Driving to Elgin City

[Edina Street]

Any one driving to Elgin City and punching IV30 1AP into the Sat Nav on the 13th?

Nice little day out. Not a trip we have done much.



A9, A90, A96, A93, 3 hours 49 mins.
Straight through the Cairngorms after Perth 4 hours 16 mins.
A90, A96, 3 hours 51 mins


Is any one planning to make a day trip of it? Swim with a shark at Deep Sea World? Shopping at House of Bruar? Visit Scotland's secret bunker? Picnic in the Cairngorms? Dining at Broxden Farm? Bit of Fishing on the Moray Firth? Round of Golf at Braemar Golf Club?

Perhaps you know a Barry Lay-by with a Hot-dog van.

[SteveHFC]

We are driving up probably go the cairngorm route just for a change and not much time difference considering the roadworks on a9
Cairngorm route

[andrew70]

I can’t wait to be back on the supporters bus on Saturday.

It’s the one thing that keeps me sane, until the match kicks off usually 😂

[Edina Street]

We are driving up probably go the cairngorm route just for a change and not much time difference considering the roadworks on a9
Cairngorm route

Taking that route I would definitely bring the golf clubs. If you don't hit an Eagle, at least you might hit a Deer.

[Garymcl]

Going up on Saturday morning from Blair atholl ,wee week away at the caravan with the wife so only a couple of hours in the car bring it on :flag:

[Edina Street]

I can’t wait to be back on the supporters bus on Saturday.

It’s the one thing that keeps me sane, until the match kicks off usually ��

In the supporters bus you're unable to fly your scarfs out of the window and travel with Green and White angel wings, whilst listening to the Proclaimers on your stereo.

Also in a car, less chance of missing the game. Us drivers pass the Hibs buses on the dual carraigeway sections like they are parked.

[Edina Street]

Going up on Saturday morning from Blair atholl ,wee week away at the caravan with the wife so only a couple of hours in the car bring it on :flag:

You should use your Caravan to organize a BBQ Guerrilla Gig for the traveling hordes in a lorry rest area. Now you see it now you don't.

[andrew70]

In the supporters bus you're unable to fly your scarfs out of the window and travel with Green and White angel wings, whilst listening to the Proclaimers on your stereo.

Also in a car, less chance of missing the game. Us drivers pass the Hibs buses on the dual carraigeway sections like they are parked.

Maybe so but my car wouldn’t make Elgin and a lot of good guys on the bus.

Good craic and a common sense approach to the Hibees.

Enjoy your drive up. GGTTH

[O'Rourke3]

A9, A95 is the better route for the views on the drive but get stuck behind a caravan and you'll lose loads of time - great for the road back though. Early hope of a better road due to the bypass round Grantown on Spey but there after, single lane.

A9 A96 has better chances of meeting the timing but add 10 - 15 mins for getting stuck in Nairn. There's a set of traffic lights that can't cope with the volume, so tailbacks both directions

[Edina Street]

Maybe so but my car wouldn’t make Elgin and a lot of good guys on the bus.

Good craic and a common sense approach to the Hibees.

Enjoy your drive up. GGTTH

Oh yes!

Think the last time I was on a Hibs bus was on the IONA in 2000, going to St Johnstone. Weird experience. Got beat 1-0. Bus departure time was 6pm from the corner of Iona Street and Easter Road, but for some reason was 30 minutes late pulling away from the Maybury. No explanation given by any one. Supporters on the bus were becoming agitated and discussing whether or not it was even possible to get to Perth in the time left. I reckon that the journey up the M90 was done in record time. I doubt any other Hibs bus has ever got up there before that quickly. Pulled up 10 minutes late. Driver let us off on the main road and everyone leaped over the hedges and went running to the turnstyles to the dismay of Police who went straight to the bus to give the driver a ticking off.

Was a very quiet bus, unlike previous buses I had been on.

Do they all still bang on the windows and sing that song every time they pass a member of the opposite sex?

