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Originally Posted by
Jacques le Roux
You guys living in Manchester Liverpool don't know how lucky you are!
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Shhhhhhh.
SW Scotland is absolutely fantastic - and yet you missed the best of it.... If only I'd known I'd have directed you over the Raiders Road, you actually passed each end of it, miles and miles of dirt road through scenery you'll never see, Red Kites, hidden locks....
Also, the Coast road from Dumfries to Kickudbright, and the route around Whitthorn (through the village the Mulberry Harbors were built) is totally unspoiled and traffic free (mostly).
The coast road up from Stranraer to Aye is fantastic, and it leads nicely onto a much nicer way to jump to the Highlands, a boat to either Arran then to the Kintyre peninsular or from Greenock to Dunoon.
I love the Highlands, I go up there at least twice a year, but it does only tak 1:30ish to get me up past Glasgow so it's OK. But it amazes me that folk spend hours and hours on the motorway and bypass D&G and the Borders. Still if they do that the roads stay clearand idiot free......
