Dufftown naar Roy Bridge in Schotland langs het meer van Loch Ness
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Last edit: 05-02-2022
Route Summary This route is part of a 7-day trip through Scotland, which I made in July 2016, together with 5 motorcycle friends. It's a fantastic Country to tour by motorbike!
The Scottish highlands are very beautiful. You can enjoy the beautiful views and hilly landscapes.
There is ample opportunity to stop several times and visit special places.
A special place is the Loch Ness where you pass, thousands of people say they have seen the Loch Ness monster. We have not seen it. The myth is still alive!
I have given this route 5 stars because of the beautiful views, varied landscapes and good roads.
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Duration
6h 31m
Mode of travel
Car or motorcycle
Distance
226.33 km
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RouteXpert Review The roads are good and the views are excellent! Today's route heads to Roy Bridge, a small village, which sits at the fork of the River Roy and the River Spean. This is three miles east of Spean Bridge in the Highland administrative area, the northern part of Scotland.
You can again enjoy the good roads, beautiful views and the mountainous area. Nature is very beautiful there, which is a pleasure again.
After about 20 kilometers you will see a parking lot on the left. Here you can park the motorbike to pay a short visit to the ruins of Castle Drumin (a monument). This is a ruined tower house near Scottish Glenlivet, Moray. The castle sits on a ridge above the junction of the rivers Livet and Avon.
After taking a few nice pictures you can pick up the route again. The route goes along the Cragganmore Hills which you can see slide past like a movie on your left. Splendid!
The route then passes through the town of Dulnain Bridge. The moment you enter this place, on the right side there is a landform created by glacial erosion. The "grinding" and "polishing" of a glacier creates an undulating surface of bedrock, which is often covered with other traces of glacial erosion, such as striations. They also call it Roche Moutonnée.
Then it's time to stretch your legs or drink a cup of coffee. A great opportunity for this is the Dores Inn, in the town of Dores. It is one of the most popular restaurants in the Inverness area, with a reputation for excellent food and is beautifully situated on the edge of Dores Beach, with iconic views across Loch Ness*. You can also choose to have lunch here because there are not many places further on the route that are suitable for this.
*Loch Ness is a large, deep loch in Scotland. The loch is 36.3 kilometers long and 1.6 kilometers wide at its widest part. The greatest depth of the lake is 226 meters. Loch Ness is set in hilly terrain. Because peat and peat continuously flows into the lake from these hills, the water is very turbid. There is also the Myth about Nessie.
For hundreds of years there have been rumors that a huge water monster lives in Loch Ness. Many indistinct photos of the beast have been taken, but its existence has never been proven. The first observations date from the seventh century. The myth attracts many tourists to the Scottish Lake.
After coffee you can continue the route in a southerly direction. It is a somewhat narrower road through a wooded area with Loch Ness on your right. When you have passed Loch Ness you will come across a beautiful swing bridge that lies over the Caledonian canal and ends up on the Loch Oich lake. This is a lake located between Loch Lochy and Loch Ness. Loch Oich is located in the Great Glen, a valley created because it is the fault line between two plates. The lake, together with several other lakes and a system of locks located in the southwest, forms the Caledonian Canal. On the bridge you look out on a beautiful hilly landscape.
After about 4 to 5 kilometers you have to pay attention. The route then turns left onto a small road and passes Invengarry Castle. This is one of the many ruins in Scotland. You can park there on the left to take a few pictures. Today you drive along a number of lakes, including Lake Oich and Loch Lochy, for example. This is a large lake, with an average depth of 70 meters. It is the third deepest lake in Scotland. It is about 16 kilometers long and 1 kilometer wide. Loch Lochy is located in the Great Glen, a valley created because it is the fault line between two plates.
If we now continue our route, it runs to the right after about 10 kilometers. At this intersection is a monument "Commando memorial". This is a memorial to the fallen soldiers. There was a lot of training here in the area by commandos in the Second World War.
The beautiful narrow roads with fantastic views then meander between the hills, and yes, it is confirmed that motorcycling in Scotland is a fantastic activity.
Then continue to the town of Banavie, where you have the opportunity to fill the tank at the waypoint for the next day.
Then it is about 15 kilometers to Roybridge where you can spend the night in the guest house Stonlossit Inn.
After a nice shower and a good meal you can enjoy the beautiful day there.
Along the route there are several possibilities to stop for a cup of coffee, something to eat or to take a picture. I have included a few places where we stopped in the details.
