Expedition UK and Scotland 2018

I'm from the Czech Republic and I'm looking for someone to guide us to expedition in Great Britain and Scotland in July 2018.

I would offer an expedition with a guide to the Czech Republic and Slovakia as a counter-service. Expedition in the Czech Republic and Slovakia is possible in this or next year. .
Will the UK guide be found?

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Is not there anyone who would make us a guide ?.
No one wants an expedition to the Czech Republic and Slovakia

Hello Hubert,

I'm sure that there are many people who could give you some useful information that might help you plan a trip around the UK next year, but perhaps you might like to give the forum some indication of where you'd like to go ( off-road greenlaning, pretty views, rugged coastlines, mountains etc) so that those with experience can help and then you could plan your own trip.

How many vehicles/people? Do you want hotels or campsites? Wild camping? How long will your tour be? "Tour guides" would normally ask these questions and arrange an itinerary that includes all this. I think a bit more detail might produce a result....

PS Scotland is, at the moment anyway, part of Great Britain.

Dear LR owners.
I prepare myself a year in advance so that everything can be done.
How many people? 6-20
Cars? 3-6 (2-3 LR, 1-2 TOYOTA, 1-2 JEEP)
Do you want hotels or campsites? prefered Wild camping.
How long will your tour be? aproximatly 14 day with cestou. (12 day in UK)

Prefered off-road greenlaning, pretty views, rugged coastlines, mountains etc.

We would like to see:
(I'll add the list)
London (1-2 days)
Stonehenge

PS: I know Scotland is part of the UK. But I am mainly attracted to the mountains.

You have some types to visit

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Hubert said:

Dear LR owners.
I prepare myself a year in advance so that everything can be done.
How many people? 6-20
Cars? 3-6 (2-3 LR, 1-2 TOYOTA, 1-2 JEEP)
Do you want hotels or campsites? prefered Wild camping.
How long will your tour be? aproximatly 14 day with cestou. (12 day in UK)

Prefered off-road greenlaning, pretty views, rugged coastlines, mountains etc.

We would like to see:
(I'll add the list)
London (1-2 days)
Stonehenge

PS: I know Scotland is part of the UK. But I am mainly attracted to the mountains.

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Hi Hubert
did someone offer to help you out with this request? I hope you have it sorted but just in case you still want help.

I am new to 4x4 travels myself but, I now have a vehicle LR 110 and have been living here in the UK for 50 plus years. I am in North West and equally well located for Lake District and North Wales as well as central England.

If you still need help organising your trip let me know and I will try to help you out with the planning for your UK visit etc.

cheers
Clifford

http://www.northcoast500.com/

And visit Skye

EeEk said:

http://www.northcoast500.com/

And visit Skye

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With the rest of the world. Make sure you book your hotel well in advance. Stunning scenery, though. Makes the view from the traffic queue worthwhile.

Hubert... how are your plans going?

If you want to get off the tarmac, options in UK are fairly limited... restricted to Byways/greenlanes, and private estates or 'pay and play sites'... there are some established companies that offer Tag along trips - Yorkshire, Lake District, Wales and Salisbury Plain (Stonehenge) are the regular areas they run through.

I have been keen to explore Scotland, but much of the rural areas seem to be private estates and forestry... I have also heard that wild camping is no longer allowed?!...Bothy's are available free, and I think there is a website to locate them...but not many will be accessible by car, mostly for walkers.

The upside is that the single lane tarmac roads are widespread, and offer good access to most areas, and will not damage your vehicles - so a good chance of getting home... but you will be sharing them with multitudes of normal cars, especially in the summer.... avoid school holiday periods if you can.

I went to Devils Bridge, near Aberystwyth in Wales between Christmas and New New Year... I booked a day out with Cambrian Safaris, and Richard was a great guide, showing us around the area, describing the history and geology...the Yswyth and Elan valleys were as stunning as I have ever seen, and no other people - even in the peak summer!... so much better than previous '4x4 guides' that seemed more interested in covering as many miles as possible off road with no local information.

If you run out of time to reach the Highlands of Scotland, at least visit Arran... Scotland in miniature.

Happy travels... and don't forget to post some pictures on here when you get home.

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I have been keen to explore Scotland, but much of the rural areas seem to be private estates and forestry... I have also heard that wild camping is no longer allowed?!...Bothy's are available free, and I think there is a website to locate them...but not many will be accessible by car, mostly for walkers.

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I agree. There is nowhere to (legally) drive off-road in Scotland without the landowner's permission. This is hard to secure, even if you know who it is - vast areas of Scottish "wilderness" are owned by relatively few people who aren't keen on motorised visitors. I say "visitors" because there's no law of trespass in Scotland, at least not as it's interpreted Down South. The Scottish Outdoor Access laws allow anyone to walk/cycle/ride a horse practically anywhere that isn't domestic land - ie your own back garden or someone else's and, similarly, you can wild camp pretty much anywhere. It's assumed that you'll apply some common sense and consideration. There are exceptions where that freedom has been ruined by those who didn't. Loch Lomond is one, where camping spots are limited and you'll need a permit.
Bothies can be hard to find unless you have local knowledge but there's a good list of them here. I don't know of any that are accessible to the public using a vehicle but if you're prepared to put some effort into it, they are well worth considering for a nightstop.
If you get as far doing as the North Coast 500 then the roads are narrow and slow, particularly if you get stuck behind a convoy of campervans. This is a new phenomenon - only a few years ago I could drive from Cape Wrath to Inverness on a Sunday and see almost nobody else on the road. Nevertheless, it's a great route and well catered for with accommodation, although fuel points can be quite far apart.

Have a great trip!

Elgin -> Dundonnell ->Ullapool -> Durness -> Lairg -> Elgin on Thursday in the snow......saw 100s of red deer but very few cars