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To get my mind off some other problems and the fact that I'm still unsure whether I'll be able to afford this, I begun plans for my next trip up north.
This is just a very rough idea of what I plan to do. There are few major factors still to consider
what would be my budget for this trip (main problem)what do I want to see, which also mean, what route I want to takewhat will be the schedule and time frame (1, 2 or 3 days)
At the moment, I am thinking about 2 days (so 1 night up north), 2 tanks of fuel ( 1 when back home). The main goal are the roads in the west Highlands area, north of Skye. That's Option B.
However, if the budget will be very tight, I will either cut the trip short to one day (still 2 full tanks of petrol) and leave very early in the morning, come back late at night (Option C), or just cancel it altogether if I see that there is no point going (and get very drunk at home).
If a miracle happens and I will get some extra cash, I might do 3 days (2 nights up north) and 3 or 4 tanks of petrol (Option A). This option is very unlikely. So for now I'll stick to the middle (still a bit optimistic option B).
Everything still might change so this is just a rough schedule.
At the moment the plan looks like this:
Day 1 - 368 miles, almost 8 hours of driving
Day 2 - 400 miles, 10 of driving
So at the moment I'm looking at spending a night in Durness. Whether this will be in a hotel, B&B, camping or in the car - I don't know. Ideally I'd like to spend the night in a hotel, take a shower and leave very early, but it all depends on the budget.
There is also the fact that the second day of driving is much longer, with very demanding roads (high mountain passes, single lane B roads with passing places), but I don't think doing it other way around is a good idea. I don't want to be under pressure to get to the hotel/B&B on time and rushing things. |
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Author: =adrian=
24-11-2019 22:52:25
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