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Wednesday, July 8 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Road video and map<\/a> (Just the non motorway part)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today was my longest driving day so far. I travelled from Dumfries, just north of the border to Fort William in the highlands, a distance of 185 miles (298 Km). The first half was on motorways as I made my way to and past Glasgow. I chose not to spend time in Glasgow so that I could have an extra day in Edinburgh when I return south and I knew that the A 82 road north of Glasgow had the reputation of being one of the most scenic drives in the UK. I was not disappointed. The weather was warm and sunny and the surrounding landscapes were varied, colorful and, in places, spectacular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two minor letdowns were the difficulty of finding parking at viewpoints to take pictures and enjoy nature and the slow traffic in places due to the volume of visitors and, at one point, following a large construction lorry (truck) negotiating narrow, twisting roads with barely room to pass oncoming traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The A 82 follows the shores of several lochs, often just a few yards from the water but the heavy vegetation limits the views from the dash cam. It does an excellent job of capturing the hills and mountains, however, and the highlights are on today’s video which is spectacular passing though the Glencoe<\/em> area. Unfortunately, the photos I was able to take do not do the scenery justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The central section of Loch Lomond<\/em>, Great Britain’s largest lake by surface area at the only place I found parking.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The small Loch Tulla<\/em>, seen from a crowded viewpoint on the A 82, otherwise known as the Great Western Road<\/em> or Glencoe Road<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A panorama of the Glencoe<\/em> area taken from the A 82. Click here<\/a> to see the full sized version.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wednesday, July 8 2026 Road video and map (Just the non motorway part) Today was my longest driving day so far. I travelled from Dumfries, just north of the border to Fort William in the highlands, a distance of 185 miles (298 Km). The first half was on motorways as I made my way to … Continue reading A beautiful drive on a beautiful day<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[102],"tags":[103],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4915"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4927,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4915\/revisions\/4927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/relativerest.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}