NC500 Top 10 Must See Locations in 2024!

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  • Опубліковано 30 чер 2024
  • NC500 GUIDE BOOK - robbieroams.com/product/north... This is the ULTIMATE NC500 MUST SEE places in 2024! Doing the NC500 soon? YOU MUST WATCH THIS VIDEO! I've got my TOP 10 MUST SEE PLACES! The North Coast 500 is as popular as it will ever be and for that reason you need to plan ahead and make sure you don't miss out on these incredible places...
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    Our 12 Day Route...
    Day 1: Home to Inverness
    Day 2: Inverness to Fortrose Bay
    Day 3: Fortrose Bay to Dornoch
    Day 4: Dornoch to John O Groats
    Day 5: John o Groats to Tongue
    Day 6: Thurso to Durness
    Day 7: Durness to Ullapool
    Day 8: Ullapool to Poolewe to Loch Carron
    Day 9: Loch Carron to Applecross to Skye
    Day 10: Skye
    Day 11: Skye to Fort William
    Day 12: Fort William to Glencoe
    MUST SEE PLACES:
    Loch Ness / Fairy Glen Walk / Dolphin & Seal Watching at Chanonry Point / Campfire Beach / Rogie Falls / Falls of Shin / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate / Dornoch Beach / Brora Beach (Highland Cows here) / Castle of Old Wick / Castle Sinclair / John o Groats / Duncasby Head Sea Stacks & Light House / Dunnet Bay Beach / Strathy Beach / Thurso Town (Last Tesco for a while) / Smoo Cave / Sango Bay Beach (Must See) / Balnakeil Beach / Cocoa Mountain Worlds Best Hot Chocolate / Kylesku Bridge / Wailing Widdow Falls at Loch Gainmhich / Drumbeg Viewpoint / Clashnessie Falls / Ardvreck Castle / Falls of Mesach Suspension Bridge / Victoria Falls / Explore The Town of Poolewe / Bealach na Bà Pass / Applecross Village / Road to Skye / Mealt Falls / Quiraing / Dunvegan Castle / Neist Point Lighthouse / Old Man of Storr / Fairy Pools / Talisker Distillery / Jacobite Train (Hogwarts Express Harry Potter Train) / Glencoe Mountain Range / Glen etive Road - James Bond Viewpoint / Glenfinnan Viaduct / Nevis Gorge and Falls

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  • @JohnSmith-lk8cy
    @JohnSmith-lk8cy 4 місяці тому +4

    Just bought two copies.Thanks very much! One for me in my Sprinter and my son for his new T6 conversion. Definitely doing it this year.

  • @RoamwithJeep
    @RoamwithJeep 4 місяці тому +2

    This looks epic! Thanks for this awesome info. I was there last spring for a few weeks and only got to drive a little bit of it. I'll be ordering your Guide Book and use it for this mid April's NC500 solo trip vlog.
    Cheers!

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  4 місяці тому +1

      Thank you sir have a great trip 🙏

  • @kidda74
    @kidda74 5 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for this, I'm planning on riding it in spring!

  • @Hanneman60
    @Hanneman60 Місяць тому +2

    We're leaving this Sunday. IJmuiden > Newcastle. Youre guidebook was very usefull. Booked everything in advance. Riding anti clockwise with a motorhome. Included two days Skye! It's our first time travelling with a motorhome. No worries, I'm a experienced lorrie driver and drove many Miles in England. Also on a bike! Looking forward to this trip!

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  Місяць тому +1

      Glad it was helpful! Hope you had a great trip ☺️

  • @NicoVeenkamp
    @NicoVeenkamp 6 місяців тому +1

    Thnx Robbie. Right n time for my planning for NC500 2024

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you have a wonderful trip 🙏

  • @j-bow.mylife97
    @j-bow.mylife97 6 місяців тому

    Very happy to see you included Strathy Bay. I used to get taken there in the school holidays when I was a kid. Saw RAF Harriers doing low level flying training and my first ‘girlfriend’ (for about 2 weeks when we were both aged 14) was a local girl. Not been since the early 90’s but am swinging by next year with my Wife on our semi retirement tour.

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  6 місяців тому +1

      You have some great memories! It's a truly wonderful place isn't it?

    • @j-bow.mylife97
      @j-bow.mylife97 6 місяців тому

      @@robbieroams Very much so - I can't wait to take my Wife there next year (& around Scotland in general). We have been meaning to go for years.

    • @freedomrides747
      @freedomrides747 6 місяців тому

      My personal favourites are Balnakeil beach, The Wee Mad Road and The Falls of Measach at The Corrieshalloch Gorge.

  • @Ursus5749
    @Ursus5749 4 місяці тому

    Hi Roobie - love the channel and got the book. Planning on doing NC500 in next couple of months. Just 1 question / piece of advice please? Could I make it all the way (including challenging roads like Bealach na Bà) with my small Mink Camper teardrop trailer. Keen to try if it’s do-able. Thanks for any advice.

