A GUIDE TO THE SCOTTISH BORDERS - Four years ago we left Trinidad in the warm Caribbean, and migrated to Scotland to the Border area of Eildon, Walter Scott (of Ivanhoe and Rob Roy fame) lived here. Its a beautiful area, varying from soft rolling hills with hidden valleys, to rough moorland high up and bleak. Its quiet and calm here and we love it. This blog will be my diary of our adventures and our recommendations of places to visit and eat and explore.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Winter Tyres
It appears that the UK is the only country in Europe that does NOT mandate winter tyres from November until April. Our experience last year convinced us that these are essential for travel in the Borders. We had a power failure in a snow storm in March 2010 and had to go out to get coal or logs to keep warm. Our car had perfectly good normal tyres but as sliding all over the road. Winter tyres marked Mud and snow are essential for travel here as there are many steep hills and the gritters and snow plows are slow to reach outlying areas. Its either sell your car and buy a 4x4 or get snow tyres. The best tyre is Goodyear Ultragrip 7+ according to several tests. One example gave this tyre versus a standard tyre in snow at 25mph trying to stop. When the Ultragrip stopped the other car was still doing 20mph!. Pretty impressive.
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Thanks for the information about the winter tyreswhich helps you on sleepy and muddy roads....
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