plaid_dude

This would be a trip with a walking tour company or something like that. Not just two of us walking down a road.

We like scenery and nature. We can handle tough hiking but our goal is not to rise to a challenge for the sake of a challenge.

Please give us any advise. Thank you.

plaid_dude

Any time of the year we can go, but I think Sept would be good.

julia_t

I just googled to find the name of one company I have heard good reviews of...

http://www.sherpavan.com/

But the search also came up with these as well...

http://www.sherpa-walking-holidays.c...in/britain.asp

http://www.absoluteescapes.com/

sheila

I would do Scotland for the quality of the walking. There area number of companies who do this. Sherpa is one. ATG is another; the Ramblers is a third.

Did you have a company in mind?

stfc

I would willingly spend a week walking just about anywhere in any of the three countries. They are each magnificent and have much to offer. Scotland has no more 'quality' than the others.

If you are indecisive, try flipping a coin or drawing straws. Then come back here when any number of 'specialists' will be able to give you more detailed advice.

flanneruk

I absolutely wouldn't choose Ireland fior a walking holiday. Though it beats the two provinces by gazillions of light years for practically everything you can possibly think of, walking is the great exception.

Unlike Wales, it has no serious footpath system (sure: by the standards of the world outside the British Isles it looks as if it does. But that's like saying there's decent food in Scotland). Unlike Scotland, it has no real right to roam. Unlike either, it's got a planning system designed to let farmers make a fortune by ruining the landscape

Dismally often in Ireland, you've got a choice between lengthy stretches of tarmacked road or dealing with fields protected by barbed wire. Fight your way to the coast, and time after time you find the caravans got there first - unless someone's built an estate of horrid holiday houses.

You CAN find nice places to walk in Ireland. But it's much more a place with nice countryside for driving through. And it's far, far, tougher to find decent walks there than in Scotland or Wales.

Of course if you want a decent spot of whiskey, it's a completely differnt story...

tod

Hi Plaid_Dude, I would advise looking into this fantastic 'walking' company - I did their walk through the Loire Valley in France and it was terrific.
http://www.thewayfarers.com/

plaid_dude

Thank you for all of the responses. I've heard of some of these companies and they will be high on my list. I'll wear my plaid when I go but I don't have a kilt.

sheila

If you're in Scotland, don't call it plaid if it is, in fact, tartan