Camp Carrot 🥕 NC500 and to stake claim to the Haggis

[Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) East Anglia AO]

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

[Tim (Sideways) Johnson - Club Treasurer]

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!

[AndyD-Yellow Peril]

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

 

[Craigieboy]

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! 

[Craigieboy]

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..! 

[Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) East Anglia AO]

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.

[Ross the Scottish exile]

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!

[Martin Bell - (Bellyboy) East Anglia AO]

Definately on the list. 

[Benrobson2999 - Joint Kent AO]

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

[mega ade]

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

Definately on the list. 

Don't forget your haggis lasso