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From: "Trena" <>
Subject: Re: Re:[ABERDEEN] Driving distances
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 17:11:38 -0500
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From: "Gavin Bell"
Subject: Re:[ABERDEEN] Driving distances


> Sharyn wrote:
>
> > Can some kind soul estimate for me the driving distance between
> > Glasgow and Stonehaven? Can I drive it in one day with a
> > stop at St. Andrews?
>
> Nor do I know which route would be the best. I would probably take the
> M8 to just short of Edinburgh, and then head for the Forth Road Bridge.
> I would stay on the A90/M90 until junction 8, then take the A91. This
> last is not a fast road, so I would not be surprised if the trip from
> Glasgow took over 2 hours. There are various other (possibly more scenic)
> routes you could take, but I would expect them to be slower.
>
> When you leave St Andrews, make for Dundee (over the Tay Road Bridge)
> This should take half an hour at most. You then have choice of routes:
> you can re-join the A90, which runs inland via Forfar, and will get you
> to Stonehaven in about an hour, or you can take the coast road, which is
> scenic in places, but slower.

If time isn't too important, take the slower scenic route. You'll not be
sorry!

Toni ...
a Canadian, who lived in Rosyth '67 & '68; up to Aberdeenshire several
times.

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