sanloz11 wrote:Hi there I'm going to Europe this summer, may - july ...
At this stage I will be travelling, over my school holidays, to Bavaria for 4 days
Austria for one week
Ireland for one week
scotland for one week
Regarding Scotland:
May/June is (in a normal year) a very good time to be there, and generally better than 'high Summer.'
There are a couple of well-known long trails to do, but, to me, those miss the point: better, generally, to plan on day trips from a base. (There are really only a handful of areas - e.g. Fisherfield, or Knoydart - where you *need* to plan overnight trips.)
If you've never visited before, then I would recommend a few days based in Glencoe. It *is* admittedly the honeypot area, but the scenery is great and there are lots of options.
A fabulous area if you can get there is the far north west - Coigach and Assynt. That area has the oldest rocks in Europe ('Lewisian Gneiss') topped by spectacular 'island' peaks of Torridonian sandstone - and really does look different to the rest of the country.
Torridon itself also has plenty of possibilities.
The main difficulty is transport to some of these places, and then transport to the starting points of the walks. A car is helpful! Hitching still works here, though: so if you can get to some central base (e.g. a youth hostel or similar) in any of these areas, you're *probably* then sorted out.
I am happy to help with more detailed info if the above raises any questions.
sanloz11 wrote:also any recommended gear you would suggest outside of the obvious essentials?
For Scotland, if you take the same stuff you'd take for Tassie you won't go far wrong!
Have a good trip.