This post contains some summary information as well as some of our thoughts on the NC500. Don’t take our advice. Your trip is your trip. Your mileage may vary. Don’t over research as surprises only add to the wonder. Summary information We started in Peebles and ended in Peebles. This makes the total drive longer…
Location: Home Alas, after an acceptable night sleep it was time for final packing, an errand or two and then off to Heathrow via the underground. The errand was a quick trip to Royal Mail to convert our remaining Scottish Pounds Stirling to English Pounds Stirling. Fun fact, the internet says this is a thing…
Location: London Lovely long sleep in our hotel bed last night. We enjoyed the complimentary croissant and coffee for breakfast and then hit the road walking. Our goal today was a self guided walking tour of things in the area. Mission one was to go see the new Globe Theatre and the site of the…
Location: London Pretty good sleep last night. We got some rain but nothing major. There are nights where I am quite content to lay awake and just listen to the rain. I am not convinced last night was one of those. We overachieved on wake-up time which was a tad unfortunate as it gave us…
Location: Peebles Today we woke up with a view of Loch Ness. It was a bit weathery and we had a long drive ahead. I did manage to get a shower at the campground. Solid 7/10. Clean and warm water but the shower floor was rather slippery. Observation: There were only 10 campsites occupied in…
Location: Drumnadrochit Woke up, got out of bed, made my breakfast with moldy bread. Sad face. Good thing there was a backup plan and a bakery in town. A few photos of where we parked. Instagram style versus reality. To be clear, it was a great park-up, just looks funny. The green box is…
Location: Portree, Isle of Skye We had some pretty significant rain last night. We were joined by 3 other vans in the not at all secret “wild camping” spot. Everyone was quieter than the rain and wind so all was good. Prior to departing we went for a hike on the nearby trails. More amazing…
Location: Near Kinlochewe We slept fairly well at the side of the single lane highway. Very little road noise overnight. It was windy however. Fortunately we were parked nose into the prevailing winds. This meant less rocking and wind noise. Still plenty of noise, but not as bad as John O’Groats. Lovely start to the…
Location: South of Durness Let’s talk about wind! Gusts to 95kph and steady state in the sixties. The RV never stopped rocking and complaining. We did get some sleep but nature really fought us. The waves breaking on the shore of Stroma Isle, part of the Oarkneys, were incredible to watch in the near distance…
Location: John O’Groats Pretty lovely sleep, all things considered, at our little lay-by down by the river. We did have some rain which despite waking us up did sound lovely. Post awakening I did a short walk down by the river. Mrs Milddogs met some local people who were out and about. One fellow was…
