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Camp Carrot 🥕 NC500 and to stake claim to the Haggis

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Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) East Anglia AO Full License Holder

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The Plan!

 

Start June 3rd

 

Nearly 1300 miles. 18 days, 17 overnight stays in order to catch the elusive haggis. Me in my westie and my mate in his Locost seven will undertake the drive from the flat fens in East Anglia and head to the Eastern side of the nc500. We will then head west and back down through the pennines and back home.

 

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17 individual hotels or b&bs booked.

 

Must be mad lol

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You’ll love it. The east coast is a bit meh, but the north and west coasts are spectacular. With that timescale you’ve got time to get onto Skye as well. Enjoy!

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I may see you up there. Will be doing the run with my daughter. Loved it last time. 

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Yeah you'll love it, will be busy in June with campers and foreign drivers, mainly Dutch as they just love Scotland. 

 

Hopefully your doing the full route and if so my advice is to ignore the official route and do it anticlockwise, leaving all the best bits to last. As said above the East Coast is a bit bland by comparison. 

 

I've done it 9 times now, but then it's on my doorstep. 

 

Sounds like my Euro trips with so many hotels booked, takes a good eye for Admin! 😄

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Actually if it's not too late in the planning process, I'd suggest you include the Cairngorms in your route up if you can, you won't be disappointed. 

 

Probably some of the best roads we have up here, with some lovely long sections and a wee bit different to the West Coast. The drive up to Glenshee and then on to Braemar is amazing and you can get a move on too.

 

If you could fit it in you'd end up at Grantown-on-Spey and then up to Nairn and across to Inverness, missing out the long slog of the A9.

 

 

Oh man, bring on the Spring and the good weather..! 😄

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9 hours ago, Craigieboy said:

Yeah you'll love it, will be busy in June with campers and foreign drivers, mainly Dutch as they just love Scotland. 

 

Hopefully your doing the full route and if so my advice is to ignore the official route and do it anticlockwise, leaving all the best bits to last. As said above the East Coast is a bit bland by comparison. 

 

I've done it 9 times now, but then it's on my doorstep. 

 

Sounds like my Euro trips with so many hotels booked, takes a good eye for Admin! 😄

Definately leaving the best till last. Will be giving a bit more info out soon.

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22 hours ago, Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) East Anglia AO said:

The Plan!

 

Start June 3rd

 

Nearly 1300 miles. 18 days, 17 overnight stays in order to catch the elusive haggis. Me in my westie and my mate in his Locost seven will undertake the drive from the flat fens in East Anglia and head to the Eastern side of the nc500. We will then head west and back down through the pennines and back home.

 

UPDATE

 

17 individual hotels or b&bs booked.

 

Must be mad lol

Don’t forget your midge repellant they will be hungry in June! But you will love it and you’re doing it the right way anti clock wise!

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Definately on the list. 

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Did it in the motorhome last year, in April. Was lovely. Would be great to do in the car one day

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27 minutes ago, Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) East Anglia AO said:

Definately on the list. 

Don't forget your haggis lasso 

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Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) East Anglia AO Full License Holder

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. IMG-20260306-WA0003_resized.thumb.jpeg.ae6d4002883b53e5cd45a5cf989aedeb.jpegParts finally arrived for gearbox and diff maintenance. Let the work commence ready for bonny scotland. Also found a hose ready to fly off.20260301_133533.thumb.jpg.8f4f460f5dbb1e9f87732bc1ad4b1914.jpg

 

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That will be an awesome trip. There is a small group of mixed kits located across the central belt between Glasgow, Edinburgh and Fife. Three Westfields, MK, Raptor etc that meet for up for drives now and again. Maybe we could meet up at some point if everything aligned. A run up to Braemar would be awesome.

All the best 

Andy

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Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) East Anglia AO Full License Holder

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The thing you have all been waiting for. The itinerary. 

 

From kings lynn 

 

Date          Destinations                  miles

 

June 3rd scotch corner                   141 

June 4th Berwick                             55 

June 5th edinburgh                          55 

June 6th Edinburgh                          0

June 7th Pitlochry                            71

June 8th Nairn                                 53

June 9th golspie                              51

June 10th wick                                 60

June 11th coldbackie                       60

June 12th ullapool                           83

June 13th loch carron                     68

June 14th fort william                      86

June 15th hamilton                          90

June 16th Keswick                          90

June 17th  skipton                           70

June 18th  hull                                 70

June 19th  home                             93

 

Between all of these stays we will be travelling everywhere in between. Visiting everywhere possible. Sightseeing. Eating .

 

A massive trip in our little cars and will be one massive write up.

I will of course be updating this page on our travels.

 

 

 

 

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