reuben
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Post by reuben on Apr 10, 2018 13:10:37 GMT -8
Best topos for Scotland? Anyone?
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Post by zeke on Apr 10, 2018 13:25:25 GMT -8
Ordnance Survey maps. Some are just road maps, but the Explorer series is more like our USGS maps. They are what our Scottish guide handed us while we walked the West Highland Way.
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Post by reuben on Apr 10, 2018 14:19:51 GMT -8
Thanks. Thinking about Caithness and Orkneys for a few weeks, if life starts to settle down (which it never does).
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Post by zeke on Apr 10, 2018 14:23:57 GMT -8
There is some big Highlands Games thing going on up there in mid-May. Probably all booked up for their few rooming places. Hope that is not the same time as you are planning.
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Post by reuben on Apr 10, 2018 14:35:37 GMT -8
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Post by zeke on Apr 10, 2018 15:16:15 GMT -8
I only linked to Amazon because the shipping would be cheaper.
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Post by reuben on Apr 10, 2018 15:28:29 GMT -8
Amazon has very few of the Explorer series. And given the cost of the plane flight, I'm not too worried about shipping costs.
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Post by zeke on Apr 10, 2018 16:46:53 GMT -8
Glasgow seems to have the cheapest fares, then train or bus to wherever. I did get a bargain on United to Edinburgh for my own May trip.
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Post by reuben on Apr 11, 2018 5:15:30 GMT -8
If I can pull it off, I'll be starting around Inverness, doing something more or less like the John O'Groats trail. If it spends too much time near A9 and all I hear is vehicular traffic, then I'll take a different path. Then up into the Orkneys.
I'm planning on canister fuel, which I don't think will be an issue to procure.
Hoping that the worst of the midges will be gone, but they seem to be worse on the west coast.
Looks like $800 round trip to Inverness, with a stop at Heathrow.
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Post by zeke on Apr 11, 2018 5:18:29 GMT -8
I'll be in Inverness on May 24th, hopefully before the midges get started. We had none 2 years ago when we went during late May.
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Post by reuben on Apr 11, 2018 5:24:02 GMT -8
Highland Games aren't really planned for this trip, although I do plan to spend some time at locations with connections to my clan. Maybe a Games next time...
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