scotland

[Magnum PI]

Me and a mate are thinking about a trip up to scotland and make for jon o groats in march. Would it be too cold and best left till later on in the spring. If so when is the best time to go?

[colrob]

It's never too cold for a biking trip

[Lord Vader]

It's never too cold for a biking trip

Never to cold only wrong gear.For how long are you going for?

[Magnum PI]

Proberbley about five days and would tavel lodge/ hotel as it would be too cold too camp.At what time of the year do the midges start to come out.

[GoodFoodGuyd]

Proberbley about five days and would tavel lodge/ hotel as it would be too cold too camp.At what time of the year do the midges start to come out.

The midges come out around end of April beginning of May. A good source of cheap B&B's is


http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/index.html

You can click on any part of the homepage map and it will allow you to choose a town or area and it will give you a list of places to see, restaurants, B&B's, camp site's and just about anything else you might wish to locate while you are up there.
With regards to "How cold can it be in March", I often go up in April and have often been driving in snow even at that time of year.
If you want I can put a list together of B&b's along any given route.
West coast is better than east coast for good biking roads but sometimes the road less travelled can be just as nice.
Greg

[AlecS]

Greg, you're an absolute mine of information!

[GoodFoodGuyd]

Greg, you're an absolute mine of information!

Glad to be of assistance

[ms021166]

theres not a lot to see at john o groats in fact its a bit of a dump you would be better going up the west coast to cape wrath great roads . might still be a bit nippy in march , the end of april would be better , dont worry to much about the midges if thay get really bad at night just stay in the pub

[jasonbc]

Me and a mate are thinking about a trip up to scotland and make for jon o groats in march. Would it be too cold and best left till later on in the spring. If so when is the best time to go?

if you wait for the weather to be right you'll never do anything, just ride the damn bike

[Magnum PI]

Thanks for all of your advises .Might go up in april as more chance of decent weather .