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The Highlands: what is it really like?

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Lord Shagg-Pyle:
Look through the members list and find Highlander1. He lives up there. Drop him a PM and I'm sure he'll let you know all the pros and cons.

Drift:
Ive spent a fair bit of time around Aviemore  and a bit more West at Dores on Loch Ness at a  friends rental cottage, mostly in the throws of winter, but did a couple of summers and only one was midge ridden, as bad down south now, but anyway, if you have the chance go for it, very friendly communities, save mine and my friends life once when we walked from Aviemore to Braemar  with a night stop camping near Loch Arvon, the Loch was frozen we even didnt realise we where trying to pitch the tent on ice   :shock:
Anyway we got tgo Braemar late night the next day and we could hardly walk, wet feet for over 48 hours hurt, we aimed for the Youth Hostel and to our horror it was shut  :shock:.
We wondered around and a door at a shop opened and an old guy and his Mrs invites us to stay, wood burning stove and food not out of a bag.
The best bit, there wasnt any spare beds, but a sleeping bag next to the fire... the biz  :cool:

Point is ... can I have your chance  :grin: pleeease  :angel:

JumboBeef:
OK, to drag this back up..............

I still have the chance of moving/working in The Highlands area, but now I'm looking at either the Isle of Arran or the Isle of Mull.

Anyone live there/been there?  According to Wiki, although Arran is much smaller (167 square miles) it has more people at 5,058 compaired to Mull, which has only 2,667 people over 338 square miles.

....but what are either of them actually like to live on.........?

V8MoneyPit:
My wife has a long time friend who lives on Arran. She loves it there. She lives on the southern end of the island looking out at Ailsa Craig. Very picturesque..... well, it is when the rain is anything less than horizontal  :lol: I've been there a couple of times and despite the relative high population (!) it is still pretty empty!

karloss:
I moved up here about 5 years ago, lived in fort Augustus for a while amongst other places. Moved onto Skye a year ago. It's totally what you make of it. Personally I love it and have never regretted it for a second. No green lanes tho' which is rubbish beyond belief. Locals can be friendly, unpleasant, kind, nasty, sociable, unsociable. Just like anywhere else on the planet really. You've got to look at the reasons you have for moving versus the reasons you have for not doing and weigh up the pros and cons. HTH, probably not!

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