going over we have F to Singapore as a daylight flight, Dinner in The Private Room in SIN, overnight in the Crowne Plaza Changi and then an all daylight flight to LHR. So the Krug will get a hammering this is a longer trip and so we were not at all fussed on the extra half a day it will take to get there as we will maximising the fun of the flights rather than just sleeping that time away!

Our local flights are all quite short hops and not on main routes anyway and so we will just buy discount Y in advance.

We still have to work out exactly what we will see in some places. But equally with some we will just discover as we go.

DATE	COUNTRY	LOCATION -Day	LOCATION - Overnight	JOURNEY/ACTIVITY
Saturday, 21 April 2018	England	Plane - Singapore	Singapore	Fly
Sunday, 22 April 2018	England	Plane	London
Monday, 23 April 2018	England	London	London	Evening -Theatre
Tuesday, 24 April 2018	England	London	London	Evening -Theatre
Wednesday, 25 April 2018	Scotland	Plane	Inverness	Fly
Thursday, 26 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Friday, 27 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Saturday, 28 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Sunday, 29 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Monday, 30 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Tuesday, 1 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Wednesday, 2 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Thursday, 3 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Friday, 4 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Saturday, 5 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Sunday, 6 May 2018	Scotland		Edinburgh	Car - Inverness to Edinburgh vi Cairngorms National Park
Monday, 7 May 2018	Scotland		Edinburgh
Tuesday, 8 May 2018	Northern Ireland	Plane	Belfast	Fly
Wednesday, 9 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Thursday, 10 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Friday, 11 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Saturday, 12 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Sunday, 13 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Monday, 14 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Tuesday, 15 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Wednesday, 16 May 2018	Ireland		Dublin
Thursday, 17 May 2018	Ireland		Dublin	PM- Irish Food Walking Tour of Dublin
Friday, 18 May 2018	Ireland		Dublin	Evening- Northside Ghost Walk Tour in Dublin
Saturday, 19 May 2018		AM Dublin	Ship
Sunday, 20 May 2018	Isle of Man	Douglas	Ship
Monday, 21 May 2018	Scotland	Iona and Lunga	Ship
Tuesday, 22 May 2018	Scotland	Oban and Mallaig	Ship	Fort William Train
Wednesday, 23 May 2018	Scotland	Portree , Isle of Skye	Ship
Thursday, 24 May 2018	Scotland	St Kilda	Ship	Hike
Friday, 25 May 2018	Scotland	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands	Ship	Highland Park Distillery
Saturday, 26 May 2018	Scotland	Lerwick, Shetland Islands	Ship	Hike
Sunday, 27 May 2018	Scotland	Noss and Fair Isle	Ship	Zodiacs and Hike
Monday, 28 May 2018	Scotland	Aberdeen	Ship	Cathes and Balmoral Castles
Tuesday, 29 May 2018	Scotland	Eyemouth	Ship	Hike St Abb’s Head on the Berwickshire coast
Wednesday, 30 May 2018	England	Kingston upon Hull	Ship	York, York Minster and Castle Howard
Thursday, 31 May 2018	England	Ramsgate	Ship	Sandwich and Dover Castle
Friday, 1 June 2018	England	London	Ship - London Tower Bridge, Thames River
Saturday, 2 June 2018	England		??	Train? Car?
Sunday, 3 June 2018	England		??	Train? Car?
Monday, 4 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Tuesday, 5 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Wednesday, 6 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Thursday, 7 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Friday, 8 June 2018	England		Cotswolds
Saturday, 9 June 2018	England		?? Liverpool??	Train? Car?
Sunday, 10 June 2018	England		??Lake District??	Train? Car?
Monday, 11 June 2018	England	Whitehaven	Braithwaite	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 26 miles
Tuesday, 12 June 2018	England		Greystoke	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 22 miles
Wednesday, 13 June 2018	England		Garrigill	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 27 miles
Thursday, 14 June 2018	England		Stanhope	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 22 miles
Friday, 15 June 2018	England		Rowlands Gill	Coast2Coast Cycle Route -23 miles
Saturday, 16 June 2018	England		Tynemouth -Newcastle	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 20 miles
Sunday, 17 June 2018	England	??Leicester	??Leicester	Train
Monday, 18 June 2018	England	??Leicester	London?	Train
Tuesday, 19 June 2018	Norway	London	Bergen	Fly - 10.50 am Flight
Wednesday, 20 June 2018	Norway		Begen
Thursday, 21 June 2018	Norway		Bergen	Hardangerfjord Ferry-Train or Fjord Cruise Bergen - Mostraumen - Bergen
Friday, 22 June 2018	Norway			Bus-The Fjord Cycling Route
Saturday, 23 June 2018	Norway			The Fjord Cycling Route
Sunday, 24 June 2018	Norway			The Fjord Cycling Route
Monday, 25 June 2018	Norway			The Fjord Cycling Route
Tuesday, 26 June 2018	Norway		Bergen	The Fjord Cycling Route - Bus
Wednesday, 27 June 2018	Norway	Bergen	Gudavagen	Bergen and Flåm Railways
Thursday, 28 June 2018	Norway		Myrdal?	Ferry- Aurlandsfjord
Friday, 29 June 2018	Norway		Myrdal?	Cycle - Rallarvegen Bikeroute as a daytirp
Saturday, 30 June 2018	Norway		Oslo	Train
Sunday, 1 July 2018	Norway	Oslo	Oslo
Monday, 2 July 2018	Norway	Oslo	Oslo
Tuesday, 3 July 2018		Ferry	Ferry	Ferry
Wednesday, 4 July 2018	Denmark	Copenhagen	Copenhagen
Thursday, 5 July 2018	Denmark	Copenhagen	Copenhagen
Friday, 6 July 2018		Plane	Plane	Fly
Saturday, 7 July 2018	Singapore	Plane
Sunday, 8 July 2018	Australia	Melbourne

