Applecross

[Music] they've almost reached the summit and now look back to the road they just traveled that's locked Karen in the distance just over 2,000 feet below as they turn around their first glimpse of the Isles of Rassi and sky towards the west and just around the next bend they'll start their steep descent into the village of Apple cross but let's get the statistics out of the way this road is the ballerina bar and is the steepest ascent of any road climb in the UK as well as the third highest road in Scotland translated from Gaelic the lakna bar means the pass of the cattle and originally a track was used by drovers taking their cattle to market 90 miles east to Inverness it's a road to challenge any driver and especially loved by motorcyclists and cyclists the Apple Cross Lynch law was almost a secret until recent times when a vbc series was filmed there the presenter Monty halls stayed in the most basic accommodation known as apathy on the beach with its compost toilet and he was there together with his dog Reuben who is actually real styles to show Judy the landlady's applecross in got to know Monty and the film crew pretty well as they frequented the only car around for miles a Yorkshire lass she had been the landlady for over 24 years and she remembers the phone ringing nonstop the day after the BBC Sean tout suddenly everyone wanted to come to stay in this idyllic place with his white sandy beaches and views to the Western Isles several hundreds of phone calls later she was booked for 12 months solid as a result she added a few more rooms and now employs seven chefs and forty five staff in his tiny in a pleasant short walk from applecross village is milt own law but you need to time it correctly by late afternoon hit that time of day the time of day that only visitors to Scotland who have experienced it will understand its migi time times take cover and retreats to the public [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] ah to be Apple crossed a rare and wonderful experience but please don't tell anyone else about it you

Channel: Anne Massey

Views: 1,469

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: Applecross Inn, Belach na Ba, West of Scotland

Id: O75xAvDm3FI

Length: 4min 2sec (242 seconds)

Published: Wed Nov 08 2017