WHEN driving in rural Scotland, you must be prepared for the occasional animal traffic jam.
And so we find ourselves surrounded by at least 15 Highland cows, as we depart the Applecross peninsula on the northern route via Shieldaig and the coast. Had we not made our way to Applecross the previous day via the vertiginous Bealach Nam Bo, we'd be bothered by this road's nickname – "the coward's way".
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