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Its definitely worth doing. Ive done it the last 2 years in September (end of season, not as busy) with the RX8 owners club - 10-15 of us.

Day 1 - Falkirk to Inverness and on to Ullapool
Day 2 - Ullapool to Wick
Day 3 - Wick to Inverness and back to Falkirk

Happy to give more info and maps if you want them as we took a slightly different route than the official one I believe.

Some good info here , thanks. I'm planning to do this at the end of June for my road trip this year.

I'm doing the NC500 in September so this has been useful reading

Ideas for any less publicised sights worth catching on the NC500 would be appreciated?

Well, we did it last September, some amazing roads - especially the west coast - and visit the Isle of Skye.

I planned the whole trip to take 5 days, as we stopped at Edingbrough for 2 days, and Carlise for 1 day

My advice, take three days and visit a couple distilleries. As I was driving from 10am till 4pm every day - so not the relaxing of holidays.

And book your hotels early, as they do get booked - I can highly recommend http://inverlodge.com/

DAY 3 DAY 4 DAY 5 DAY 6 & 7

Twin Turbo wrote: ↑Tue Jul 18, 2017 9:14 pm Well, we did it last September, some amazing roads - especially the west coast - and visit the Isle of Skye.

I planned the whole trip to take 5 days, as we stopped at Edingbrough for 2 days, and Carlise for 1 day

My advice, take three days and visit a couple distilleries. As I was driving from 10am till 4pm every day - so not the relaxing of holidays.

And book your hotels early, as they do get booked - I can highly recommend http://inverlodge.com/

That's great stuff thank you, the distilleries and Skye sound like a must

Planning on doing this early Sept - anyone else around?

Any hotels/b&b that stood out with particularly good parking for precious cars?

If you're looking for some where a bit special try The Torridon Hotel nr Applecross we stayed there on our wedding anniversary during our NC500 hoon its fab but Expensive

metal licker wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:49 pm If you're looking for some where a bit special try The Torridon Hotel nr Applecross we stayed there on our wedding anniversary during our NC500 hoon its fab but Expensive
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Looks awesome - decently expensive but sadly booked up when i'm gona be there i think.

The main issue i'm gona have is weather, trying to pick when's better (early vs late sept i guess)

We did early Sept and got lucky in 5 days it only rained once and overnight

Scotland is always hit and miss with the weather.
We were at Ullapool last week and managed to get 3 days with absolutely beautiful weather. Either side of those 3 days was terrible.
We were camping so really wanted it to be dry.
What I was quite surprised at though was the lack of cars on the roads.
Considering the amount of publicity the "NC500" has been getting we were a bit worried that the roads and campsites would be really busy.
It was completely the opposite. The campsite that we go to all the time in Ullapool was empty.
Did have a laugh at this though
http://www.northcoast500.com/
Seen a car with a sticker in the window so had a look at the website. Cant believe that people will pay money to say they have driven a route.
Unbelievable

metal licker wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:49 pm If you're looking for some where a bit special try The Torridon Hotel nr Applecross we stayed there on our wedding anniversary during our NC500 hoon its fab but Expensive

Thank's that looks nice, I will check it out

Ewazix wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:32 pm

metal licker wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 5:49 pm If you're looking for some where a bit special try The Torridon Hotel nr Applecross we stayed there on our wedding anniversary during our NC500 hoon its fab but Expensive

Thank's that looks nice, I will check it out

The evening meal was excellent also !
Not a bad view either

jimmybell wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 1:43 pm Planning on doing this early Sept - anyone else around?

Any hotels/b&b that stood out with particularly good parking for precious cars?

Hi,

This was my hotel agenda:

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https://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/inverl ... 6f92f039af

https://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/morang ... 6f92f039af

https://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/cumbri ... 6f92f039af

I did the NC500 recently. It was epic in my Z4M. My friend took his M235i with him and we started from Inverness and went anti clockwise. You can do the drive in 2 or 3 days including a stopover in Skye. We just did it for the drive and a few sights but didn't really stop for whisky. Plenty of places to stay if you plan which town to hit at the end of each day. We went from Inverness to Ullapool. Then to Portree and back south. Glencoe is quite something too.

The weather was all over the place. I got wet and sunburnt. Go figure. I've been in November before when it was glorious with no traffic. It is what it is.

Most interesting bits were the roads from Kylesku south and then leading to Kinlochewe. Best coffee on the trip is at Kinlochewe petrol station. Owner there is an enthusiast and has a Facebook page. Really nice guy and helpful. Seafood is excellent all the way around. The west is much better than the the east and northern sections though.

Obligatory photos below! Feel free to get in touch if you want more info!

Nictrix wrote: ↑Thu Jul 27, 2017 7:27 pm Considering the amount of publicity the "NC500" has been getting we were a bit worried that the roads and campsites would be really busy.
It was completely the opposite. The campsite that we go to all the time in Ullapool was empty.

Anything you'd be willing to share? I'd actually be tempted to try and camp, though if we're doing it relatively quickly it may be better to avoid carrying all the camping gear.