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A83 road. The A83 is a major road in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, running from Tarbet, on the western shore of Loch Lomond, where it splits from the A82, to Campbeltown at the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula. The road is best known for its section across the Rest and be Thankful pass through the Arrochar Alps between the heads ...
Glen Croe is located to the north west of Loch Lomond and Loch Long, draining into the latter.At the head of the glen is the pass leading to Glen Kinglas.The A83 road runs the length of the glen, passing the viewpoint at Rest & Be Thankful, at the west of the Glen.
Military roads of Scotland. A well-preserved section of General Wade's Military Road near Melgarve, leading to the Corrieyairack Pass. A network of military roads, sometimes called General Wade's Military Roads, was constructed in the Scottish Highlands during the middle part of the 18th century in the wake of the Jacobite rebellion of 1715.
Rest and Be Thankful Hill Climb is a disused hillclimbing course in Glen Croe, on the Cowal Peninsula, in Argyll and Bute, west of Scotland. The first known use of the road for a hillclimb was in 1906. The event used to count towards the British Hill Climb Championship. It is named for the Rest and be thankful, a steep incline, on a section of ...
The Arrochar Alps are a group of mountains located around the heads of Loch Long, Loch Fyne, and Loch Goil. They are part of the Grampian mountains range, which stretch across Scotland. [1] The villages of Arrochar and Lochgoilhead are the nearest settlements. Many of the mountains are located on the Cowal Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, west of ...
The area around the A83 Rest and Be Thankful saw a month’s worth of rainfall, around 160mm, falling over 36 hours, according to BEAR Scotland, which manages the road.
Lochgoilhead is situated in the Cowal Peninsula and access to the village is either via the A83 with a turning off the 'Rest and be Thankful', or the A815 from Dunoon. Both roads are single track. Travel times from Glasgow, 50 miles (80 km) to the south east, are approximately 90 minutes. [5]
Doune Hillclimb. Doune Hillclimb, Carse of Cambus, near Doune in the district of Stirling, Scotland, is the home of the only round of the British Hill Climb Championship currently to be held in Scotland (Bo'ness, Fintray and the Rest And Be Thankful have featured in the past). The course has been 1476 yards (1350m) in length since 1977.
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