Spring Road Trip Drive North On A84 On Visit To The Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland Spring travel video of an April road trip drive, with Scottish bagpipes and drums music, North on the A84 road on visit to the Highlands. The Highland boundary fault crosses the road as the character of the road changes dramatically as we enter the Pass of Leny. Once through the pass the road widens again as it drops slightly to Anie Straight, the south end of Loch Lubnaig. This section is prone to flooding in severe rainfall and snow melt. Slow down for the sharp right-hander at St Bride's Chapel, a graveyard with Rob Roy Macgregor connections, and we are on to my favourite section of road anywhere. With forestry on the east side, Loch Lubnaig on the west and the view north west over the Loch to Ben More and Stob Binnein, on a bright spring afternoon when the road is still quiet, I really can't think of a more pleasant drive. At this point the road was much improved during the 1980s, but still has the occasional hefty bend to keep the driver awake, such as the right-hander near the head of the loch, locally known as Doctor's Corner after a local doctor who didn't make it one night on an emergency call. The road leaves the loch side as we drive into Strathyre and the junction with the Braes of Balquhidder road. Climbing more steeply now we pass Edinchip through what was until recently dense forestry and the road starts to drop into Lochearnhead. Since late 2005, the A84 no longer passes through Raploch in Stirling. Following improvement work on Back O' Hill Road, it now leaves Stirling by that road, before crossing over the eastern end of A811 to reach Craigforth roundabout, and so the M9 junction. This is a considerable detour; many drivers with local knowledge continue to use Drip Road, the now-unclassified original route, although it has now been traffic calmed and is therefore not as quick as it was. Coronavirus travel restrictions have now been eased in Scotland, it is now possible to travel out of your local area for non essential reasons. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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