ADVICE FOR TRAVELLERS TOURING IN SCOTLAND (CLOTHING)

Always pack a mixture of warm-weather and cool-weather clothes. A raincoat/parka with a hood is far better than carrying an umbrella. Good walking shoes, already broken-in, are essential. Gloves and a scarf will take up little room in your suitcase-and yet may make all the difference on a cool evening. To pack well for Scotland, the traveller needs to grasp the concept of "layering" that is adding and removing layers of clothing as the climate changes throughout the Tour.

Typically, group members will start each day wearing:

  • Good shoes or sneakers
  • Casual pants or jeans
  • A T-shirt
  • A sweater and a hooded jacket or coat.

As the day warms up the traveller will, typically, dispense with the jacket and sweater, or possibly add the gloves and the scarf of the weather takes a turn for the worst.

The secret of packing for an enjoyable vacation is including the right kind of clothing which keeps the traveller comfortable regardless of the weather.

There will be opportunities to have clothes washed at a launderette in Scotland, usually half-way through the Tour, thus minimizing the amount of dirty clothes to be carried around.

Information cabove is courtesy of Sandy Stevenson of Tour Scotland.