Kendal is good and you will have plenty of B&B choice but its an admin and shopping town rather than a tourist destination. You might be better heading further into the Lake District. Try Ambleside, Grasmere, Hawkshead, Coniston or Keswick.

You cant see it all in one trip but From Ambleside take the road to Langdale, over the pass at the end of Langdale and take a right to head up Wrynose Pass. This links to Hardknott pass and takes you to East side of the Lake District. You then either need to do a clockwise journey round the lake district - good on sport bikes or head anti- clockwise towards Broughton in Furness. The cafe on the square is biker friendly and does some quirky B&B. Good pun opposite if you like real ale. From B inF head towards Coniston ( good fast road) and back to Ambleside. Head north from there either up "the struggle" to join Kirkstone Pass at the top or take the long way round and the whole of Kirkstone. Head north to Glenridding, Patterdale, Pooley Bridge to Penrith. There's a campsite in Pooley Bridge lots of bikers I know use.

Lake District to Oban will take you most of a day. It depends on how much time you have but a visit to Dumfries and Galloway is worth it. Try the Galloway Activity Centre for camping with options of bunk house or chalets if weather is crap. Roads around D&G are some of the best. Try to A712 from Crocketford to Newton Stewart and I dare you not to smile the whole way.

To reach Oban its either through Glasgow or a ferry from Gourock to the Cowal peninsular then theres a few options to get to Oban. The B836 is worth a detour. There's only a couple of campsites in Oban, loads of B&b or there's a couple of travellers hostels.

Travelling on from Oban to Fort William there's only really one route. I would not bother with Fort William but carry on North to Isle of Skye, Gairloch, or Ullapool. Once up there just keep heading North and West and you won't go far wrong for stunning roads.

If you have not been before Scotland is surprisingly big, with relatively few roads that may not go directly where you want to go. These roads are however easy to travel on outside the big towns, being well maintained and are mostly excellent with little traffic. On single track roads most cars will pull over to let you past and you can maintain good average speeds.

Have a great trip. I love it up there.


Sent from my iPhone with a smile