[Mgs] Fw: Suggestions needed - where to go in Scotland?

[W. David Houser]

and while on the Malt trail, don't forget to stop in Pitlochery and  
hae a bit of the best single malt, Edradour!
Hae a great trip,
Dave Houser



On Mar 24, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Paul Hunt wrote:

> The west coast is more 'interesting' scenically.  Luss at Loch  
> Lomond is a
> quaint village on the shore, then via Glenco (site of the famous  
> massacre)
> and Fort William to Kyle of Lochalsh.  Take the Inchree to Corran  
> ferry
> which takes you to the most westerly point of the UK mainland at
> Ardnamurchan.  From Kyle of Lochalsh over the bridge to Skye and  
> come back
> by the little ferry at Kylerhea to Glenelg.  From Kyle of Lochalsh and
> Lochcarron over Bealach na Baa reputed to be the most spectacular  
> road in
> Britain.  If you have the time do the great circle to take in Cape  
> Wrath
> (most north-westerly point), Dunnet Head (most northerly point), and  
> John O'
> Groats (most north-easterly point) and back down to Inverness.   
> Otherwise
> the shorter northerly loop to the Cromarty Firth and down to  
> Inverness. From
> there circle Loch Ness and there is the battlefield (or is it  
> massacre?) at
> Culloden.  We stayed at Carrbridge just off the A9 at an old chapel  
> and had
> deer grazing in the gardens at breakfast and dinner.  From  
> Carrbridge you
> have Aviemore, Osprey at Loch Garten, Balmoral and Crathie and the  
> Malt
> trail, watch out for stags leaping into the roads in front of you!.   
> Heading
> south you have the old Queens family home at Glamis north of Dundee,  
> then
> down to Edinburgh over the road bridge to see how far they have got  
> painting
> the Firth of Forth rail bridge.  Heading south towards Hull there is  
> Berwick
> on Tweed, Holy Island, Bamburgh Castle and its fabulous beaches and  
> views of
> the Farne Islands, Newcastle and its bridges, the transporter bridge  
> (of
> 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet' fame) at Middlesborough, reputedly the only  
> octagonal
> (compulsory MG content) lighthouse in Britain at Flamborough Head,  
> and then
> at least a sight of if not a return trip over the Humber Bridge just  
> outside
> Hull.
>
> PaulH.