[Travel] Scotland Touring Holidays, Advice Sought . . .

[LamieRobertson]

It was Dounreay where I was working when I was up there.

I used to do all I could to commute daily from Aberdeen on the post office plane rather than having to stay in Thurso.

What was so bad about it?

 

[Mr Putdown]

What was so bad about it?

The relentless grey of the town, the quality of the hotels, the lack of good pubs or restaurant’s back then (The Upper Deck was considered the height of sophisticated dining ffs).

The salmon fishing was excellent mind.

 

[Timbo]

What was so bad about it?

I worked out of Scrabster for a while and would go along with most others, Thurso, Dunnett Head, JOG, Wick all pretty miserable.

One thing we did a while ago that was great was a ferry from Ullapool across to Stornaway then a ticket that included all your ferry tickets right down through all the Outer Hebrides finishing up in Barra and a ferry back across to Oban.

More recently we’ve had a couple of holidays near Aberlour. Speyside is lovely and a bit more going on than some places around the North of Scotland if that what you’re after.

 

[Mr Putdown]

I worked out of Scrabster for a while and would go along with most others, Thurso, Dunnett Head, JOG, Wick all pretty miserable.

Scrabster? You must have eaten at the Upper Deck then?

More recently we’ve had a couple of holidays near Aberlour. Speyside is lovely and a bit more going on than some places around the North of Scotland if that what you’re after.

I agree with you about Speyside, it’s beautiful. I go up a couple of times a year to fish the Castle Water, staying at Fochabers (which is also a bit grey for my liking. )

May is my favourite time, the intoxicating smell of wild flowers along the banks has to be experienced to be believed.

 

[Cowfold Seagull]

The more further north you go the fewer B&B type options you have so you may need to book ahead. In the bigger places you would be better off. The key determinant is time of year, during the summer everyone is super busy and I think it would be a real gamble to just turn up. If you did April/May or September/October and you would stand a real good chance.

That is all just conjecture however as I have young kids so we always need to pre-book!

Very useful info, thanks!