A real time drive around the coastline of the United Kingdom - Day 15

Join us as we make our 5,108 mile real time drive by road, around the coastline of the United Kingdom. Full disclosure – we haven’t completed Northern Ireland yet but when we do we’ll add that to the total mileage.

The intention was to take the longest possible route, driving as close to the coast as possible and never using a Motorway! We tried to see as much of our coastline as we could.

The journey had some dark and drizzly days to begin with, but many were sunny and truly beautiful, especially the west coast of Scotland.

The journey took about 30 full days to complete. Our campervan ‘Minty’ served us very well; he is a 2005 Timberland Independence with a 2.8L Fiat Ducato manual gearbox.

In order to find the route closest to the coast we needed to use Google Maps, hence the constant verbal navigation by whomever wasn’t driving. Oh, and sorry about Bev’s occasional swearing!

On days 1 and 2 we learned that even in UK conditions the GoPro Hero 9 could not handle 4k and overheated a number of times, hence the occasional editing fades and the noise produced by the vents trying to cool the camera. We resolved this by changing to 1080p and had no further overheating and therefore very few edits.

I gave lots of thought to producing silent videos or to leave all voice and background noise in and unedited. If you don’t like our noise, please turn us down!

We had lockdowns, breakdowns, flat tyres, closed roads, golf courses, the occasional wrong turn and all manner of friendly disagreements but, overall, we loved the adventure.

It’s a long ride, so buckle up!!

Jon, Bev and Charlie

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Oscardewyldde has kindly assisted by making time and location markers for easier navigation throughout this video:

Day 15: Part 1 Corpach to Kyle of Lochalsh:

0:00:56 Starts heading north east towards Spean Bridge
0:02:08 A’ Chorpaich/Corpach sign
0:05:27 Crosses Caledonian Canal
0:06:47 An Gearasdan/Fort William sign
0:10:19 Torlundy sign
0:18:43 Crosses River Spean
0:20:45 View of Commando Memorial LHS
0:22:08 Stronaba sign
0:30:19 View of Loch Lochy
0:38:02 Cross the Calendonian canal to Loch Oich
0:41:29 Invergarry sign
0:41:41 Cross River Garry
0:43:36 Faicheam/Faichem area
0:48:04 View Loch Garry
0:55:58 View Glen Garry and Loch Loyne
0:58:42 Loch Loyne dam
1:01:25 Cross River Moriston
1:03:42 View dam wall Loch Cluanie LHS
1:08:28 Skye and Lochalsh sign, Sgurr a’Bhealaich Dheirg 1036m
1:13:08 Clunie area
1:18:11 River Shiel LHS
1:28:02 Drochaid Sheile/Shiel Bridge sign
1:28:52 Loch Duich view
1:30:48 Invershiel area
1:31:30 Allt A’ Chruinn sign
1:31:55 Dam wall, River Croe and Glen Croe
1:32:47 Inbhir Ionaid/Inverinate sign
1:39:26 Eilean Donan Castle entrance. No view
1:39:43 An Dornaidh/Dornie sign
1:39:53 Crosses Loch long
1:40:25 Aird Eilbh/Ardelve sign
1:44:00 Uachdar Thire/Auchtertyre sign
1:44:41 An Clachan Aillseach/Kirkton sign
1:46:20 Baile Mac Ara/Balmacara sign
1:46:29 Rearaig/Reraig sign
1:51:32 Loch Aish or Kyle Akin view
1:51:57 Caol Loch Aillse/Kyle of Lochalsh sign
1:54:16 Crosses on Carriach viaduct to Eilean Ban and the Skye bridge to Isle of Skye
1:55:36 Isle of Skye sign
1:55:46 Caol Acain/Kyleleakin area
2:00:41 Breacals Iosal/Lower Breakish sign
2:00:55 Breacais/Breakish sign
2:02:49 Sculamus/Skulamus sign
2:04:41 Sleat Peninsula sign
2:12:01 Isleornsay area
2:15:57 Loch na’ Dubhraichean sign
2:16:20 Allt Leth Shitein sign
2:17:10 Allt Breacach sign and view Traigh a’ Chnuic
2:28:26 View Loch Dhughaill and Sgurr na h-Iolaire 292m
2:35:17 Gillean area and view Tarskavaig Bay
2:36:08 Cross Gillean Burn and Ach na Cloiche/Achnacloich sign
2:37:17 View of Strathairn Hills
2:38:30 Tarskavaig area
2:40:25 View Loch Ghabhsgabhaig
2:43:18 Ob Gauscavaig (bay)
2:44:14 Tocabhaig/Tokavaig sign
2:50:26 Ord sign
2:59:27 View Loch Meodal
3:03:18 Return to Broadford
3:08:08 Bheinn na Seamraig view
3:12:24 Allt Reidhe Ghlais sign
3:13:24 Allt Airgigh Na Suiridhe sign
3:13:28 Loch Airigh na Suiridhe view
3:15:27 Allt An Loin Bhuidhe sign
3:15:35 Sculamus/Skulamus sign
3:16:45 Harrapul/Harrapool sign
3:18:16 An t-Ath Leathan/Broadford sign
3:23:30 Scalpay Island RHS and Caolas Scalpay
3:24:36 Strolamas/Strollamus sign
3:25:08 An Dunan/Dunan sign
3:26:22 An Aird Dhorcha/Ard Dorch sign
3:27:13 View Loch Ainort
3:31:38 Caol Mor between Scalpay and Raasay Isles
3:32:54 Crosses Allt Mhoirein
3:36:55 View Loch Sligachan
3:40:44 Sligachan sign and crosses River Sligachan
3:46:00 Glen Drynoch view
3:49:28 View Loch Harport
3:53:59 Glen Virigill
3:55:29 View Guesto Bay
3:57:43 Cross River Drynoch
3:58:03 Bracadale area
3:58:09 Baile Ghobnainn/Balgown sign
3:59:00 Struan area.