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Hmmm, sad.
I was looking forward to that. I went to Skye last year, that was silly busy, the Fairy Pools path was absolutely chocker. Both car parks were full, cars parked for a mile along the road either side of the path to the river Brittle. Campsites were full.
It seems mid week, out of season will be the only way. As for setting speed records, it took me 7½ hours to drive out of Glen Etive (~16 miles?), mainly due to stopping to take photographs and to enjoy the scenery, the North West route would probably take days, a week even!
I think the problem is widespread these days. Since getting back out birdwatching I've noticed a huge increase in people. Went to Titchwell RSPB on a Monday morning at 9:30 ...there were 35cars already in the carpark.
. admittedly it was the first sunny day for a couple of weeks so...surprise surprise, everyone else consulted the weather forecast like me.
But it's not just the birding areas. We went to Alsace in September and couldn't move for coach trips. Huge traffic increase compared to our last visit in 2011. In fact, we noticed a significant increase in traffic all over France....normally so quiet and traffic free.
I too remember trudging northern wilderness areas in the 70's. We even bought a caravan to get nearer to the wildlife, than the hotel, b&b and cottages we had used. Had some wonderful undisturbed times.
The sad fact is there are now more and more of us grey wrinklies, with time on their hands and cash in their pocket, looking for ways to spend both.
As someone said to me recently, “the quiet time has goneâ€.
Last edited on Thu Jan 17th, 2019 13:12 by Eric
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