Member Since: 01 Oct 2015
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 879
Yeah. Applecross Estate used to be owned by the Wills family. They transferred the estate many years ago to the Applecross Estate Trust which is now run by a board of Trustees. The Wills Family is still represented on the board. The family have exclusive use of Applecross House and fishing on the river even though the affairs of the estate are now managed by the Trust.D1 300Tdi - gone
D2 Td5 ES (Alive remapped...mmm) - sadly gone
D4 2012 SDV6 XS - Stolen
D4 2014 SDV6 HSE - Shiny
1st Jun 2016 12:01 am
marsie
Member Since: 28 Feb 2010
Location: Sheffieldish
Posts: 1804
Had a week up near Aviemore last week. Fantastic place and the weather was scorching. We stayed in a cottage miles away from anywhere and it was amazing. Shame it only lasted a week but we are going again in september, and february
Paul
Member Since: 20 Jun 2016
Location: Dumfries
Posts: 26
Looks great, good pics.
We are heading up the west coast in Sept, first stop Applecross then across to do a tour of the Outer Hebrides.2006 SE
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26th Jun 2016 9:31 pm
Commissioner
Member Since: 03 Jun 2010
Location: Peeblesshire
Posts: 36
I was in the Aultbea/Poolewe area in June. Weather was fantastic. Midges were out but take a friend who the midges like more than you.
SAAB 9-3 Convertible (bought before they all disappear)
D3 TDV6 HSE 2007 Black with Alpaca interior (gone and much missed)
Uncle Ray Wheel Protector (best accessory ever bought bar none)
SAAB 9-3 Sportwagon (daily driver)
Ford Galaxy (traded in for Discovery, less said about this car the better)
Saab 900 Green 5 door (gone missed)
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26th Jun 2016 11:40 pm
Oig5485
Member Since: 28 Nov 2015
Location: Scotland
Posts: 59
3rd Nov 2016 12:17 am
Oig5485
Member Since: 28 Nov 2015
Location: Scotland
Posts: 59
Had a great time up at the cottage mate such a great place, wife and kids loved it 3 nites wasn't long enough! Just home yesterday a lot things i.e. The funiculular was shut for maintainance so will be going back again soon , even went up to applecross too after popping the question to the missuses at eilean Donna castle, stop her nagging for a while,
Just a shame the disco wasn't there
3rd Nov 2016 12:27 am
zoomin55
Member Since: 05 Nov 2016
Location: Derby
Posts: 7
Scotland......... Simply Stunning. Was on the isle of skye in may and loved every minute of it.
It was the first time i had been above Glasgow and it was breathtaking. We stopped in a beautiful house/cottage just above the tallisker brewery in carbost.
Definitely going back soon.
20th Nov 2016 8:10 pm
HughMartin
Member Since: 30 Mar 2008
Location: Aberdeenshire
Posts: 751
Photos of Nevis Range posted by Ceekay on page one of this thread brought back memories. I and my team flew the big red bird which lifted and placed the pylons and lots of other heavy construction material up the mountain. Good fun when weather was good and everything going well. I remember getting up the mountain with a portacabin hanging underneath when the clouds just rolled down and enveloped us. Hovered for about 10 minutes focusing on a single rock we could just keep in sight before it luckily cleared.
Some poor quality video shot by the construction company here. Bear in mind it was taken in 1989. We feature somewhere after 4 minutes into the clip.
Credit to the pilots of the smaller helicopters who shifted all the concrete and lighter stuff. They worked very fast and hard.
13th Dec 2016 12:50 am
petersw
Member Since: 17 Nov 2012
Location: Norfolk
Posts: 1135
Last winter in Scottish Highlands near Avemore.
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13th Dec 2016 5:22 pm
marsie
Member Since: 28 Feb 2010
Location: Sheffieldish
Posts: 1804
Oig5485 wrote:
Had a great time up at the cottage mate such a great place, wife and kids loved it 3 nites wasn't long enough! Just home yesterday a lot things i.e. The funiculular was shut for maintainance so will be going back again soon , even went up to applecross too after popping the question to the missuses at eilean Donna castle, stop her nagging for a while,
Just a shame the disco wasn't there
Its a lovely place, glad you liked it (did you watch our cabin in the woods dvd?? . Think we will be going back there one day. Am up in Aviemore again in feb for a week and again for our honeymoon in May but staying in Aviemore itself. Would have gone back to this cottage but the missus will be 8 months pregnant by then so thought we better go somewhere a bit nearer civilisation
PaulPrevious Discos
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1994 300tdi ES
1995 3.9 ES (x3)
2000 4.0 adventurer
2001 4.0 ES
2005 D3 HSE (zambesi silver)
2007 D3 SE (Lugano teal)
2011 D4 XS (Baltic Blue)
2008 D3 HSE PREMIUM (buckingham blue)
2009 D4 XS (Nara bronze)
2006 D3 Metropolis (Java Black)
2012my D4 HSE (indus silver)
Current 2013 D4 XS (Firenze red)
15th Dec 2016 9:54 pm
Tommyb500
Member Since: 03 Jan 2017
Location: Lanarkshire
Posts: 5
Wow.....some fantastic pictures there........definitely on my to do list
6th Jan 2017 11:30 pm
MiniNick
Member Since: 01 Feb 2015
Location: London
Posts: 71
Wow that looks fantastic.
I am heading you to the Highlands in late Feb. Does anyone know if the Bealach na Bà road will be passable at that time (as i saw some warning about snow in winter)? I am doing a driving holiday round Inverness but i might may a bit of detour if the road is passable as that looks amazing. Not sure it will will look so great with gale force winds and rain in Feb though!!
12th Jan 2017 10:19 pm
JMack
Member Since: 02 Aug 2014
Location: Edinburgh
Posts: 1517
Bealach has the potential to be closed any time between probably October and May.
But is highly unlikely to be closed for a full day or even more than a few hours, and I can't remember the last time I heard it reported on traffic news that it was closed. And even then I wouldn't believe it, unless I was close by.
I heard yesterday the A939 Cockbridge-Tomintoul was closed, as I was driving on it in sunshine and on black tarmac!
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