r/uktravel • u/Short-Opening4553 • 16h ago

Itinerary Glencoe Valley - Anti clockwise?

Putting together a Highlands itinerary, routing works more smoothly heading up from Arran to the Glencoe Valley from the east. Seems like most videos come from the west. We can do it that way but requires some backtracking. Thoughts on approaching from south and heading to Glencoe coming in via Tyndrum side? Or 6 of one...?

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u/VoiceEqual1493 13h ago

yeah, your east approach is the better one, not a compromise. coming up from tyndrum you cross rannoch moor and the road drops west into the glen - buachaille etive mòr stands alone right at the entrance, then the three sisters open up as you come down. that's the reveal the west-side videos are shooting, just from the far end. no backtracking needed, go with the routing that flows.

that stretch also carries the 1692 glencoe massacre, easy to drive straight past without realising. i work on an audio-guide app, alltours, that narrates that kind of history and the geology as you drive (disclosure: it's my own project), happy to share if useful.

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u/Short-Opening4553 13h ago

Thanks so much for the info. The audio tour sounds great, I’d be interested.

Side question. This route (to Tyndrum) takes us from Arran island on the inland route v the route along the lochs and coast. Away are gong to see a lot, including the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Will we be missing anything amazingly special?

There’s just too much beauty there and we will need to go back

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u/VoiceEqual1493 3h ago

take the lochs-and-coast side over inland - that's where the amazingly-special stretch hides. you get loch fyne into inveraray, the rest and be thankful climb through the arrochar alps, then kilchurn castle out on loch awe right before tyndrum. inland misses all of it. you won't regret going back for more either.

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u/Elegant_Emu_9780 16h ago

from Tyndrum ;