It's an amazing combination of incredible vistas, mountains, and empty roads.Ewan, Calum and Luddite can experience & enjoy all this, at least when the camper vans have gone home.
As I said before, it needs planning, but the most important thing is weather, blue sky is best, but heavy rain can be spectacular up there, and I remember a run South over Glencoe in relentless heavy rain. The scenery wasn't obliteraded totally and it had a very 'Lord of the Rings' feel as torrents of water cascaded down the mountainsides.
We go late April/early May which dodges most camper vans, and sometimes late September. we have only ever had midges once, because we are too early, but on the West coast at Kylescu, we had a short walk at 4pm, and they were eating my hairline. Apparently this can be the deal there. These things are tiny black pinpricks, but in large numbers.
For me it doesn't start until after Glasgow/Edinburgh. The scenery changes rapidly North of these Cities, and Stirling to Perth, or to Callander, are gentle agricultural lowlands with a distant mountain backdrop.
From Callander or from Perth, it soon climbs into the reasons for going. Empty roads. Spectacular scenery, and every mile North gets better, especially the West side.
All of this draws us back. But even from Yorkshire, this is a long drive. There was no problem anywhere with fuel availability.
