Scotland NC500 & other roads
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 9:19 am
I did this route in 2016, and was reminded again when Amazons Grand Tour did it in the last episode.
They are not exaggerating when they say it’s some of the best roads in the world right on our doorstep.
I want to do it again but this time in an Atom or Nomad. The best time to go is May. Less traffic (it’s now a victim of its own success ) and May is typically the lowest rainfall month.
However it’s too late for this May. All my favourite places to stay are fully booked. There’s not much accommodation en route. So how about a group of us do it in May 2020? A revised route covering the best bits of the NC500 (west coast), excluding the long east coast ride but including some other bits of Scotland south of Inverness. A week long trip.
We can book in the autumn of this year. I did promise a petrol head B&B owner in Ullapool that I would return with the Atom one day. In fact he wants a line up of Atoms and Nomads in front of his place.
They are not exaggerating when they say it’s some of the best roads in the world right on our doorstep.
I want to do it again but this time in an Atom or Nomad. The best time to go is May. Less traffic (it’s now a victim of its own success ) and May is typically the lowest rainfall month.
However it’s too late for this May. All my favourite places to stay are fully booked. There’s not much accommodation en route. So how about a group of us do it in May 2020? A revised route covering the best bits of the NC500 (west coast), excluding the long east coast ride but including some other bits of Scotland south of Inverness. A week long trip.
We can book in the autumn of this year. I did promise a petrol head B&B owner in Ullapool that I would return with the Atom one day. In fact he wants a line up of Atoms and Nomads in front of his place.