People complain about English roads ... try SW Scotland! (18 Viewers)

[Minxy]

Having just had a month's trip to SW Scotland we found many of the roads much worse than during our last trip in 2022, lots more pot holes and what's worse is that many roads had been 'surface dressed' without fixing some of the bigger holes first! The worse by far though are roads which have had a tarmac-mix surface put on them, the look nice and 'shiny' but the truth is they are horrendous as whichever 'muppet' was contracted to do them didn't know that when laying, and levelling/tamping, you do the latter running with the road direction, instead many had been done across the road so you get miles and miles of ripples with no way to do a reasonable speed and certainly not the max speed limit unless you want to lose your fillings! I thought for one minute we'd detoured and were on our way to Grimsby on the A180 which is horrendous due to the concrete 'ripple' surface.

We love SW Scotland (this was our 5th trip) but have to say the roads have seriously put us off doing another as they were just so awful to travel on.

 

[scotzsue]

Was a bit surprised myself Minxy when we were there earlier this year. sister who lives there says some have improved
We cut our break short but only because our leisure battery failed, very small compartment and, other than changing to solar, we had to source the same battery as was in.
will probably be back next year as missed out on seeing a lot of the family and got a lot of stick for it too.

 

[lorger]

Living in Dumfries I can 100% agree with you, I cycle over 100 miles a week so totally get where you’re coming from. Some of the pot holes are quite deep and with the rain we’ve had recently they’re also quite dangerous, if they want to promote the area they need to fix the roads.

 

[sciac2001]

I agree. Scottish roads were worse than English ones when we toured most of the nc500 last month….. and that is quite a low bar itself!

 

[jockaneezer]

If only those in charge in Scotland had had the opportunity to run a motorhome for a while and see what it was like in real time, they could have spent some of their stash sorting the roads out, oh wait a moment......

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[mohobot]

If only those in charge in Scotland had had the opportunity to run a motorhome for a while and see what it was like in real time, they could have spent some of their stash sorting the roads out, oh wait a moment......

That one was a drive Queen

 

[Pausim]

There at the moment and whilst there are far fewer potholes the road surface makes for uncomfortable driving. Add to that the odd unmarked and well disguised bit of subsidence and “we have liftoff”.

 

[Puddleduck]

Not just south west Scotland. The roads are awful round here as well. Obviously the huge agricultural vehicles take a toll but repairs are of the cheap and careless variety so don't last.

 

[swemmy666]

Been travelling to the republic of Ireland for nearly 30 years, when I first went it was noticeable that the roads were inferior to those of the UK. Some 25+ years on, its noticeable that the situation has been reversed.

 

[Mohawk Mo]

Been travelling to the republic of Ireland for nearly 30 years, when I first went it was noticeable that the roads were inferior to those of the UK. Some 25+ years on, its noticeable that the situation has been reversed.

We noticed roads in Northern Ireland are like being on a roller coaster with so many dips, as soon as you are South, the roads make for a much smoother ride.

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[Winger]

Southern Ireland used EU money for road building. Unfortunately NI money allocation didn’t get past London

 

[pat100]

When I’m rolling smoothly along the narrow back roads of the Spanish Pyrenees and hauling the van round the 180° bends to the next mountain pass, it makes me laugh to think of Scottish roads. They are so pathetically bad by comparison.

 

[Mohawk Mo]

Southern Ireland used EU money for road building. Unfortunately NI money allocation didn’t get past London

Son and DiL live North and they are so used to the roads they don't notice it as much as we do when in their car and being launched off the back seat at every dip!