Take the Slow Road: Scotland: Inspirational Journeys Round the Highlands, Lowlands and Islands of Scotland by Camper Van and Motorhome

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We hop fences and arrive at a tiny cove at the far end of Hushinish’s main beach. Further out to sea, the water is stunning azure, reflecting the blue sky. It looks like the Caribbean. Kintyre The Bonnie Botany Tour is a long distance driving route in the south of Scotland, conceived for lovers of gardens, scenery and Scotland, to complement the North Coast 500. It takes in some of Scotland’s most beautiful scenery and offers drivers the opportunity to see the very best of Scotland at their own pace. Loch Lomond is just a short drive from Glasgow and driving down the West Coast of Scotland’s main route from Fort William to Glasgow is incredible. You can’t say that about the M1.”

Being open-hearted gets you places, so get out of your motorhome and talk to people. It’s really worthwhile and the people I’ve met have been very generous and kind. As we round the last bend before Lochranza, we get our first view of the bay and we also see something that definitely doesn’t belong in this most bucolic of landscapes. It’s an enormous superyacht. It belongs to Roman Abramovich. So this is where the oligarchs have their holidays! Benmore Botanic Garden near DunoonForget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). Forget the blur of a life lived too fast. This is a look at taking life slowly. It's about taking the time to enjoy journeys and places for their own sake. It's about stopping and putting the kettle on. Stopping to take a picture. Stopping to enjoy stopping. Martin’s guide is peppered with anecdotes of his travels and also offers advice on where to hire vehicles, things to see and do, the best roads to take and the most idyllic places to camp. We used this book throughout our road-trip honeymoon and it made us aware of places we would otherwise have missed.

We would also have missed the highest road in Britain, the A93 in the Cairngorms, had we not read the book.Launched using the topical hook of the 250th anniversary of Sir Walter Scott’s birth in 2021, the company was confident that the chance to explore aregion that inspired not just Scott but also many others before and after would be popular. Forget hurrying. Forget putting your foot down and racing through sweeping bends. Forget the understeer (whatever that is). There are also themed journeys like the Harry Potter Trail which takes in Fort William, the Glenfinnan Viaduct and Rannoch Moor, while the Bonny Botany Trail links up botanic gardens near Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stranraer, Peebles and Dunoon. From deep within the mist we see the guiding light of the Mull of Kintyre Lighthouse. It protrudes from the drizzle, seemingly rising as the clouds retreat. Arran We include the steepest, the bendiest, those with the most interesting bridges or views or obstacles, ferries and tidal causeways. And you don’t even have to own a camper van or motorhome – we’ll tell you the many places you can rent one to take you on the journey. All of this is interspersed with beautiful photos, handy maps and quirky travel writing from the king of camper vans and motorhomes, Martin Dorey.