[Edina Street]

A9, A95 is the better route for the views on the drive but get stuck behind a caravan and you'll lose loads of time - great for the road back though. Early hope of a better road due to the bypass round Grantown on Spey but there after, single lane.

A9 A96 has better chances of meeting the timing but add 10 - 15 mins for getting stuck in Nairn. There's a set of traffic lights that can't cope with the volume, so tailbacks both directions

I am sure if you get stuck behind Gary he will let you pass.

[Garymcl]

Best bet always to avoid any problems on the road ,leave early for you’re destination , enjoy the journey to all fellow hibbys on Saturday

[Baldy Foghorn]

Oh yes!

Think the last time I was on a Hibs bus was on the IONA in 2000, going to St Johnstone. Weird experience. Got beat 1-0. Bus departure time was 6pm from the corner of Iona Street and Easter Road, but for some reason was 30 minutes late pulling away from the Maybury. No explanation given by any one. Supporters on the bus were becoming agitated and discussing whether or not it was even possible to get to Perth in the time left. I reckon that the journey up the M90 was done in record time. I doubt any other Hibs bus has ever got up there before that quickly. Pulled up 10 minutes late. Driver let us off on the main road and everyone leaped over the hedges and went running to the turnstyles to the dismay of Police who went straight to the bus to give the driver a ticking off.

Was a very quiet bus, unlike previous buses I had been on.

Do they all still bang on the windows and sing that song every time they pass a member of the opposite sex?

Re your last sentence, do you still think we live in the 70s?

[andrew70]

Oh yes!

Think the last time I was on a Hibs bus was on the IONA in 2000, going to St Johnstone. Weird experience. Got beat 1-0. Bus departure time was 6pm from the corner of Iona Street and Easter Road, but for some reason was 30 minutes late pulling away from the Maybury. No explanation given by any one. Supporters on the bus were becoming agitated and discussing whether or not it was even possible to get to Perth in the time left. I reckon that the journey up the M90 was done in record time. I doubt any other Hibs bus has ever got up there before that quickly. Pulled up 10 minutes late. Driver let us off on the main road and everyone leaped over the hedges and went running to the turnstyles to the dismay of Police who went straight to the bus to give the driver a ticking off.

Was a very quiet bus, unlike previous buses I had been on.

Do they all still bang on the windows and sing that song every time they pass a member of the opposite sex?

🙄

Buses are usually early for us, good catch up with everyone and dropped off on ER or anywhere along the route.

No issues.

Time to grow up I think.

[Edina Street]

Re your last sentence, do you still think we live in the 70s?

No. I think this was recorded in the digital age.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgFLlMiMEos&list=PLf6IlTmzjIdB28iNlScxVQCO pHL0joqNV&index=13

Did you really think I thought that?

[Edina Street]

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Buses are usually early for us, good catch up with everyone and dropped off on ER or anywhere along the route.

No issues.

Time to grow up I think.

You have taken it to literally and misunderstood the nuance. (though as I don't use emojis I understand that it may make it difficult to pick up on my tone).

I can assure you, whilst I may well have to grow up, I have absolutely no issues with Hibs buses. Nor any buses for that matter.

I should not have to explain myself to you, though, and nobody here ever has to explain themselves to me.

Thank you.

[Baldy Foghorn]

No. I think this was recorded in the digital age.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgFLlMiMEos&list=PLf6IlTmzjIdB28iNlScxVQCO pHL0joqNV&index=13

Did you really think I thought that?

We have women who travel with us, and we are not misogynistic, just decent fans who travel everywhere

[He's here!]

Any one driving to Elgin City and punching IV30 1AP into the Sat Nav on the 13th?

Nice little day out. Not a trip we have done much.



