Britain's answer to the Alps is a single-track road over the Applecross peninsula, rising from sea level to 626 metres through gradients of twenty per cent and hairpins with genuine consequences. On a clear day the summit looks across to Skye; on a normal day, atmospheric murk. Passing places are not parking places — locals will remind you. Finish at the Applecross Inn for langoustines, and avoid towing anything whatsoever.
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