Scotland Route 2010
A map of our road trip route through Scotland. To read about the Runaway travels to Scotland, check out the ‘8 Country EU Tour‘, or head to the Scotland section.
A map of our road trip route through Scotland. To read about the Runaway travels to Scotland, check out the ‘8 Country EU Tour‘, or head to the Scotland section.
If I had a good experience at a local business during my travels, I am going to tell you about it! 1. HOSTEL: Budget Backpackers, Cowgate & Grassmarket Edinburgh. Sitting […]
My Scottish tips list is short – Scotland is an easy place to travel, and there is not much you need to know before going. 1. Bring a sweater. It […]
Normally in this section, I would (try to!) focus on the main city centres of a country, but Scotland is a place I have spent a lot of time – […]
It was not my first time to Scotland, and it will not be my last. If I could, I would pick up my life here in Canada and move to […]
Ayrshire is a picturesque region with winding roads, expansive ocean views, rolling hills, small farming communities and painted white homes – along the Firth of Clyde. The county of Ayr […]
We were ready to head over to Ireland after ripping up, down and around almost the entirety of Scotland, but we couldn’t just head straight to the ferry, there were […]
Fort Augustus is a quaint little village of just over 600, located at the foot of the Loch Ness. We had planned to stop here to eat a meal but […]
We only had a 5 minute drive to the ruins of castle Urquhart – but spent more than four hours sleeping off our two Scottish drinks to get there! I […]
We made it to the Clansman Hotel before starving to death, parked the car and literally ran in for lunch. Without thinking, we ordered some drinks. The husband had to […]
We had been on the road for a while by this point, and we were a little delirious. Babbling and mumbling, constipated and incoherent. Ok, maybe it wasn’t THAT bad, […]
We discovered an interesting monument on our way winding up through the rolling moorlands. Take a moment to behold as still skies or storms unfold. Indeed it was a beautiful […]
After leaving Kildrummy we drove for a bit looking for somewhere to pull over to sleep. We found a vacant parking lot and stopped for a recharge. It wasn’t until […]
Alford Aberdeenshire, population estimated at 2,000, is about 1/2 way between Craigievar castle and Kildrummy castle gardens. We stopped in for a bit to use their public bathrooms, located in […]
Before departing Canada for our European/UK tour, I looked a bit into my Scottish family history and found out a few things. My family clan is Forbes. Forbes clan are […]
The sun was slipping down the horizon. Luckily we didn’t have far to drive. The distances in Scotland are so short that we literally drove to each corner before we […]
The road through Aberdeenshire is speckled with emerald green rolling hills, quaint farmlands and magnificent medieval castles. We were stalled twice, on our way to Crathes Castle, by moving cattle. […]
Dunnottar is classified as a ‘scheduled monument‘, under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979, which means it will be protected in its current state for generations to come. Presently […]
Our ‘plan’ was to head north from Stirling to Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire. I was very excited about visiting Dunnottar Castle, a medieval fortress. At some points our chosen road was barely […]
Though we thought we may not, we awoke the next day – bright and early – ready to get on with our road trip. We headed down to the parkade […]