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14-09-10, 01:13 PM | #1 |
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touring up to isle of skye
next week we are off up to the isle of skye, has anyone ever been up round here as we could do with any comments on places to camp on route, havent decided whether to go via oban or perth any tips would be really helpful,
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14-09-10, 01:21 PM | #2 |
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Re: touring up to isle of skye
Do both, one on the way up, other one on the way down
I was at a campsite in Glenbrittle, there's another one but I haven't stayed there in Sligachan. You can ask Haggis or Wulfie, they are our Skye residents |
14-09-10, 01:23 PM | #3 |
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Re: touring up to isle of skye
i would post this under ecosse and let them tell you the best way - They're quite helpful really
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14-09-10, 02:15 PM | #4 |
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Re: touring up to isle of skye
Glenbrittle campsite is absolutely lovely.
Wherever you are camping watch for the midges, they'll drain all your blood in about an hour if you're lucky and consider DEET repellent strong enough to melt plastic as we would consider HP sauce...
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14-09-10, 02:44 PM | #5 |
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Re: touring up to isle of skye
A keen frost'll fettle them feckers.
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14-09-10, 02:45 PM | #6 |
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Re: touring up to isle of skye
Didn't work this year, we had a bad winter and worse midges!
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14-09-10, 02:49 PM | #7 |
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Re: touring up to isle of skye
Nah, mean now - agree a good cull results in keener efforts on their part to reinstate numbers.
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14-09-10, 04:58 PM | #8 |
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Re: touring up to isle of skye
cheers have done that,
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14-09-10, 05:18 PM | #9 |
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Re: touring up to isle of skye
Best thing to battle the midgies is Avon Skin So Soft. I was sceptical at first when I was told about it, but honestly it does work. It is used by foresters and royal marines.
You get it in a spray bottle, so just shut your eyes and spray it everywhere |
14-09-10, 09:35 PM | #10 |
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Re: touring up to isle of skye
baldricc I know it's not camping but there's a great B&B called 'The Clachaig' in Glencoe that I stayed at with some mates which was fantastic - worth a look if you want to go via the Highlands, particularly if the weather is sh**e and you want somewhere warm & dry to stay!
Tiger 55 on here recommended a route for a day's riding from there that took me to Skye - awesome roads and scenery! See this thread. The route up to Skye from Glencoe is linked to in Tiger's 1st reply in the thread. HTH |
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