Knilas Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 The sweets and I have considered planning a trip to the above regions, departure in a year or so. Preferably Scotland or Ireland with the UK as a bonus. Or just a single region with a day or two in one of the other. We have no clue where to start, so if one or many of your fine fellas can point us in the correct direction and give us things to think about and see...we would be very grateful! Again...this is in its infancy and is totally a research post. Just thought I'd throw this out there and see what came back. Thanks for any.and all advice/effort. ~Scott~Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
ayepatz Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Fly into Glasgow. Hire a car and drive up the West Coast of Scotland, taking in Loch Lomond, Oban (great distillery Tour), Glencoe, Rannoch Moor, Fort William, Ben Nevis, Mallaig, and take the ferry to Skye. Spend a day hiking in the Cuillins for the best views in the country. Cross back to Loch Ness, via Eilean Donan Castle. Head over to Inverness, back down through Speyside (fill yer boots with more whisky) and Perthshire, to Edinburgh. Easily do-able in a week. 3
dageshi Posted June 26, 2017 Posted June 26, 2017 Bear in mind the distances involved are really pretty small vs what you're used too in the US. Trains and budget airlines will get you around the country relatively quickly. www.skyscanner.net is pretty useful for finding cheap flights including budget airlines. My guess would be that London or Dublin will be the cheapest cities to fly into, you want to book your return tickets back to the US to one of those two, then plan a route that doesn't involve doubling back, so something like... Fly into London, check it out for a day or two, head North to Scotland, you can fly or take the train (flying is probably better), explore scotland, get a one way flight to Dublin (this would likely cost you $50-$100 depending on how far you book in advance), have a wander around Ireland, then fly back to london from Dublin, fly home. 1
Knilas Posted June 28, 2017 Author Posted June 28, 2017 Great advice here. What is the typical climate? Which months are best for visiting? (Not too hot, not too cold or wet). Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk
dageshi Posted June 28, 2017 Posted June 28, 2017 2 hours ago, Knilas said: Great advice here. What is the typical climate? Which months are best for visiting? (Not too hot, not too cold or wet). Sent from my XT1585 using Tapatalk Oh dear.... The thing about UK weather and I'm guessing this applies in Ireland is, it changes day to day with no predictability. It's summer right now, two weeks ago we had a week of 25-30c weather, bright sunshine, clear skies. Last week and this it's been intermittently raining, skies are cloudy and it's about 15-18c (during the day). So basically you probably want to come in summer (june, july, augaust), but there is absolutely no guarantee it won't pour down with rain your entire trip. 1
ayepatz Posted June 28, 2017 Posted June 28, 2017 34 minutes ago, dageshi said: Oh dear.... The thing about UK weather and I'm guessing this applies in Ireland is, it changes day to day with no predictability. It's summer right now, two weeks ago we had a week of 25-30c weather, bright sunshine, clear skies. Last week and this it's been intermittently raining, skies are cloudy and it's about 15-18c (during the day). So basically you probably want to come in summer (june, july, augaust), but there is absolutely no guarantee it won't pour down with rain your entire trip. Yup. It's a complete lottery. Thing is, even when it's wet in summer, it's never really that cold. And the beauty of the West coast is that the weather can change so quickly. We Scots say that you can have all four seasons in a single day. Drizzle is quite normal. It's not really rain, per se, more like ground-level cloud. You think it's not wet, but after 10 mins walk you're soaked through! If we get warmer, clearer weather, it tends to come at the end of August/start of September. That's also a good time for avoiding the midsummer caravan tourists clogging up the roads. 1
Akela3rd Posted June 28, 2017 Posted June 28, 2017 A few years ago I was at the the Cartmel show (Lake District, NW England) and the tannoy announcer said to a thoroughly sodden audience "now you may think it's raining, it's not, it's Lakeland mist". This is a northern UK summer.Thunder & Lightening '75-'15 1
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