A9, A90, A96, A93, 3 hours 49 mins.
Straight through the Cairngorms after Perth 4 hours 16 mins.
A90, A96, 3 hours 51 mins


Is any one planning to make a day trip of it? Swim with a shark at Deep Sea World? Shopping at House of Bruar? Visit Scotland's secret bunker? Picnic in the Cairngorms? Dining at Broxden Farm? Bit of Fishing on the Moray Firth? Round of Golf at Braemar Golf Club?

Perhaps you know a Barry Lay-by with a Hot-dog van.

Quite a challenge to fit in anything other than the football if you're driving for circa eight hours?

If I was going to make a trip of it I'd be booking an overnight stay.

[Edina Street]

Quite a challenge to fit in anything other than the football if you're driving for circa eight hours?

If I was going to make a trip of it I'd be booking an overnight stay.

Do you have any recommendations of where to stay?

[Edina Street]

We have women who travel with us, and we are not misogynistic, just decent fans who travel everywhere

The atmosphere has definitely changed since my day. Perhaps for the better.

In my day we were self confessed mental, not self confessed decent.

Definitely more respectable nowadays, if not a tad sensitive or quick to take offence.

Nothing wrong with that though, I don't suppose.

[ElginHibbie]

I drove up and back to Elgin from Leith last Sunday, A90/A96 up and A95/A9 back down

Was all pretty easy going apart from one dickhead almost causing a crash on A9. Was some evening road works on A9 caught start of but only added 5/10 minutes, but they might be done or not even happening on Saturday

[Edina Street]

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Barry scran, Barry bar, Bustling dance floor, and Cosy beds.

"We 'are' having a good time".

[Ardenttwo]

A9, A95 is the better route for the views on the drive but get stuck behind a caravan and you'll lose loads of time - great for the road back though. Early hope of a better road due to the bypass round Grantown on Spey but there after, single lane.

A9 A96 has better chances of meeting the timing but add 10 - 15 mins for getting stuck in Nairn. There's a set of traffic lights that can't cope with the volume, so tailbacks both directions

My advice would to come up using the new Aberdeen bypass. Via Dundee bypass Not advisable to come up through the glens at this time of the year with all the tourists. Give yourselves four hours. I use this route coming and going at all Hibs games.

[sauzee1989]

Train for me on the Friday back after the game

[Edina Street]

My advice would to come up using the new Aberdeen bypass. Via Dundee bypass Not advisable to come up through the glens at this time of the year with all the tourists. Give yourselves four hours. I use this route coming and going at all Hibs games.

That might be good advice actually.

Though I have found the Police in Aberdeenshire to be the most trigger happy with their speed guns in Britain. I would expect a number of travelers to return from Elgin with an extra 3-points on their license.

Though perhaps they have eased off a bit recently, now that like the A9, the A90 is also pretty much an average speed limit zone.

[O'Rourke3]

My advice would to come up using the new Aberdeen bypass. Via Dundee bypass Not advisable to come up through the glens at this time of the year with all the tourists. Give yourselves four hours. I use this route coming and going at all Hibs games.

That's a very good shout. Pity I don't need to travel up there as often now I'm retired. Without checking, I'd considered the distance back to Aberdeen far in excess of the approx 20 miles. Just felt a lot longer the last time I'd gone from Golspie to Aberdeen (food stop Elgin).

[beensaidbefore]

We are driving up probably go the cairngorm route just for a change and not much time difference considering the roadworks on a9
Cairngorm route

We tried to come back this way from Elgin 2 Sundays ago, got as far as Dalwhinnie, sat in traffic for over an hr only for road to be shut cos a biker had been killed. The diverted route asked us to go all the way back and down the Aberdeen route adding 4.5hrs to the journey.

Never again going that way, despite the far superior scenery.

[Edina Street]

We tried to come back this way from Elgin 2 Sundays ago, got as far as Dalwhinnie, sat in traffic for over an hr only for road to be shut cos a biker had been killed. The diverted route asked us to go all the way back and down the Aberdeen route adding 4.5hrs to the journey.

Never again going that way, despite the far superior scenery.

Always horrible when we encounter fatalities on the road.

