Scotland tour itinerary

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Hi Everyone

We are thinking of touring Scotland. Beginning of April 2022
Has anyone got an Itinerary we could follow please.
Free parking or aires as we have had lithium batteries fitted at Oaktree Motorhome’s which are good. Or don’t mind staying on some sites.
We are pretty self sufficient just need water.
We are both retired. So no rush.
Starting from Braintree Essex.
Our van is a Peugeot Elldis 185 Auto quest
I’m quite confident at driving but Janet is not so not too many narrow lanes please lol.
Thanks for your Help
Richard & Janet
 
That's a pretty big question. The south west, north east and of course the NC500 ali have well publicised routes around Scotland. On all of these there are several aires, sites and stopovers plus quite a few places with waste and water facilities. Early April should not be too busy. Enjoy your trip wherever it takes you.
 
It'll all depend in what you have in mind as representing "Scotland", as there are very distinctive areas. For example you could spend an entire holiday exploring the Borders or Dumfries and Galloway with their rolling hills, glens, etc.

An increasing number of councils are putting in aires, as are farmers in some areas, so a good app such as search for sites: https://www.searchforsites.co.uk or Park4night: https://www.park4night.com should help you. Oh and you may want to get one of the Fill LPG apps - just in case.

Whatever you plan, I hope you both enjoy it, there's plenty to see and do, and if I was to give you a top tip - Scotland is bigger than you may imagine (from looking at the BBC weather map for example) so don't get too ambitious about the distances you want to cover. The road network is not too supportive of big drives and can be tiring.

Best wishes on your journey
 
Dramfineday said:
It'll all depend in what you have in mind as representing "Scotland", as there are very distinctive areas. For example you could spend an entire holiday exploring the Borders or Dumfries and Galloway with their rolling hills, glens, etc.
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Couldn't have put it better myself.

Wild camping is tolerated by the Forestry Commission as long as you avoid the "picnic spots" & follow the countryside code, leave nothing behind.
I've lived in the southwest of Scotland & been involved with motorhomes since the early 60s & I'm still finding places which are amazing.
 
Personally I wouldn’t and never do have a set plan. If I like somewhere I stay longer. Use search for sites app, worth its weight in gold (do apps weigh anything). Pay the £6 so you can use offline as you will not always have a signal.
Braintree to the M11 north to the A1 stay on a free pub stopover in Stamford, a lovely town. Head north again etc etc. Don’t be in a hurry.
Phil

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Dramfineday said:
It'll all depend in what you have in mind as representing "Scotland", as there are very distinctive areas. For example you could spend an entire holiday exploring the Borders or Dumfries and Galloway with their rolling hills, glens, etc.

An increasing number of councils are putting in aires, as are farmers in some areas, so a good app such as search for sites: https://www.searchforsites.co.uk or Park4night: https://www.park4night.com should help you. Oh and you may want to get one of the Fill LPG apps - just in case.

Whatever you plan, I hope you both enjoy it, there's plenty to see and do, and if I was to give you a top tip - Scotland is bigger than you may imagine (from looking at the BBC weather map for example) so don't get too ambitious about the distances you want to cover. The road network is not too supportive of big drives and can be tiring.

Best wishes on your journey
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Hi
Thanks for your help. We just had another solar panel fitted so we are ready for the off we will take a slow ride up. I do have the lpg app.
Regards Richard
 
Just go. Take your time and explore.
We have toured so much and loved it.
Just some of our favourite areas.
Dumfries and Galloway
Visit The Kelpies and the Falkirk Wheel
Northern Forth Coast, Elie to St Andrews.
Arbroath
The Moray Coastline ( very underated).
NC500
and anywhere else not mentioned 😉
 
grasscutter said:
Dumfries and Galloway
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Don't bother the weather is absolutely woeful here just now!:whistle2:

Sunrise yesterday!
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cyberyacht said:
If you do an overnight there, the Kelpies is £5 cheaper than the Falkirk Wheel
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Unless the kelpies have put their prices up its £10 cheaper.(y)

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If you are starting in April, turn left just over the border, to dumfries and galloway, lots to see and do there. Then travel up the west coast before the midgie season starts. If the midgies come oot then head over to the east coast, there are a lot less midgies on the east coast
 
Check out Stay the Night by Forestry and Land Scotland. Encouraged rather than “tolerated”.

Stay the Night | Forestry and Land Scotland

Everything you need to know about FLS' Stay the Night scheme where self-contained campervans can park overnight in some of our forest car parks.
forestryandland.gov.scot forestryandland.gov.scot
 
Johnen said:
If you are starting in April, turn left just over the border, to dumfries and galloway, lots to see and do there. Then travel up the west coast before the midgie season starts. If the midgies come oot then head over to the east coast, there are a lot less midgies on the east coast
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Too late!:crying:
First hatch started in D&G last week!:eek:
Thank goodness it's been windy since then.:whew:
 
Any idea how long you've going for. Just wondering as if you want to take it steady it's going to take quite a while to get there. For instance there was a suggestion of a first stop at Stamford which is about 90 miles from where you are. If you went up to the NC 500 it starts at Inverness. Thats 550 miles from where you are. If you did 100 miles a day that's 11 days just to get there and back plus 5 to do the nc500 so 16 days if you drive every day and don't vary at all off the route. I personally would recommend a trip to Arran. Drive up through Dumfrees and Galloway ferry to Arran about a week there then drive over to the Campbeltown penninsula and back north of Glasgow over to the kelpies Edinburgh A1 back. I recon roughly 4 to 5 weeks. If you have longer you could cover more of Scotland but wanting to do the whole country in a couple of weeks is like Americans expecting to see all of Europe in one short trip.
On the not liking narrow roads I'm afraid it's probably going to be get used to it!. If you did decide to motor on and do say 250 miles a day you could cut the getting up and back time a lot

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No matter where you choose it'll be fantastic. Make sure you can reverse confidently as single tracks are the real Scotland and that's north.
Enjoy what is going to be a memorable journey.
 

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