Touring Scotland

Did a tour on the ZX9R back in 2002. keep saying i am going to bring the wife up for her first visit since then. Well next week it's time, all be it in the car. far too far for her to go on the back of the RSVR all the way from Essex.
Now we have been given the use of a house in Stirling, which is close to where i stayed last time. however i appreciate the need to travel around. I intend to take her to some of the places i visited on the bike, Glen coe, loch lomand, Oban , rest and be thank full, pitlochery, speen bridge, and Loch ness. but on my previous trip i didn't manage to get up to the north west coast, around ullapool. can any of you lads that live in the area recommend places to visit towns, roads etc. if we get a chance weather permitting we are going to try and get up Ben nevis and some other walks, and spend some time in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
i know Black Sabbath was up there a couple of weeks ago, where abouts can you recommend BS.

yep remember that from last trip on the bike. what about anything up the north west coast.

many thanks for the replies lads looks great, hopefully be up there this week.

Cheers BS, going up on Wednesday. will be going further north than you. Can't agree more about the roads. went up on the ZX9R in 2002. had a quality week. even the weather was kind. This trip i am planning to go even further north and go to Skye ullapool, and out in the wilds. i'm taking the new turbo diesel sport civic. laps up the twisty's, looking forward to it. if the weather is kind, and can find a cheap B&B around Fort William, am looking at having a bash at Ben Nevis. if not we will do some walking around the coast.

yes have to say when i went up before i didn't think much of fort william.
any ideas of where to get cheap B&B locally to ben nevis.

cheers lads for all your help. just getting packed, and should be on the road first thing in the morning. all i hope now is that the weather is kind.

Just back from the trip. 2131 miles covered, door to door. Fairly lucky with the weather, managed to dodge allot of it. Was not disappointed with the west coast. Thanks Posh J for the applecross idea. What a wounderful place. Went in via the north coastal route and came back via the south pass. BREATH TAKING. Dolphin watching at Channory point was well worth the trip. The run from Dornock to Ullapool A836 A837 was excellent, As was the A835, A832 to Gairloch, A896 from kinlochewe to Sheildaig, then the run round Applecross was sublime. A890 to Isle of Skye, drive round Skye was out of this world, had a quality night in Uig. Ferry to Mallaig, lot of road works for the first few miles leaving Mallaig but after that the road was excellent to fort william. Good run up to Fort Augustus where i had my first Haggis neeps and tatties:thumbup. Then came the evening run back from Fort Augustus to Onich and over Glen coe before running back across the A85 /A84 back to Callander and then back to the house in Larbert. other places visited were Pitlochery Queens view, Oban, rest and be thankfull, Inverara, Carricky, Tarbet Garelochhead, aberfoyle. Stirling castle and wallace monument were well worth a visit, the Falkirk wheel was impressive but shut when we got there, and a day in Edinburgh was not long enough.
All in all a top holiday, lots of sight seeing crammed in to seven days, and to boot spent a night in a working lighthouse. deffinatley going to organise another trip next year with the bike.:thumbup:thumbup:thumbup:thumbup
A big thanks to Badger for the ideas of places to go.

pics will be on the way soon in the process of resizing them.

some pics more to follow.