In may-june I'll be cycling 1600 km around Scotland!! Super exited. My goal is to do mostly wildcamping. Cannot wait for all the Scottisch breakfasts I'll be having xxx
Does anyone have any advice/recommendations? (I'm prepared for the midges)
by todayindecember
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Be careful when wild-camping and you might get bitten by a haggis.
Ooh, very nice! I did a trip that followed some of the same routes [last summer](https://www.reddit.com/r/bicycletouring/comments/1ff4ghd/three_weeks_of_cycling_scotland/), and it was very beautiful.
It looks like you’re purposely crossing between Glasgow and Stirling (which are both nice to visit) – do you want to avoid the cities as much as possible? Similar for not following the coast to Edinburgh.
Looks like you’re also *just* skirting the edge of the Trossachs, which I thought were well-worth a visit too.
Cycle Route 7 through Cairngorms is great, Caledonian Way also! Happy to see you have these in your plan.
Advice is to prepare for both rain and midges — if you do not have rain, you will have midges, and vice versa.
You crazy Dutch! Go for it!
I’m not sure what the Netherlands are like for Sunday opening times, but you might find that a lot of shops etc will be shut on Sunday in some of the more rural areas. Usually not a big issue, just something you might need to build into your planning.