North 500 route

wymondham

Hi All

Has anyone done the North 500 route around Scotland?

https://www.northcoast500.com/home.aspx

If so what are your experiences/advice? Thinking about this for next year!

thanks

Castle

I drove the route from Inverness to Applecross in June 2014; having previously driven from Inverness to John O Groats in the late eighties. I'm hoping to do the other 250 miles or so next June.

My advice would be is to split the 500 miles up into at least three days as a lot of the route in the north west and around Applecross is single track (with passing places). However even in June most of the roads are empty.

Fill up with petrol when you have a chance as petrol stations are few and far especially on the west coast. And finally, take a camera or better still a Dashcam, the scenery is stunning.

vikingaero

http://www.pistonheads.com/features/ph-features/north-coast-500-in-24-hours/32673

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1490418

vikingaero

3 more:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=45&t=1587327
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=45&t=1577869
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=45&t=1562058

Castle

vikingaero wrote: »

3 more:

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=45&t=1587327
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=45&t=1577869
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=45&t=1562058

Thanks for the links, its given me some ideas for next year.