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  4 місяці тому +1

      It would depend on how long your total length (car plus trailer is)

  • @dennybooth4336
    @dennybooth4336 4 місяці тому +1

    We have done clock and anti clock NC500 ( 4 weeks - 1600 miles!!) using 'The.Campervan Bible' map all the way, brilliant night stops and views. Get going peeps you won't be disappointed.

  • @user-ed2kl5vh7w
    @user-ed2kl5vh7w Місяць тому

    What is needed is a 5ft height restriction on side roads

  • @d2cko
    @d2cko 3 місяці тому

    I'm doing the NC500 in August, do you think we need to book campsites in advance, or is there generally space for you to just turn up on the day?

  • @mattgodfrey8858
    @mattgodfrey8858 3 місяці тому +1

    I’m planning a road trip and wanted to know what’s the best time of year to avoid midges

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  3 місяці тому

      Probably July & August is when you’d expect them to be out and about although it varies massively, the West coast suffers more and it’s very weather dependant.

  • @WoodyTheCampervan
    @WoodyTheCampervan 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for the video! We did the NC500 in 2019 and loved it, but we went in late March. Half open, half not! Not many petrol stations had fuel etc. When would you recommend the best time to go is that's not going to be mental, but also open for the season?

    • @lucasn1356
      @lucasn1356 5 місяців тому

      Not many stations with fuel - how far between fill ups did you have to do? We’re going this summer in cars that might struggle to get 250 miles to a tank

    • @WoodyTheCampervan
      @WoodyTheCampervan 5 місяців тому +1

      @@lucasn1356 You'll be fine with 250 miles. Places like Inverness, Wick, Thurso, Ullapool & Gairloch (the bigger places) had proper petrol stations so would suggest those. Some of the smaller towns and villages along the north and west coast were the ones that were where we had trouble - single pump outside of a village store type of thing

    • @lucasn1356
      @lucasn1356 5 місяців тому

      @@WoodyTheCampervan makes sense, cheers. Did you notice fuel qualities at all? As in 97/99 octane?

    • @WoodyTheCampervan
      @WoodyTheCampervan 5 місяців тому +1

      @@lucasn1356 No problem. I don't recall the fuel qualities now. Sorry!

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  5 місяців тому

      Most of the restaurants, campsites and attractions are open from the end of April until September/October. I would say May or September personally 👍

  • @fiestaria
    @fiestaria 5 місяців тому +1

    Is the Torridon way the A896 I presume? Thanks:)

  • @chriswilliams1853
    @chriswilliams1853 6 місяців тому +2

    Have got to ask Robbie. Have heard various comments that the NC500 is not a road for caravan towers even if experienced, can you comment please.

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  6 місяців тому

      There are a couple of parts that aren’t accessible (Drumbeg Loop & Bealach Na Ba Pass), although that would apply to larger motorhomes too. The rest would be possible for an experienced tower. A good option is picking a few campsites as a base to explore from 👍

  • @trekker8187
    @trekker8187 5 місяців тому +1

    What months are best to go to avoid the midges please?

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  5 місяців тому +1

      Midges can be hit and miss, some years worse than others, only in some areas not others - generally they are worse in June, July & August.

    • @dennybooth4336
      @dennybooth4336 4 місяці тому

      We went end April to end May. The little so and so s were just surfacing after our night at Crinan Locks.

  • @fortyfat4803
    @fortyfat4803 5 місяців тому +1

    The new book has places to stop campsites ????

    • @MrWickCOD
      @MrWickCOD 5 місяців тому +2

      Everything, I've just bought the book it's awesome

  • @davidedge4557
    @davidedge4557 Місяць тому

    The Scottish Tourist Board have unwittingly ruined this area. I have been going every year for 4 decades. Was there last week, and don't think I will go again. Beelach Na Ba is now just a motorhome traffic jam, despite road signs saying 'not advisable for motorhomes'. These signs are ignored (understandably, as big brown NC500 signs point you up) which leads to jams. In other single track roads, lots of motorhomes, foreign, hired and private, and a lot of drivers do not know the etiquette of the passing places, both for oncoming vehicles and those wishing to overtake. Think I'm done with this part of Scotland now. I appreciate it has brought money in.

  • @dougiel2006
    @dougiel2006 5 місяців тому

    Robbie roams boring bastard in a transit van NC 500 best bits were the Dog

    • @MrWickCOD
      @MrWickCOD 5 місяців тому

      What does that all mean you clown ???

    • @neilmick6778
      @neilmick6778 5 місяців тому

      Bit angry?

    • @robbieroams
      @robbieroams  5 місяців тому

      Thanks I think? 🤔😀

    • @JohnSmith-lk8cy
      @JohnSmith-lk8cy 4 місяці тому +1

      Narcissist RED FLAG right there. Angry, jealous that you gave a great channel and actually DO stuff instead of attacking people.

  • @tonya3519
    @tonya3519 Місяць тому

    It's like watching crufts. 🤢🤮