Scotland June 2026

I love driving the B in Scotland. As well as the quiet roads and amazing scenery, the B often get compliments from passers-by, which is always nice to hear.

This was the first Scotland trip since the rolling road session which lent me a good amount of confidence in the B, but this would be the first really long trip since the last Scotland trip had a slight hiccup on the return leg, so I had my fingers crossed that this would be uneventful and add to my confidence.

The car was loaded up for 10 days away and pointed north. We had decided to split the 230+ miles into 4 legs of around an hour each with breaks for fuel, lunch and coffee.Breaking up long trips into short legs is a great way to increase confidence - after all I would have no doubt the B could manage an hour's trip locally, so why not as part of a longer route? The recent trip into Nidderdale was itself around a 4 hour round trip, so in driving time alomst the same as the trip up to our Scottish destination, albeit around half the distance.

View from the passenger seat down the road in front on an overcast day. Over a stone wall to the right a loch can be seen in the distance flanked by hills.
Driving towards Kenmore View from the passenger seat down the road in front on an overcast day. Over a stone wall to the right a loch can be seen in the distance flanked by hills.
The road stretches straight ahead, flanked by stone walls.
Some very enjoyable roads The road stretches straight ahead, flanked by stone walls.

In the end the trip up was very good and only involved a short (inevitable) diverson to avoid heavy traffic around Edinburgh - I even got asked by a van passenger in the queue for a roundabout if they could take a photo of the B.

Parked on the street among the stone shop fronts of Aberfeldy.
In Aberfeldy Parked on the street among the stone shop fronts of Aberfeldy.
Parked up on the street in front of the Atholl Gallery.
Dunkeld Parked up on the street in front of the Atholl Gallery.

We spent the next 10 days relaxing in the local area before heading home again. Again we split the trip into short legs, making it very manageable. The B performed well, although we had a close call in the Borders when an idiot in an SUV misjudged their overtake of a camper on an incline and nearly hit us head on at a combined 100mph. From then on I put my headlights on despite the summer daylight (and the B's bright colouring!) to provide additional visibility.

The B sitting on the banks, silouetted against the loch
On Loch Tay at Kenmore The B sitting on the banks, silouetted against the loch
The B's nose pokes out from a line of modern cars in a car park. Its roofline is barely higher than the bonnets of most of the other cars.
Being parked among other cars really shows how small the B is The B's nose pokes out from a line of modern cars in a car park. Its roofline is barely higher than the bonnets of most of the other cars.

With 650 miles of faultless driving under its belt my confidence in the B has soared and I'm looking to plan more long trips.