Scotland
Road Trip Log
Members: 2
Start time:
11:00 PM, Friday, 3rd May, 2013
End time:
9:30 AM, Monday, 6th June, 2013
Duration: 3 days + 2 night stay + 2 nights travel(bus)
Total
travel: 16 hrs bus travel, 400 miles drive in 2 days
Total walk:
10 km on last day
Trip Type: Road
Trip
Total
expense:
Around GBP
500, inclusive of bus travel, car hire and fuel, accommodation, food, fort
entries, entertainment, transport
What went
great:
- Beautiful
Scotland and whiskey!
- Road trip
– our favourite
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Comfortable stay
Bad:
- Rain
- Lack of
time
Weather:
Sunny, rainy
Road travel
map: Google map link
Day 1: 3rd
May – Ugly bus travel!
Beckton,
London(home) -> Victoria Coach station, London (by Tube) -> Edinburgh,
Elder street in morning of Day 2
Day 2: 4th
May – Road Trip start and the Whiskey tour!
Edinburgh,
Elder street -> City bus -> Car
pick up from Edinburgh Airport (9:30 am) -> Dunkeld, Perthshire -> Pitlochry-Distillery
tour and lunch -> Rannoch Moor -> Aviemore -> Inverness -> Stay at
BnB/Hotel (8:30 PM)
Day 3: 21
Apr – Beautiful morning at Lochness!
One of the
best breakfast at BnB -> Lochness islands (10:30 am) -> Fort William via
Great Glen -> Glen Coe -> Stirling -> Car drop at Edinburgh airport
(8PM) -> Edinburgh city centre (9 PM) -> Hotel
Day 4:
Edinburgh city walk and tiring bus journey back to London
Hotel ->
Edinburgh Castle -> Holyrood Park -> Climb Arthur's Seat -> Burger and Beer -> Bus stand Elder street -> London on day 5 morning
Itinerary planned before trip:
Itinerary planned before trip:
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Friday, 3rd May
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Depart from London
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Departure: 11.00 pm, Victoria Coach
Station
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Reach 60 mins early
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Day 1
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Saturday, 4th May
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Arrive in Edinburgh
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Arrival: 7.55 am, Edinburgh Bus
Station, Elder Street
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8.30 am
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Pick up car from Airport-Thrifty
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Bus no. 100 direct
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Paid
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Reception Building, 175
Jubilee Road, Edinburgh Airport, EH12 9FS. Contact: 0131 335 3900 |
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Breakfast
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11.00 am
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Start journey to the Highlands
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Dunkeld, Perthshire
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Pitlochry-Distillery tour and lunch
Don't need to book in advance. £7.50 (includes 2 tastings and you can keep the tasting glass) |
Edradour
Distillery, smallest and most picturesque distillery in Scotland. See the
traditional methods of whisky making and maturation, where you'll see
Edradour being hand-crafted today as it was in Victorian times. A tour will
take around 60 minutes. 10am-5 pm
Lunch: Victoria's, Port-na-craig Inn. A stone throw away from the
famously renowned Pitlochry Festival Theatre. From the centre of Pitlochry,
follow the A924 signposted to Braemar and the Edradour Distillery. The road
climbs up past the Moulin Hotel. About
1 mile after the hotel, the A924 takes a sharp left hand bend where you turn
right to take a side road to Edradour. The distillery is clearly signposted
with “brown signs” all the way from Pitlochry, and there is plenty of parking
across the road from the distillery entrance.
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Rannoch Moor
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Aviemore
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Inverness
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Loch ness
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9.30 am- 6 pm
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£7.9
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Urquhart Castle
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Back to Inverness
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Overnight stay
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Day 2
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Things to do
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Fee
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Sunday, 5th May
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Loch ness to Fort William via Great
Glen (Series of glens from Fort
William to Inverness)
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A82 road
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Take the Gondola up to Aonach Mor.
Walk to mountain viewpoint.
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Starts at 9.00 am. Mountain walk
trails: Sgurr Finnisg-aig and Meal Beag. The walk to Sgurr Finnisg-aig is the
shorter of the two trails, taking approximately 40 minutes return.
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Advance booking not required. £11.50
return pp
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Nevis Range is 64 miles south
of Inverness on the A82 signposted to Fort WIlliam. After you pass
through the village of Spean Bridge, Nevis Range is clearly signposted, 5
(TBC) miles on your left.
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Glen Coe
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Kilmahog
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Stirling
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Target: 6.00 pm
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Reach Edinburgh
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Car drop off at Airport
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Check in at hotel
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A walk in the Old Town
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Royal Mile, Grassmarket, Princes
Street etc. Dinner in Old Town
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Back to the hotel
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Day 3
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Things to do
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Fee
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Monday, 6th May
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Edinburgh Castle
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Time: 9.30 am-6.00 pm
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£16 pp includes free guided tour
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Holyrood Park
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Climb Arthur's Seat
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No
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9.45 pm departure
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Bus back to London
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Arrival in London: 6.20 am, 7th May
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Reach 60 mins early
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