If the current unseasonally mild weather lasts, a car could be OK for travelling between Inverness and Edinburgh, even at the end of December, but whether you go via Drumochter (A9 - quickest route)) or via Glencoe and the Great Glen (A82 - much more scenic) you have to bear in mind that the roads are often closed in winter - indeed they have snow gates on the roads so that they can close off the sections which cross the high ground. You don't want to get stranded in Inverness and miss your flight home. When I have gone north in winter to Inverness or Fort William I have ALWAYS gone by train, even though this means going south first to get the train at Carlisle, although I'm happy to drive up north in summertime. I think the train would be your best bet for the Inverness journey, and you could always get a taxi between the airport and your hotel in Edinburgh. Depending though on where else you want to go, a car would be more convenient and would let you cover more things within easy reach of Edinburgh, though the train does take you within half an hour to within a short walk of Stirling Castle or Linlithgow Palace. A train pass could also let you get to Glasgow (under an hour from Edinburgh) from where you could then take a trip on the Burns Line sprinter train to Dumfries (under two hours each way). But if you were coming here to the Scottish Borders you would need a car as there is no railway.
Last edited by cessna152towser; 13th December 06 at 03:04 PM.
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