 

[Denali]

^ Wow! .......

 

[VPS]

Well this thread was great timing for me as I was also planning a 2018 trip to Scotland as I posted earlier. So a big than you to everyone and in particular Denali.

This thread has been brilliant for me as it has led to lots of ideas some of which I have adopted and or integrated in various ways. The biggie was deciding to do the North Coast 500 Route as that looks fabulous.

Things always come out of left field and for this trip it was integrating a cruise which when I started planning I had not considered at all. But we wanted to visit a number of Scottish Isles and so after lots of reading up a cruise made a lot of sense and moreso as this Scottish trip is part of a trip to the UK + Ireland. The other major departure is that we decided to come home via the Norwegian Fjords!

Originally we were going to do Scotland in the middle of the trip. But it is now being tackled first from the land with a second assault from the sea after visiting Ireland.

Flight wise from MEL we have snagged Singapore Suites by Krisflyer Redemption to London, and then back as a *A booking from Copenhagen (J) with the SQ Suites from Frankfurt.
To maximise the F and Suite experience going over we have F to Singapore as a daylight flight, Dinner in The Private Room in SIN, overnight in the Crowne Plaza Changi and then an all daylight flight to LHR. So the Krug will get a hammering this is a longer trip and so we were not at all fussed on the extra half a day it will take to get there as we will maximising the fun of the flights rather than just sleeping that time away!

Our local flights are all quite short hops and not on main routes anyway and so we will just buy discount Y in advance.

We still have to work out exactly what we will see in some places. But equally with some we will just discover as we go.

