Maxheadroom Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 Hi guys n girls, kinda Cayman related , thinking of driving the north coast 500 possibly next year so just got a couple of questions 1. wondering if anyone on this forum has driven it in your Cayman ? 2. How far and few in between are the petrol stations on the north coast of Scotland. cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder Beanoir™ Posted June 5, 2018 Founder Share Posted June 5, 2018 @Highland Fling is your man to ask for local knowledge on that subject i reckon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1 Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 1. Nope but have traversed some adjacent / intermediate routes ... choose your timing very carefully, off peak preferably. 2. Check out https://www.northcoast500.com/explore-the-route/ if not already done so. Also consider ... https://www.northeast250.com/ , again ... have not run this exact route. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxheadroom Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 21 hours ago, Beanoir said: @Highland Fling is your man to ask for local knowledge on that subject i reckon ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxheadroom Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 3 hours ago, Mk1 said: 1. Nope but have traversed some adjacent / intermediate routes ... choose your timing very carefully, off peak preferably. 2. Check out https://www.northcoast500.com/explore-the-route/ if not already done so. Also consider ... https://www.northeast250.com/ , again ... have not run this exact route. I’ve glanced over the north coast 500, but didn’t realise there was a northeast 250 , thanks MK1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Highland Fling Posted August 19, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted August 19, 2018 On 05/06/2018 at 21:24, Maxheadroom said: Hi guys n girls, kinda Cayman related , thinking of driving the north coast 500 possibly next year so just got a couple of questions 1. wondering if anyone on this forum has driven it in your Cayman ? 2. How far and few in between are the petrol stations on the north coast of Scotland. cheers. Hi Maxheadroom, The North Coast 500 is a fabulous drive in your Cayman. I've done the route 3 times and know it well. You asked about petrol stations, so here are a few tips on some other aspects as well. 1. Do the route anti-clockwise. That is from Inverness north on the A9 to John 'o Groats and Thurso. The reason for that, is you are leaving the best until last. A coffee stop at Poppy's on the high street at Golspie is an ideal half-way halt. 2. Take 3 overnight stops at least. Suggestions are, first night Forss House Hotel, Thurso. second night, Bettyhill Hotel, or Inverlodge Hotel, Lochinver. third night, Poolewe, Aultbea or Gairloch hotels. For a special treat if you budget allows, a fourth night at The Torridon, Annat. 3. Regarding fuel stops, only a few petrol stations have super unleaded fuel. Fill up at Tesco retail park, or Shell station Raigmore, Inverness before you start. Next fuel top- up Wick or Thurso. That'll take you to Ullapool where Gleaner super unleaded is available at the pump furthest away from the road. I always carry a 10 litre can of petrol with me on the NC500 just in case of emergencies. 4. Many POI's on the route. Duncansby Head east of John '0 Groats is spectacular. Particularly the walk across the hill to the Duncansby Stacks. Further west, the beach near Sangobeg and a visit to Smoo Cave are well worth a stop. Knockan Crag geology on the A 835 also well worth a stop. More information in The North Coast 500 Guide Book by Charles Tait. 5. Finally, do not attempt this route in the summer high season. It is mobbed with camper vans. Best time to enjoy this route is March/April (avoiding Easter), or late September early October avoiding the midges. Enjoy! Brian 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxheadroom Posted April 2, 2019 Author Share Posted April 2, 2019 Hi @Highland Fling, epic response, many thanks but first my apologies for not replying to your post. Not sure why/how I missed it but managed to some how. Excellent advice which has given some real food for thought and will deffo help plan our rout. Not sure when yet as this years gonna be really busy at work so September could be a winner if not then April next year. Once again many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Norton Posted April 2, 2019 Share Posted April 2, 2019 Excellent topic...always fancied this myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsched eggs Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 I did it anti-clockwise last summer in an Elise and caterham. Was awesome. flew to Inverness, and went to John o groats, Thurso, Ullapool and Skye before heading back via Cairngorms 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle_turbo Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 I did this route (see pic) last year with 9 other other cars. We started and ended in Edinburgh, staying in Durness and Loch Ness on the way. I hired a base 718 which is what hooked me on the Cayman. It was an awesome machine, very fast once rolling and kept up with M2s, M3s a GTR, and several RS4s. We are going again this year in September, highly recommended. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxheadroom Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 04/04/2019 at 07:35, Dougle_turbo said: I did this route (see pic) last year with 9 other other cars. We started and ended in Edinburgh, staying in Durness and Loch Ness on the way. I hired a base 718 which is what hooked me on the Cayman. It was an awesome machine, very fast once rolling and kept up with M2s, M3s a GTR, and several RS4s. We are going again this year in September, highly recommended. How many days did it take you to cover this route Douglas_Turbo, It looks slightly shorter than the route on the NC500 website. We were hoping to take a week so giving us plenty of time to explore and enjoy Scotland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougle_turbo Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Maxheadroom said: How many days did it take you to cover this route Douglas_Turbo, It looks slightly shorter than the route on the NC500 website. We were hoping to take a week so giving us plenty of time to explore and enjoy Scotland We did it in three days of driving, with a travel day at either end. The first two days we covered a lot of ground, I would say 5 days doing the full route would let you cover it at a sensible pace and explore a bit. We didn't explore at all, well just the hotel bar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxheadroom Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 There’s no chance of me being able to cover a lot of ground with my wife in passenger seat, it only takes a slight rise in engine note which is then followed by copious amounts of disapproval I’ll be definitely be exploring the hotel bars but sadly not a whiskey fan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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