And yes diversions can be severe.

Diversions can easily turn a 7-hour London-Edinburgh journey into a very dangerous 18-hour journey.

Diversions can be the difference between a Lorry driver getting to their destination, and having to spend the night in the middle of nowhere because their Tacho expired.

Also beware, the Police do not sympathize with drivers that have been forced miles and miles off the beat and track, through little towns and villages with red lights, roundabouts and speed bumps, at goodness knows what time. And that is after having already negotiated countless miles of single track winding b-road, crossing Ravines and Fjords/Fords. The opposite. They are notorious for taking this as an opportunity to catch drivers that may be unaware of speed limits, or just generally disorientated and don't know where they are, or where they are going anymore.

I guess road works need to be done, and accidents happen, but diversions could definitely turn a trip to Elgin into a devastating nightmare.

[beensaidbefore]

Always horrible when we encounter fatalities on the road.

And yes diversions can be severe.

Diversions can easily turn a 7-hour London-Edinburgh journey into a very dangerous 18-hour journey.

Diversions can be the difference between a Lorry driver getting to their destination, and having to spend the night in the middle of nowhere because their Tacho expired.

Also beware, the Police do not sympathize with drivers that have been forced miles and miles off the beat and track, through little towns and villages with red lights, roundabouts and speed bumps, at goodness knows what time. And that is after having already negotiated countless miles of single track winding b-road, crossing Ravines and Fjords/Fords. The opposite. They are notorious for taking this as an opportunity to catch drivers that may be unaware of speed limits, or just generally disorientated and don't know where they are, or where they are going anymore.

I guess road works need to be done, and accidents happen, but diversions could definitely turn a trip to Elgin into a devastating nightmare.

Must be horrible for the families involved, not just the biker. We tried to put a positive spin on things, had we left an hr earlier we could have been caught up in the accident.

Too many impatient drivers and not enough 2 lane bits of the road. Added to that lack of ways to divert traffic,probably best avoided if you have an eta in mind.

[McD]

Always horrible when we encounter fatalities on the road.

And yes diversions can be severe.

Diversions can easily turn a 7-hour London-Edinburgh journey into a very dangerous 18-hour journey.

Diversions can be the difference between a Lorry driver getting to their destination, and having to spend the night in the middle of nowhere because their Tacho expired.

Also beware, the Police do not sympathize with drivers that have been forced miles and miles off the beat and track, through little towns and villages with red lights, roundabouts and speed bumps, at goodness knows what time. And that is after having already negotiated countless miles of single track winding b-road, crossing Ravines and Fjords/Fords. The opposite. They are notorious for taking this as an opportunity to catch drivers that may be unaware of speed limits, or just generally disorientated and don't know where they are, or where they are going anymore.

I guess road works need to be done, and accidents happen, but diversions could definitely turn a trip to Elgin into a devastating nightmare.



The police (rightly) will expect drivers to follow the laws of the roads and drive safely. If they are, then they’ll not be bothered by the police. Whether someone has been driving for 10 minutes or 10 hours, that’s what we should all expect of fellow road users.

[Edina Street]

For any Hibs supporters that drive to every location that Hibs play, might be worth making sure the DashCam is running and recording the entire journey.

This footage could be invaluable in the future.

From driving behind Hibs buses in Convoy, behind cars with Green and White scarves out the window, and catching money shot footage of random incidents, including hooliganism, eventualities and unforeseen events, a YouTube channel called "Hibs Away", could become a hit and could eventually become Monetized.

Traveling supporters may even begin to check the channel out to find out if they appeared on Hibs Away this week.

I can't do it, as I am in London half the time.

Just an idea.

[ElginHibbie]

Just seen there is road works on south side of Elgin starting up tomorrow, so would suggest avoiding coming in via that way or ensure add a bit of extra time as could be bad come Saturday

https://www.northern-scot.co.uk/news/roadworks-on-busy-elgin-route-355197/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter