NC500 Roadtrip
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zagatoes30
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Roads are mostly OK but traffic can be bad in summer, get out before the motorhomes wake up.
My favourite place on the route is the Kylesku Hotel, great location right on the Loch and wonderful food although its been a few years since we were last there
Kylesku Hotel
My favourite place on the route is the Kylesku Hotel, great location right on the Loch and wonderful food although its been a few years since we were last there
Kylesku Hotel
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Make sure you have dinner reservations, they are harder to get than rooms in some places.
The roads are mostly ok, some single track with passing places. We were lucky and the camper vans all pulled over to let us by. The "wee mad road" was interesting, not sure I'd take the Fezzer down it again, as was the Applecross Pass. All in all will probably do it again, but might take the Grand Tour shorter route instead as the real gem for me was the west coast.
The roads are mostly ok, some single track with passing places. We were lucky and the camper vans all pulled over to let us by. The "wee mad road" was interesting, not sure I'd take the Fezzer down it again, as was the Applecross Pass. All in all will probably do it again, but might take the Grand Tour shorter route instead as the real gem for me was the west coast.
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I'd never head of 'The wee mad road' but it sounds interesting...
Ramble On: The Wee Mad Road of Sutherland - Traveling Savage
The Wee Mad Road of Sutherland requires a plodding pace and careful attention, but it repays that care with endlessly beautiful coastal highland landscapes and some of the remotest feeling anywhere in Scotland.
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The scenery around it was fabulous and stopping at the car park in Drumbeg for a wander around made that leg of the trip. I didn't find the drive remotely relaxing though as even at a slow pace the road twisted and turned so much that, as the driver, you couldn't really appreciate what you were driving through.I'd never head of 'The wee mad road' but it sounds interesting...
Ramble On: The Wee Mad Road of Sutherland - Traveling Savage
The Wee Mad Road of Sutherland requires a plodding pace and careful attention, but it repays that care with endlessly beautiful coastal highland landscapes and some of the remotest feeling anywhere in Scotland.
Did you actually do your trip?
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i'll give you a wave as you pass our house just outside Dingwall
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I talked to him briefly on the way home. He suggested making it two weeks so you can have some visits to some of the many excellent places along the way. Maybe a day on Sky (ferry and bridge), Arun is beautiful and worth a detour. What he also suggested is making a stop overnight at the foot of the Appledore pass, so that you can drive it multiple times. Finally, the east coast stuff is very anti-climactic after the west.
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Yes doing it anti clockwise is best. You can also use the evo test roads where they tested the QP, Panamera and Aston on the way up and then the old army road via Cock Bridge to Inverness. Great road.
ChrisQP09
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No pal life stuff got in the way of plans! Some time soon im sure of it
zagatoes30
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It's well worth the effort one our favourite SZ runs
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We dived into Applecross and quickly fled - it was heaving. Pass of the Cattle was a bit of a challenge as some drivers had a bit of an issue passing on the narrower sections (on another occasion I cycled up it but had to walk down as it was too chilly!). - What time of year are you thinking of doing it?
Mid/late May
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RoaryRati
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Avoid end-May bank holiday time - school half term week (tho' may be difference in Scotland)
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I’ve driven the Scottish highlands 8 times now. Always starting in Aberdeen on a Thursday and finishing Edinburgh or Glasgow for a night out Saturday.
We’ve always mixed the route up a bit but that one of yours is basically what we always did.
Aberdeen to bonar bridge then up to tongue. We always stayed in the Mackays rooms Durness on first night. Then would mix it up a bit on the next days. Did Isle of Skye, Kyle of lochalsh. Fort William and Oban etc.
That’s a good route