Road trip to Scotland over Christmas

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We were planning a road trip to Scotland in the summer but it didn't go ahead and kids and we were gutted. We were going to stay in our caravan.

We are thinking about going for a week at Xmas, which will include Xmas day.

Two main elements the the decision

• will we miss our home Xmas too much
• will it be fun travelling around in the cold winter days and can we make Xmas special?

Kids are primary age. I'm veering between being massively excited and thinking it would be mad.

Family wise, I'm a bit of off with my family at the moment and I tend to find Xmas laden with expectation from them, and DH family are easy about everything but aging fast. My darling dad died this year so a change is welcome in that regard.

There's better places to go to than Scotland at any time of year.

Go abroad instead - it'll probably be a lot cheaper too

@amazeandastonish

There's better places to go to than Scotland at any time of year.

Go abroad instead - it'll probably be a lot cheaper too

Wheest!! How very dare you!

Scotland is beautiful at any time of year but depending where you're driving from, the journey there and back can seem endless, probably even more so with a caravan.

It's definitely beautiful today, yesterday was torrential rain in the part where I live, can honestly say it was horrible! There are still road closures from yesterdays rain til they can do the clean up and one main road will be closed for quite a while as a section of bridge washed away!

Not the time for a road trip. Weather can be bad, it’ll be dark most do the time and the roads will be pretty busy at times with people travelling to see family etc.

If you really want to visit, pick somewhere and stay there for a week.