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Accessible Highlands
Remote Scottish Highlands is not the first place you think of visiting, but we were pleasantly surprised. Ben Eighe Visitor Centre on side of Loch Maree has several wheelchair friendly tracks, one of which links to the Caravan Club site at Achnasheen. The hide and centre are fully accessible. Then we visited Torridon. The accessible National Trust hut looks unprepossessing but is brilliant, a tardis of information and videos. There is a walk down past the Deer Centre (a step entry) to the loch side which is accessible if you are a bit adventurous (some grass and bumpy tarmac). Unfortunately at the far end to return to the village there is a steep and very rough road but we managed to get the scooter up. Opposite is an excellent, accessible cafe. You can then go along the quiet road through village back to visitor centre. Probably best to do route in reverse so you are going down the gentle incline of the rough bit after a cafe stop. There is also an accessible community centre and art gallery in the village with wifi (donation). Apart from that, the whole Torridon valley is worth a drive as there are plenty of laybyes with stunnnig views from the car. We got down the pensinsula nearly to Applecross and great views across to Skye.
Remote Scottish Highlands is not the first place you think of visiting, but we were pleasantly surprised. Ben Eighe Visitor Centre on side of Loch Maree has several wheelchair friendly tracks, one of which links to the Caravan Club site at Achnasheen. The hide and centre are fully accessible. Then we visited Torridon. The accessible National Trust hut looks unprepossessing but is brilliant, a tardis of information and videos. There is a walk down past the Deer Centre (a step entry) to the loch side which is accessible if you are a bit adventurous (some grass and bumpy tarmac). Unfortunately at the far end to return to the village there is a steep and very rough road but we managed to get the scooter up. Opposite is an excellent, accessible cafe. You can then go along the quiet road through village back to visitor centre. Probably best to do route in reverse so you are going down the gentle incline of the rough bit after a cafe stop. There is also an accessible community centre and art gallery in the village with wifi (donation). Apart from that, the whole Torridon valley is worth a drive as there are plenty of laybyes with stunnnig views from the car. We got down the pensinsula nearly to Applecross and great views across to Skye.