DATE	COUNTRY	LOCATION -Day	LOCATION - Overnight	JOURNEY/ACTIVITY
Saturday, 21 April 2018	England	Plane - Singapore	Singapore	Fly
Sunday, 22 April 2018	England	Plane	London
Monday, 23 April 2018	England	London	London	Evening -Theatre
Tuesday, 24 April 2018	England	London	London	Evening -Theatre
Wednesday, 25 April 2018	Scotland	Plane	Inverness	Fly
Thursday, 26 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Friday, 27 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Saturday, 28 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Sunday, 29 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Monday, 30 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Tuesday, 1 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Wednesday, 2 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Thursday, 3 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Friday, 4 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Saturday, 5 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Sunday, 6 May 2018	Scotland		Edinburgh	Car - Inverness to Edinburgh vi Cairngorms National Park
Monday, 7 May 2018	Scotland		Edinburgh
Tuesday, 8 May 2018	Northern Ireland	Plane	Belfast	Fly
Wednesday, 9 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Thursday, 10 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Friday, 11 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Saturday, 12 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Sunday, 13 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Monday, 14 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Tuesday, 15 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Wednesday, 16 May 2018	Ireland		Dublin
Thursday, 17 May 2018	Ireland		Dublin	PM- Irish Food Walking Tour of Dublin
Friday, 18 May 2018	Ireland		Dublin	Evening- Northside Ghost Walk Tour in Dublin
Saturday, 19 May 2018		AM Dublin	Ship
Sunday, 20 May 2018	Isle of Man	Douglas	Ship
Monday, 21 May 2018	Scotland	Iona and Lunga	Ship
Tuesday, 22 May 2018	Scotland	Oban and Mallaig	Ship	Fort William Train
Wednesday, 23 May 2018	Scotland	Portree , Isle of Skye	Ship
Thursday, 24 May 2018	Scotland	St Kilda	Ship	Hike
Friday, 25 May 2018	Scotland	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands	Ship	Highland Park Distillery
Saturday, 26 May 2018	Scotland	Lerwick, Shetland Islands	Ship	Hike
Sunday, 27 May 2018	Scotland	Noss and Fair Isle	Ship	Zodiacs and Hike
Monday, 28 May 2018	Scotland	Aberdeen	Ship	Cathes and Balmoral Castles
Tuesday, 29 May 2018	Scotland	Eyemouth	Ship	Hike St Abb’s Head on the Berwickshire coast
Wednesday, 30 May 2018	England	Kingston upon Hull	Ship	York, York Minster and Castle Howard
Thursday, 31 May 2018	England	Ramsgate	Ship	Sandwich and Dover Castle
Friday, 1 June 2018	England	London	Ship - London Tower Bridge, Thames River
Saturday, 2 June 2018	England		??	Train? Car?
Sunday, 3 June 2018	England		??	Train? Car?
Monday, 4 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Tuesday, 5 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Wednesday, 6 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Thursday, 7 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Friday, 8 June 2018	England		Cotswolds
Saturday, 9 June 2018	England		?? Liverpool??	Train? Car?
Sunday, 10 June 2018	England		??Lake District??	Train? Car?
Monday, 11 June 2018	England	Whitehaven	Braithwaite	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 26 miles
Tuesday, 12 June 2018	England		Greystoke	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 22 miles
Wednesday, 13 June 2018	England		Garrigill	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 27 miles
Thursday, 14 June 2018	England		Stanhope	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 22 miles
Friday, 15 June 2018	England		Rowlands Gill	Coast2Coast Cycle Route -23 miles
Saturday, 16 June 2018	England		Tynemouth -Newcastle	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 20 miles
Sunday, 17 June 2018	England	??Leicester	??Leicester	Train
Monday, 18 June 2018	England	??Leicester	London?	Train
Tuesday, 19 June 2018	Norway	London	Bergen	Fly - 10.50 am Flight
Wednesday, 20 June 2018	Norway		Begen
Thursday, 21 June 2018	Norway		Bergen	Hardangerfjord Ferry-Train or Fjord Cruise Bergen - Mostraumen - Bergen
Friday, 22 June 2018	Norway			Bus-The Fjord Cycling Route
Saturday, 23 June 2018	Norway			The Fjord Cycling Route
Sunday, 24 June 2018	Norway			The Fjord Cycling Route
Monday, 25 June 2018	Norway			The Fjord Cycling Route
Tuesday, 26 June 2018	Norway		Bergen	The Fjord Cycling Route - Bus
Wednesday, 27 June 2018	Norway	Bergen	Gudavagen	Bergen and Flåm Railways
Thursday, 28 June 2018	Norway		Myrdal?	Ferry- Aurlandsfjord
Friday, 29 June 2018	Norway		Myrdal?	Cycle - Rallarvegen Bikeroute as a daytirp
Saturday, 30 June 2018	Norway		Oslo	Train
Sunday, 1 July 2018	Norway	Oslo	Oslo
Monday, 2 July 2018	Norway	Oslo	Oslo
Tuesday, 3 July 2018		Ferry	Ferry	Ferry
Wednesday, 4 July 2018	Denmark	Copenhagen	Copenhagen
Thursday, 5 July 2018	Denmark	Copenhagen	Copenhagen
Friday, 6 July 2018		Plane	Plane	Fly
Saturday, 7 July 2018	Singapore	Plane
Sunday, 8 July 2018	Australia	Melbourne

Looks amazing - I did the Fort William to Mallaig train 35 years ago and still have vivid memories of it - only another three weeks and I'll be off to do the NC500

 

[Denali]

Looks amazing - I did the Fort William to Mallaig train 35 years ago and still have vivid memories of it - only another three weeks and I'll be off to do the NC500

Very interested in your trip so hope youre planning on updating us while you are doing it

 

[VPS]

That's the intention and if not I'll write it up after - straight after it's Spain for 10 days then Bordeaux for 4 days then a week at friend's house in France having a quiet time so should catch-up then

 

[VPS]

Well this thread was great timing for me as I was also planning a 2018 trip to Scotland as I posted earlier. So a big than you to everyone and in particular Denali.

