Highlands West Coast in September
Despite concerns about language issues and age old national rivalries, we are considering visiting Scotland this year rather than taking the safe option and heading across the channel 😉. I know we won't experience the 30 deg C temperatures of late summer in the Languedoc, but what sort of weather and site availability can we expect in early September?
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Availability good. Weather mixed, we have had everything from cool wet to moderately warm, with the odd 60 mph+ gale. However, at least when it is cold or windy it keeps the midges away, which can be a bit (lot) of a problem. However, the scenery on the west coast more than makes up for these few little detractions.
However, from choice we would visit in May, when the weather is often better and the midges are not much in evidence.
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Beautiful place to visit. I echo SteveL comments, but in September you will begin to see the changing colours. Avon skin so soft blue dry oil and lots of it helps smells more pleasant than some insect repellent. You maybe lucky and the wee beasties may not like you but folks like that are few and far between. On the Bunree site the wardens wore hats with netting on bad days 😯. Covering exposed skin is best, a good breeze or rain will stop them coming out to play! Don't let that put you off it is beautiful and if they annoy you in one place you can more somewhere else - beauty of having your own bed with you 😉
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You have not tried to converse with some of my Caledonian customers!
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Never had any problems with the Lingo north of the border !! All I have to do is produce a bottle & they are there like Huskydog when there is a pile of Bonio's on offer !!
The Weather is no worse / better than anywhere else on these Sceptred Isles i.e. it's as likely to be 30* in the shade as it is to be -10 & snowing
As for the sites, if you want C & MC sites just peep at the Holiday pages -- you should find enough room for the whole family to take individual caravans assuming YOU are paying, of course
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Last September/October we did a 4 week, 2500 mile tour of Scotland in our caravan. It was our first trip to Scotland and we were not disappointed, it was beautiful, enjoyable and midge free. We stopped at Strathclyde (overnight stop) Bunree (west coast) Morvich (west coast) Brora (north east) and then homeward, Grantown on Spey, The Woods.
Our favorite sites were Bunree and Morvich on the west side, so beautiful, quiet and easy going, (despite some single track roads) So much to see and do. We are going back to Scotland next year and will return and stay longer on the west side. The weather was good for the time of the year, in fact it was very pleasant until the day we went to Orkney!! Not sure what you mean about the language issues, all the people we met were lovely, no problem. Not sure how long you are going for, I suggest as much time as you can spare. You can not go wrong by choosing the west coast. Plan well and enjoy.
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Yes it was a great trip, its what caravanning is all about, that ability to go for a trip like that or a short weekend. We wanted to go back there this year but other plans do not allow it. I enjoyed the day trip from Brora to Orkney, I had always wanted to see Scappa Flow as Naval history is one of my interests. We did not have bad weather until the day we went to Orkney, it was very wet and vey windy, I feared for our lives as we crossed the Pentland Firth, I then knew what all the buckets were for down the middle of the ferry!! Having now toured a lot of Scotland on this trip we now know our favorite areas and we look forward to going back, maybe next year.
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I recall the tale told by Michael Bentine whose family ran the Peruvian internal airline I believe :--
When he was a University Student he was invited to the Air Traffic Control covering Glasgaes main airport. He said that, having heard a real Glaswegian trying to talk down a Pakistani aeroplane he never flew again !!
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You will be welcome in the area and there is no language problem.
The sites will have room but the weather could be anything but you should miss the midges.
The roads are generally quite slow going so allow for m ore time being needed when traveling. I would avoid the A82 though alongside Loch Lomond as it is very narrow and twisting and take the A84 from the M9 Stirling. It is far quicker and safer.
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Thanks, as you have probably guessed, my post was a little tongue in cheek! Prior to our 20 yr break from caravanning we were regular visitors to Scotland and loved the Western Highlands (and its inhabitants!). Our trips to Scotland used to be late June early July until the kids came along and moved them back into August, so we have no experience of late summer/early autumn.
We had planned to return to France this September and revisit Scotland in the early summer of next year, but having blown the ferry money on a bit of health care queue jumping ☹️ we are thinking of heading north.
I have to concur with the A82 comments, even as a fearless 30 something, used to towing and driving coaches, I've had a few heart in mouth moments Meeting logging trucks on there!
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