Where can I go on holiday in Scotland?

[TroubleUsedToBeMyBusiness]

OK I need a few days away in the summer school holidays. Many places booked up. Normally go to northumberland but decided I want to stay in Scotland this year.

I don't want to go anywhere were there is the remotest chance of midges. Also don't want to be in the car for more than a couple of hours from the central belt.

Been to Nairn / Aberdeenshire / Orkney / Borders / Fife beaches / St Andrews etc / fort william and surrounding areas previously and don't want to revisit any of these places. Last time I went to Dumfries and Galloway it poured with rain.

Any ideas?

Anywhere up the east coast and you will avoid midges but the wind is cold!

What about black Isle and up that way?

Aviemore or surrounds? Hard to avoid midges completely unless you stick to the east coast which you seem to have visited a lot. East Lothian? City break to Edinburgh? Peebles?

You get midges and rain everywhere in Scotland. There are a bit more of both on the west coast than the east but no guarantee of avoidance elsewhere.

Maybe try Stirlingshire, Perthshire. Very beautiful, lots to do and not more than 60 mins from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee.

I'd recommend

Pitlochry www.pitlochry.org/
East Lothian www.visiteastlothian.org/home
Loch Lomond and The Trossachs www.lochlomond-trossachs.org/

We love to go to Durness on the very north coast. Not a midge to be found, apparently due to the type of soil. Very beautiful scenery. Ullapool is beautiful too but not sure on the midge situation as we didn't stay in to the evening.

East coast? Eyemouth/ Dunbar type area. We were completely midge free on Tiree, but that is certainly more than a couple of hours!

We joke that Dumfries and Galloway is shortened to D&G as it means Dull& Grey!

Durness is beautiful but maybe a bit far. I've been to pitlochry loads so that's out. considering Eyemouth ... don't mind the cold.

yeah I've also gone off the idea of D&G - was looking at either Gatehouses of Fleet or Kircudbright but know very little about either ... would love to go back to Bamburgh or Alnmouth but nothing available. Vague hope that some people may cancel if foreign travel allowed

Ah I missed the 2 hour part. It takes us around 6 hours from Edinburgh to Durness so forget that. We frequently holiday in East Lothian although it's just down the road it's very beautiful. Dunbar, Gullane, north Berwick, port seton all Lovely and a bit different to each other. Good day trip potential. Minimal midges.

We’re off to Nairn in summer can’t wait.
Try stirling area? Easy to travel to other areas Loch Lomond/fife coast Glasgow & edinburgh or stay local

North Berwick & surrounding areas in East Lothian? There's lovely beaches, fruit farms, best climate for sunshine, quaint villages, easy access to Edinburgh.

Bamburgh?

The curious peninsula of the Mull of Galloway - fourteen miles long and about a mile wide, with sea views over the water to the Lake District, Isle of Man, and the Mountains of Mourne in Northern Ireland. Very sparsely populated, charming and gentle hill country, which were it an English county, would be packed with ramblers, cyclists, and sightseers in every hamlet and gastropub. But miles from anywhere, and on the way to nowhere, you'll see only a few Scottish tourists, in this, Scotland's southernmost part,

Perthshire, and you can do highland and lowland activities, loads on offer to do.

North Berwick is beautiful and I can easily see spending a few days there, although I think you'd be lucky to get anything decent and affordable for the school holidays now.
What about the borders? Melrose is a lovely place, we got married at Dryburgh Abbey and the countryside is stunning.

We are going to Aberdour in August for city/Coast break.

Stirling
St Andrews
Pitlochry

@blowinahoolie
No chance of anything being available in Bamburgh in Aug - I've been looking for weeks.

@rookiemere
Going to Melrose in July ... all being well. Need to find something else for August though as summer hols so long this year

Stick to the East as less rain and fewer/no midges. Lots to do in Dundee or if you want rural then Perthshire is beautiful

I was going to say Nairn sorry

Or another option if you don't live here is Edinburgh itself. Accommodation going super cheap due to lack of foreign visitors for the festivals.

Ayrshire.

@NotSoLongGoodbye a quick look on hotels.com shows availability in August.

[quote NotSoLongGoodbye]@blowinahoolie
No chance of anything being available in Bamburgh in Aug - I've been looking for weeks.[/quote]
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Shetland?