This thread has been brilliant for me as it has led to lots of ideas some of which I have adopted and or integrated in various ways. The biggie was deciding to do the North Coast 500 Route as that looks fabulous.

Things always come out of left field and for this trip it was integrating a cruise which when I started planning I had not considered at all. But we wanted to visit a number of Scottish Isles and so after lots of reading up a cruise made a lot of sense and moreso as this Scottish trip is part of a trip to the UK + Ireland. The other major departure is that we decided to come home via the Norwegian Fjords!

Originally we were going to do Scotland in the middle of the trip. But it is now being tackled first from the land with a second assault from the sea after visiting Ireland.

Flight wise from MEL we have snagged Singapore Suites by Krisflyer Redemption to London, and then back as a *A booking from Copenhagen (J) with the SQ Suites from Frankfurt.
To maximise the F and Suite experience going over we have F to Singapore as a daylight flight, Dinner in The Private Room in SIN, overnight in the Crowne Plaza Changi and then an all daylight flight to LHR. So the Krug will get a hammering this is a longer trip and so we were not at all fussed on the extra half a day it will take to get there as we will maximising the fun of the flights rather than just sleeping that time away!

Our local flights are all quite short hops and not on main routes anyway and so we will just buy discount Y in advance.

We still have to work out exactly what we will see in some places. But equally with some we will just discover as we go.

