Skye

Lovely.

The first time I went up across the pass I travelled in the opposite
direction. We climbed out of the village through much thicker cloud than
shown in that slideshow. Just as I was getting a little anxious we emerged
into bright sunshine to get lovely views at the top, over to Skye. The
descent on the other side was largely clear too.

When we got back down to sea level at Tornapress we looked back towards the
top of the pass. Seeing the top of the mountain sticking out through a
layer of cloud was quite surreal. This predated digital cameras and I've
mislaid the prints, unfortunately.

 

Except it didn't show the hairpins, the hairiest bit of all.

 

http://www.remote.org/frederik/roadhog/scotland/img/fdf7/l/24.jpg
shows how steep the exit is, assuming the road follows the barrier

 

Ah. Well spotted.

 

Yep. Actually they don't look so bad, compared to some I've come
across more recently. I must be better at hairpins than I was.

 

ITYF that Scotland has guaranteed weather too.

 

The weather can be changeable

http://www.usedbikeguide.com/features/sliggig.htm

 

You don't live that much further away than me and I used to finish
work on a Friday, drive through the night, go ice climbing on the
Saturday, sleep half way up Ben Nevis, go ice climbing on the Sunday
and then drive back overnight for work on Monday morning.

Admittedly the driving was always shared between 3 or 4 of us so we'd
get a bit of sleep during the journey and we could do it in about 8
hours if we only stopped for fuel so we'd be there by 2am then we'd
usually throw a couple of tents up on the golf course at Fort William
and sleep until 6am before setting off up the hill.

Being skint and still finding ways to do what you want to is a lot
more satisfying than just hosing money at it but you don't realise it
when you're trying to sleep in a car and someone else is snoring as
only a pissed up person can snore.

 

I believe that's the problem