Not for cycling but thinking of a campervan trip there in early September (if the weather is kind in that direction)
What are the midges like on the island and the Mull of Kintyre around that time of the year please?
Isle of Arran September advise please
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- JohnClimber
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Re: Isle of Arran September advise please
me and the wife toured the hebrides over 2 septembers John.
weather was good both times and the midges had gone.
bloody ace too.
weather was good both times and the midges had gone.
bloody ace too.
Re: Isle of Arran September advise please
Midgies will still be around but starting to decline in number.
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Re: Isle of Arran September advise please
Depends if there's a third hatch. We've had midges in November.
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Either way, Arran is a nice place John.
Take some walking boots as well as your bike. Lots to see and do.
Take some walking boots as well as your bike. Lots to see and do.
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Re: Isle of Arran September advise please
Just Avoid the Glasgow September weekend (usually the first full weekend in the month) as a large amount of people from Glasgow decant to varius Western isles, including Arran and tend to celebrate the fact they have along weekend off work.
Re: Isle of Arran September advise please
The midges were still around here until at least late September, but they were never really too bad. It was our first summer here and we expected the worst, but it never stopped us doing anything. In a campervan you should be fine.
Re: Isle of Arran September advise please
September Weekend is usually around the 3rd weekend in September, around the 21st-25th.htrider wrote:Just Avoid the Glasgow September weekend (usually the first full weekend in the month) as a large amount of people from Glasgow decant to varius Western isles, including Arran and tend to celebrate the fact they have along weekend off work.
Don't really recognise your description of a large amount of people decanting to the western isles and celebrating as being very accurate either.