DATE	COUNTRY	LOCATION -Day	LOCATION - Overnight	JOURNEY/ACTIVITY
Saturday, 21 April 2018	England	Plane - Singapore	Singapore	Fly
Sunday, 22 April 2018	England	Plane	London
Monday, 23 April 2018	England	London	London	Evening -Theatre
Tuesday, 24 April 2018	England	London	London	Evening -Theatre
Wednesday, 25 April 2018	Scotland	Plane	Inverness	Fly
Thursday, 26 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Friday, 27 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Saturday, 28 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Sunday, 29 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Monday, 30 April 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Tuesday, 1 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Wednesday, 2 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Thursday, 3 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Friday, 4 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Saturday, 5 May 2018	Scotland		tba	Car -North Coast 500 Route
Sunday, 6 May 2018	Scotland		Edinburgh	Car - Inverness to Edinburgh vi Cairngorms National Park
Monday, 7 May 2018	Scotland		Edinburgh
Tuesday, 8 May 2018	Northern Ireland	Plane	Belfast	Fly
Wednesday, 9 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Thursday, 10 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Friday, 11 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Saturday, 12 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Sunday, 13 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Monday, 14 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Tuesday, 15 May 2018	Ireland		tba
Wednesday, 16 May 2018	Ireland		Dublin
Thursday, 17 May 2018	Ireland		Dublin	PM- Irish Food Walking Tour of Dublin
Friday, 18 May 2018	Ireland		Dublin	Evening- Northside Ghost Walk Tour in Dublin
Saturday, 19 May 2018		AM Dublin	Ship
Sunday, 20 May 2018	Isle of Man	Douglas	Ship
Monday, 21 May 2018	Scotland	Iona and Lunga	Ship
Tuesday, 22 May 2018	Scotland	Oban and Mallaig	Ship	Fort William Train
Wednesday, 23 May 2018	Scotland	Portree , Isle of Skye	Ship
Thursday, 24 May 2018	Scotland	St Kilda	Ship	Hike
Friday, 25 May 2018	Scotland	Kirkwall, Orkney Islands	Ship	Highland Park Distillery
Saturday, 26 May 2018	Scotland	Lerwick, Shetland Islands	Ship	Hike
Sunday, 27 May 2018	Scotland	Noss and Fair Isle	Ship	Zodiacs and Hike
Monday, 28 May 2018	Scotland	Aberdeen	Ship	Cathes and Balmoral Castles
Tuesday, 29 May 2018	Scotland	Eyemouth	Ship	Hike St Abb’s Head on the Berwickshire coast
Wednesday, 30 May 2018	England	Kingston upon Hull	Ship	York, York Minster and Castle Howard
Thursday, 31 May 2018	England	Ramsgate	Ship	Sandwich and Dover Castle
Friday, 1 June 2018	England	London	Ship - London Tower Bridge, Thames River
Saturday, 2 June 2018	England		??	Train? Car?
Sunday, 3 June 2018	England		??	Train? Car?
Monday, 4 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Tuesday, 5 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Wednesday, 6 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Thursday, 7 June 2018	England	Moreton In Marsh Region	Cotswolds	Cycle
Friday, 8 June 2018	England		Cotswolds
Saturday, 9 June 2018	England		?? Liverpool??	Train? Car?
Sunday, 10 June 2018	England		??Lake District??	Train? Car?
Monday, 11 June 2018	England	Whitehaven	Braithwaite	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 26 miles
Tuesday, 12 June 2018	England		Greystoke	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 22 miles
Wednesday, 13 June 2018	England		Garrigill	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 27 miles
Thursday, 14 June 2018	England		Stanhope	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 22 miles
Friday, 15 June 2018	England		Rowlands Gill	Coast2Coast Cycle Route -23 miles
Saturday, 16 June 2018	England		Tynemouth -Newcastle	Coast2Coast Cycle Route - 20 miles
Sunday, 17 June 2018	England	??Leicester	??Leicester	Train
Monday, 18 June 2018	England	??Leicester	London?	Train
Tuesday, 19 June 2018	Norway	London	Bergen	Fly - 10.50 am Flight
Wednesday, 20 June 2018	Norway		Begen
Thursday, 21 June 2018	Norway		Bergen	Hardangerfjord Ferry-Train or Fjord Cruise Bergen - Mostraumen - Bergen
Friday, 22 June 2018	Norway			Bus-The Fjord Cycling Route
Saturday, 23 June 2018	Norway			The Fjord Cycling Route
Sunday, 24 June 2018	Norway			The Fjord Cycling Route
Monday, 25 June 2018	Norway			The Fjord Cycling Route
Tuesday, 26 June 2018	Norway		Bergen	The Fjord Cycling Route - Bus
Wednesday, 27 June 2018	Norway	Bergen	Gudavagen	Bergen and Flåm Railways
Thursday, 28 June 2018	Norway		Myrdal?	Ferry- Aurlandsfjord
Friday, 29 June 2018	Norway		Myrdal?	Cycle - Rallarvegen Bikeroute as a daytirp
Saturday, 30 June 2018	Norway		Oslo	Train
Sunday, 1 July 2018	Norway	Oslo	Oslo
Monday, 2 July 2018	Norway	Oslo	Oslo
Tuesday, 3 July 2018		Ferry	Ferry	Ferry
Wednesday, 4 July 2018	Denmark	Copenhagen	Copenhagen
Thursday, 5 July 2018	Denmark	Copenhagen	Copenhagen
Friday, 6 July 2018		Plane	Plane	Fly
Saturday, 7 July 2018	Singapore	Plane
Sunday, 8 July 2018	Australia	Melbourne

Not Scotland I know but I just had lunch in Moreton on Marsh at a little cafe. I spend my life in search of the perfect hot chocolate and this one was pretty good and I had the Moreton Mess as well. Lovely spot. If you want more info on the Cotswolds area just let me know.





Cacao Bean | Wedding, Celebration and Handmade Cakes in the Cotswolds, Moreton-in-Marsh

 

[TheRealTMA]

Not Scotland I know but I just had lunch in Moreton on Marsh at a little cafe. I spend my life in search of the perfect hot chocolate and this one was pretty good and I had the Moreton Mess as well. Lovely spot. If you want more info on the Cotswolds area just let me know.

LOL. We had excellent lunch and chocolate at pub in Bourton on the Hill, but what's it got to do with planning a trip to Scotland? Now if you were talking about the Highland Chocolatier in Grandtully - http://www.highlandchocolatier.com - then we'd be talking!

 

[VPS]

Because I'm sitting here with maps and stuff planning my trip and checking out the itineraries of Denali and lovetravellingoz and notice LTO is going to spend three days in MOM

 

[Denali]

New gortex jacket passes the wind and rain test for Scotland.

 

[lovetravellingoz]

New gortex jacket passes the wind and rain test for Scotland.

Though the real test for a gore-tex jacket is are you still dry on the inside after hiking/cycling for 2 hours in it. ie its ability to pass through the perspiration.

 

[Denali]

Though the real test for a gore-tex jacket is are you still dry on the inside after hiking/cycling for 2 hours in it. ie its ability to pass through the perspiration.

Walked around for about 2.5hrs and still dry.

Hubby was happy that he didn't feel the cold wind. I was impressed that a couple of shakes and it's basically dry.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Walked around for about 2.5hrs and still dry.

Hubby was happy that he didn't feel the cold wind. I was impressed that a couple of shakes and it's basically dry.

After all the Tasmanian whisky, I'm sure hubby didn't feel the cold!

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Walked around for about 2.5hrs and still dry.

Hubby was happy that he didn't feel the cold wind. I was impressed that a couple of shakes and it's basically dry.

Yes having the right gear makes all the difference in being able to enjoy the day no matter the weather. For our trips we always give great thought to our clothing for if you have to be out and about for upto 8 hours the tight clothing makes all the difference from being miserable to be able to enjoy the day no matter what Mother Nature provides. For Scotland 2018 we will pack all our normal trekking gear clothing wise. Outer layers and inner layers and the waterproof gloves too! And a rainshell for our day-pack as well as walking in the rain will drench most packs. I also have lighweight waterproof bags that I place my phone cameras, dry clothes etc in if rain is about.

For Scotland 2018 I have as part of our trip planning been thinking about what clothing and gear we need. This to me is a very important part of trip preparation. And yes I also confess that I am a bit of a gear nut and so it is also great fun for me to do.

As part of this I have just treated ourselves to an Outdoor Research Ghost Hat each as I am anticipating a fair bit of rain and/or drizzle in Scotland and Ireland and they were just on sale. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R6z9F8r7Rc
I wear glasses and so for me I always hike and travel with a cap or hat as if it rains it keeps my glasses dry and my ability to actually see is maintained! The rain hood on a jacket is never enough by itself.

For the mixed days of cycling and hikes we have also just purchased some new walking shoes. Waterproof as rain is likely in Scotland and Ireland. Soles stiff enough for foot comfort a on a long days cycle or hike. We have purchased them now as 1/ our old walking shoes are past their best (not our hiking boots. but they are not good for cycling) or more suited to warm weather hikes and 2/ so that we can test them out in a range of conditions now as we only want to travel with one pair each of heavier footwear for this trip. If the testing is not satisfactory we will have time to road test other shoes.

Commencing a 6 hour day-walk at over 2000m to Lac Blanc, Chamonix Valley, France in 2016. A day full of rain and white outs, but stunning views! And yes it was cold with thoughts of do we really want to set off on a long hike on such an inclement day.

And at Lac Blanc.....still smiling despite the cold and wet as my wife is wearing the right gear for the day.

Clothing wise the cruise through Scottish waters is presenting some challenges though. We normally travel light, but the cruise will entail a bit more dress-wear than we would normally travel with. So my current thought is to freight a bag back home after the cruise to get rid of the clothes and shoes that we will not need for last half of the trip. We are going over in SQ Suites. So plenty of baggage allowance to London, but the flights to Scotland and Ireland will be bought as discount Y. So we will probably need to purchase one extra 20kg bag allowance for for these two flights.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Did you see this?

Don't come to Skye unless you have a room for the night, say local police

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Did you see this?

Don't come to Skye unless you have a room for the night, say local police

Yes. Makes me think doing the NC500 in May, when I will be there, rather than later in the year during peak season will make things easier accommodation wise, as well as traffic on the road wise.

 

[Denali]

I've already booked our accommodation for Skye, and even then I had to change a date because they were booked out 11mths in advance.

Bought new boots and better quality socks as well, been wearing them a couple of times per week for now, to break them in. Not that I'm hiking, more for ankle support and keep dry.

Hubby got caught in the rain yesterday at a waterfall and realises he needs a pack cover for his camera bag. He had a poncho in his bag that did a ok job but learnt that when I say, take your jacket, he should just, take his jacket!

 

[Denali]

And thanks for info on the ghost hat. I don't wear hats as I overhead and like you can have half mesh.