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
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 |
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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