You don't need to leave the UK to find spectacular scenery and stunning lightly trafficked true drivers roads
Our Scottish tour proves that beyond all doubt. Extensive research and several fun filled 'reconnaissance trips' means that whilst this is our first customer tour you can be sure that what we've got in store for you are the very best roads that the British isles can offer.
We've chosen to run this tour in May in order to take advantage of the spring weather which gives us the best possible chance for dry roads whilst also avoiding the summer when the roads are clogged with tourists and the petrolheads nemsis, the dreaded caravan! We've got some great local hotels, the fuel stops are marked and of course you'll have the benefit of a tour manager, sat nav files, walkie talkies and detailed route notes contained in our info packs. Due to the fact that we've shy'd away from faceless corporate hotels in favour of the friendly character venues we have to limit the numbers on this trip to just 15. At time of launch 5 8 places have already been booked by our regulars so hurry to avoid disappointment!
The tour begins with lunch on the edge of the Lake District (with optional drive up from London). After lunch, we head on through the Lake District and over the Kirkstone Pass, before heading north past Glasgow airport and up to Loch Lomond, for our first night in a "haunted" coaching inn.
Leaving Loch Lomond, we continue north past Loch Leven and Fort William to Eilean Donan Castle, and on to the Isle of Skye before our next hotel, near Torridon.
After another fine Scottish breakfast we carry on up the western coast, enjoying the amazing scenery, mountains and twisting tarmac of the highlands, including the beautiful Kylesku bridge
We hit the northern coast of Scotland in the morning, almost as far north as you can go on the mainland, before turning south again and stopping off at the Glenmorangie distillery around lunchtime, then heading further south to arrive at the Balmoral estate in time for a sumptuous traditional Scottish dinner for our last night in Scotland.
Onwards and downwards, a dash past Glenshee ski area and across the border on our way to the Yorkshire Dales, where we will be spending the next two nights in the company of the hotel owner, a true petrolhead himself!
A whole day to explore the Yorkshire Dales with planned routes in the morning and the afternoon before returning to our hotel for dinner and drinks.
Homeward bound! A gentle drive back home in the company of your new friends and the chance to reflect on a fantastic weeks driving