NC500 Roadtrip

[Ebenezer]

Avoid end-May bank holiday time - school half term week (tho' may be difference in Scotland)

Heading home at that point so M6 woes to be expected!
Eb

 

[RoaryRati]

Heading home at that point so M6 woes to be expected!
Eb

Maybe try some 'scenic' routes then - probably takes just as long but at least you're moving (I use a good ol'fashioned AA map book that highlights scenic routes to plot our journeys)

 

[philw696]

Maybe try some 'scenic' routes then - probably takes just as long but at least you're moving (I use a good ol'fashioned AA map book that highlights scenic routes to plot our journeys)

We have maps in all our cars and use them regularly here in France and have some amazing journeys and no annoying yapping in your ears.

 

[zagatoes30]

Nothing wrong with a good old paper map, still have them with us on most road trips

 

[MarkMas]

Heading home at that point so M6 woes to be expected!
Eb

• Carlisle
• Kirkby Stephen
• Hawes
• Settle
• Todmorden
• Matlock
• Nuneaton
• Shipston-on-Stour
• Enstone
• Reading

9-10 hours, not 5-6 but much more interesting, especially if you stop on the way

 

[safrane]

As someone who travels to Penrith frequently from the Cotswolds (M5/6) I agree.

My last use of the same motorway route took 10 hours to Penrith... with 2 dogs and a very annoyed GF.

 

[philw696]

As someone who travels to Penrith frequently from the Cotswolds (M5/6) I agree.

My last use of the same motorway route took 10 hours to Penrith... with 2 dogs and a very annoyed GF.

Gosh I can get down to the South of France in that time Peter.

 

[Ebenezer]

All accommodation booked so we are committed!

Looks like we may be doing Grantown-on-Spey to Reading in one hit!

Eb

 

[safrane]

Gosh I can get down to the South of France in that time Peter.

And I know the food choices on route would have been better too Phil.

 

[philw696]

And I know the food choices on route would have been better too Phil.

No potholes either Peter.