Particularities:
rp 1 Fife Arms
rp 10 Dores Inn
rp 22 Stonlossit Inn
Useful links:
Fife Arms Guest House - Dufftown
Dores Inn
Invergarry Castle
Command Memorial
Stonlossit Inn
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Scotland (Scots: Scotland, Scottish Gaelic: Alba [ˈal̪ˠapə] (listen)) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154-kilometre) border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands.
Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scottish Government to each subdivision. Scotland is the second-largest country in the United Kingdom, and accounted for 8.3% of the population in 2012.The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century and continued to exist until 1707. By inheritance in 1603, James VI of Scotland became king of England and Ireland, thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms. Scotland subsequently entered into a political union with the Kingdom of England on 1 May 1707 to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain. The union also created the Parliament of Great Britain, which succeeded both the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England. In 1801, the Kingdom of Great Britain entered into a political union with the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (in 1922, the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being officially renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927).Within Scotland, the monarchy of the United Kingdom has continued to use a variety of styles, titles and other royal symbols of statehood specific to the pre-union Kingdom of Scotland. The legal system within Scotland has also remained separate from those of England and Wales and Northern Ireland; Scotland constitutes a distinct jurisdiction in both public and private law. The continued existence of legal, educational, religious and other institutions distinct from those in the remainder of the UK have all contributed to the continuation of Scottish culture and national identity since the 1707 incorporating union with England.In 1999, a Scottish Parliament was re-established, in the form of a devolved unicameral legislature comprising 129 members, having authority over many areas of domestic policy. The head of the Scottish Government is the first minister of Scotland, who is supported by the deputy first minister of Scotland. Scotland is represented in the United Kingdom Parliament by 59 members of parliament (MPs). It is also a member of the British–Irish Council, sending five members of the Scottish Parliament to the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly, as well as being part of the Joint Ministerial Committee, represented by the first minister.
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Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scottish Government to each subdivision. Scotland is the second-largest country in the United Kingdom, and accounted for 8.3% of the population in 2012.The Kingdom of Scotland emerged as an independent sovereign state in the 9th century and continued to exist until 1707. By inheritance in 1603, James VI of Scotland became king of England and Ireland, thus forming a personal union of the three kingdoms. Scotland subsequently entered into a political union with the Kingdom of England on 1 May 1707 to create the new Kingdom of Great Britain. The union also created the Parliament of Great Britain, which succeeded both the Parliament of Scotland and the Parliament of England. In 1801, the Kingdom of Great Britain entered into a political union with the Kingdom of Ireland to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (in 1922, the Irish Free State seceded from the United Kingdom, leading to the latter being officially renamed the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 1927).Within Scotland, the monarchy of the United Kingdom has continued to use a variety of styles, titles and other royal symbols of statehood specific to the pre-union Kingdom of Scotland. The legal system within Scotland has also remained separate from those of England and Wales and Northern Ireland; Scotland constitutes a distinct jurisdiction in both public and private law. The continued existence of legal, educational, religious and other institutions distinct from those in the remainder of the UK have all contributed to the continuation of Scottish culture and national identity since the 1707 incorporating union with England.In 1999, a Scottish Parliament was re-established, in the form of a devolved unicameral legislature comprising 129 members, having authority over many areas of domestic policy. The head of the Scottish Government is the first minister of Scotland, who is supported by the deputy first minister of Scotland. Scotland is represented in the United Kingdom Parliament by 59 members of parliament (MPs). It is also a member of the British–Irish Council, sending five members of the Scottish Parliament to the British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly, as well as being part of the Joint Ministerial Committee, represented by the first minister.
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May can be a very good time of year to visit - temperatures can be pleasant and it's often a dry month with the added bonus that it's too early for the midgies. Many of the roads are single lane but largely empty and well maintained so the riding is comfortable and stress free allowing you to take in the views and there really is a wow around every corner. The pass at Glencoe for example is staggeringly impressive - you can actually see the geology and appreciate how it was scooped out by glaciers.
The people you encounter are warm and engaging and the food is good.
The very popular North Coast 500 route is included for those of you with Iron Butts that like a 1 day challenge. For me, the best way of enjoying the NC 500 is with two overnight stops, so the route includes these if required.
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Download them all now and place them in a new "Top 10" folder, so that you always have them at hand.
If you are going to drive one of these routes in the meantime, track them with the MRA Mobile App or with MRA Navigation. Take some photos (moments) along the way as these will come in handy.
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