hi /out/, i'm going to scotland in july, visiting edinburgh for 2 days and then spend the rest of my holidays hiking in the highlands. any suggestions?
>>724439
Make sure you know how to properly pronounce "Edinburgh"
>>724453
ɛdJnbʊɐ̯k
>>724439
Are you using public transport or driving?
>>724474
i'm going to rent a car in edinburgh
>>724483
...and either go some place where i stay for a week or make a round trip where i spend 2 days in some place and then go on to the next.
imma post some pics of northumberland in the meantime, until someone comes up with some suggestions.
>>724453
egh-din-burhh
now irland
slieve league, putzibärlis
>>724439
Edin-bugger here.
Ask me stuff
>>724676
how about the trossachs national park?
>>724676
or some place in the the north-west highlands?
anyone?
>>725267
all durham and northumberland was measured-out by my own hand
>>725272
thx, based jeremiah dixon
The trossachs and cairngorms are both great for hiking. Most of the highlands outside of the parks you can get away with just wandering around.
>>725311
are there many tourists in the national parks? one of the things i liked about northumberland was that there were very few people..
>>725422
Depends on when you go. I went in early May, and there was almost nobody. I'd imagine in summer it's more crowded though.
>>724453
Anybody else have trouble telling the bus driver you want to go to 'Milngavie'? I swear they couldn't have picked a worse place to start the trail.
>>725776
I had the same problem in England when taking the train to Gloucester [spoiler]glosstah[/spoiler]
>>724698
Trossachs are great. Ben Lomond is a fantastic hike if you're in that area. The Cairngorms have a less dramatic character, but equally worth visiting. Lochnagar is the classic summit there.
Really you can't go wrong by driving up the west coast, OP. Everything's incredible. Everything north of Loch Lomond, it's a kid-in-a-candy-store situation for a hiker/photographer.
My favorite area of Scotland is actually the more humble Perthshire -- it's like a more sparsely populated Cumbria. Lots of great day hikes and beautiful lochs.
I assume you've considered Skye. You can always take your car onto a ferry and explore the other western isles. My favorite memory of Scotland is standing on the ferry, watching the sun set behind South Uist while hundreds of dolphins ran alongside the boat.
>>725776
Mul-guy
>>725776
me-ga-vuh
trust me on this
>>724439
I was in Scotland a couple of years ago. There was a small town called Callander a bus ride away from Stirling which had a lot of great biking trails nearby. Look into it.
