Rest And Be Thankful Pass
The A83 is a major road in the south of Argyll and Bute, Scotland, running from Tarbet, Argyll, Tarbet, on the western shore of Loch Lomond, where it splits from the A82 road, A82, to Campbeltown at the southern end of the Kintyre peninsula. The road is best known for its section across the Rest and be Thankful pass through the Arrochar Alps between the heads of Loch Long and Loch Fyne. Route From Tarbet the A83 runs west across the Drainage divide, watershed between Loch Lomond and Loch Long to Arrochar, Scotland, Arrochar near the head of Loch Long. It then goes round the head of the loch, and along the western shore for a short distance, before turning northwest through the Rest and be Thankful mountain pass through Glen Croe in the Arrochar Alps, from the shore of Loch Long to that of Loch Fyne. It was near this spot that an RAF Tornado crashed on 2 July 2009. The words ''REST & BE THANKFUL'' are inscribed on a stone near the junction of the A83 and the B828, placed ther ...
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