Showing posts with label Tour Scotland Applecross. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tour Scotland Applecross. Show all posts

Tour Scotland By Motorbike Video


Tour Scotland By Motorbike Video. Travel over one of Scotland's most notoriously treacherous roads, the Bealach na Ba, Pass of the Cattle, from Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland. The road incorporates a number of hairpin bends and is unsuitable for learner drivers, large caravans or those of a nervous disposition. I have driven many tour groups over this road in Scotland.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Beach Applecross


Tour Scotland travel Blog photography of the beach at Applecross on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Wester Ross. Extremely isolated in the Highlands, Applecross was only accessible by boat until the early 20th century, and for many years after that the only road access was over one of Scotland's most notoriously treacherous roads, the Bealach na Ba. Pass of the Cattle, which crosses the peninsula and reaches a maximum height of 2053 feet below the Sgùrr a' Chaorachain mountain. The settlement is now connected via a winding coastal road which travels around the edge of the peninsula to Shieldaig and Torridon. The road skirts the shore of the Inner Sound and Loch Torridon.



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Photograph Applecross Bay Scotland


Photograph of the bay at Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland. Applecross bay is ideal for sailing, boating and sail boarding.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Waterfall Applecross


Tour Scotland travel photography of a waterfall near Applecross on history visit and trip to Wester Ross, Scotland. Wester Ross is a wild, rugged, and sparsely populated region in the North West Highlands of Scotland, celebrated for its dramatic mountainous landscapes. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Tour Scotland Photograph Cycling To Applecross Wester Ross


Tour Scotland photograph of cyclists going up the Bealach na Ba road to Applecross, Wester Ross, Scotland. Bealach na Bà is a historic pass through the mountains of the Applecross peninsula, in Wester Ross in the Scottish Highlands, and the name of a famous twisting, single track mountain road through the pass and mountains. The road is one of few in the Scottish Highlands that is engineered similarly to roads through the great mountain passes in the Alps, with very tight hairpin bends that switch back and forth up the hillside and gradients that approach 20%. It boasts the greatest ascent of any road climb in the UK, rising from sea level at Applecross to 2,054 feet, and is the third highest road in Scotland. The name is Gaelic for Pass of the Cattle, Scottish Gaelic: Bealach na Bà, as it was historically used as a cattle drovers road.



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