NC500 - possible to be enjoyed in 4 days PHOTOS

Well here we are back in Scotland! Called at the Jim Clark museum and Wallace memorial on the way up.

Visited the Commando memorial and Alfa Scorcessi came out to see us again - great stuff. Sent him a text to say we were driving through Fort William and he met us again! Top fella!
And he has the same pilottis as my brother in law.

Drove the fabulous Dunn road first talked about some years ago when driven on a forum hoons and just finished a brilliant hoons to the hotel on the wonderful A82.

We've had sunshine at Stirling but the overcast makes previously sunny and bright routes feel much more sinister and malevolent. Totally different feel - very forbidding in comparison with the bright and friendly feel in the sunshine!

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Fantastic Trip, photos and stories to go with it - thanks for sharing it. Superb Pictures and you definitely chose the right week. That could very easily have been a wash out.

PS. I dont think I'll bother entering the Photo Comp for several months now.
 
Great write up and photos :thumbsup: Looks an amazing trip with some stunning roads and scenery to go with it. Very envious.

Must add to my bucket list :D
 
Whilst battling the traffic out of Edinburgh tonight I spotted heading the opposite direction a Grey Zed (top down) closely followed by a Lotus.
Could this have been Paul & co heading home or just a strange coincidence?
 
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MefiEcosse said:
Whilst battling the traffic out of Edinburgh tonight I spotted heading the opposite direction a Grey Zed (top down) closely followed by a Lotus.
Could this have been Paul & co heading home or just a strange coincidence?
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I think the timing is right, good spot :thumbsup:
 
AlfaScozzesi said:
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MefiEcosse said:
Whilst battling the traffic out of Edinburgh tonight I spotted heading the opposite direction a Grey Zed (top down) closely followed by a Lotus.
Could this have been Paul & co heading home or just a strange coincidence?
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I think the timing is right, good spot :thumbsup:
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They wouldn't be thinking the timing was right once they sat in the queue on the bypass! :wink:
 
MefiEcosse said:
AlfaScozzesi said:
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MefiEcosse said:
Whilst battling the traffic out of Edinburgh tonight I spotted heading the opposite direction a Grey Zed (top down) closely followed by a Lotus.
Could this have been Paul & co heading home or just a strange coincidence?
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I think the timing is right, good spot :thumbsup:
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They wouldn't be thinking the timing was right once they sat in the queue on the bypass! :wink:
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Well, I get a rare chance to get on to the forum tonight and so pleased I did. What a great write up of a fantastic trip, and some brilliant photos which just make you want to get in the car and drive up there.

Pleased you all had a great trip. Really sorry to hear about your family news Paul and Steph - big hugs from me.

Seems a lot of us on the forum have a lot going on this year, we are all really lucky to be able to jump in our cars and forget all this for a few hours whilst we appreciate some great driving and some great mates

Hope to catch up again soon :driving:
 
metal licker said:
Some great pics Paul :thumbsup:
In the last pic is that the Clachaig Inn at Glencoe ?
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It is Metal Licker!

Just had a busy 2 days visiting Scotland with my brother in Law and Steph sorted a route that mirrored what we did on the Skye trip with Bing. We thought Clachaig would be great for lunch in the way up so we did just that. Happy memories of that first Skye visit! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:



MefiEcosse said:
Whilst battling the traffic out of Edinburgh tonight I spotted heading the opposite direction a Grey Zed (top down) closely followed by a Lotus.
Could this have been Paul & co heading home or just a strange coincidence?
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It WAS us Richard! We saw a few Zeds on the trip and we were on our way back south (we had a brilliant run down via Hawick and deserted roads - great way to end a fabulous couple of days). :thumbsup:

jaRED said:
Well, I get a rare chance to get on to the forum tonight and so pleased I did. What a great write up of a fantastic trip, and some brilliant photos which just make you want to get in the car and drive up there.

Pleased you all had a great trip. Really sorry to hear about your family news Paul and Steph - big hugs from me.

Seems a lot of us on the forum have a lot going on this year, we are all really lucky to be able to jump in our cars and forget all this for a few hours whilst we appreciate some great driving and some great mates

Hope to catch up again soon :driving:
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Thanks jaRED - see you at the Nationals?

Thanks for all the positive comments folks - we all talked a lot about posting up photos on the forum and how it can sometimes brass people off a bit but we had a great time and will continue to post up what we enjoy.
 
Without a doubt continue to post up road-trip pics and write your tales of all the adventures....... it's all part of owning these types of cars,the days out and longer trips.
 
paulgs1000 said:
metal licker said:
Some great pics Paul :thumbsup:
In the last pic is that the Clachaig Inn at Glencoe ?
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It is Metal Licker!
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Have thought about using the Inn as a sleep over for future trips to the highlands,did you stop overnight?

jaRED said:
Well, I get a rare chance to get on to the forum tonight and so pleased I did. What a great write up of a fantastic trip, and some brilliant photos which just make you want to get in the car and drive up there.

Pleased you all had a great trip. Really sorry to hear about your family news Paul and Steph - big hugs from me.

Seems a lot of us on the forum have a lot going on this year, we are all really lucky to be able to jump in our cars and forget all this for a few hours whilst we appreciate some great driving and some great mates

Hope to catch up again soon :driving:
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Hi Ruth how's the family :thumbsup:
 
metal licker said:
paulgs1000 said:
metal licker said:
Some great pics Paul :thumbsup:
In the last pic is that the Clachaig Inn at Glencoe ?
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It is Metal Licker!
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Have thought about using the Inn as a sleep over for future trips to the highlands,did you stop overnight?

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Hi Alan - we didn't stay overnight - we pressed on to the Cluanie Inn on the Eilean Donan road.

Steph saw that the Clachaig had rooms and they were comparable in price with the place we stayed £70 a room B&B (they were booked up until Oct after we left!).
 
I've looked at this place also for a couple of nights as it looks fairly lively of an evening :D Food & rooms look good also but I think you'd need to be lucky to turn up without a reservation and get a room as it looks like it's popular with walkers on West Highland Way.Regular music on I believe which also entices us townies out for the weekend :thumbsup:
 
Highlander said:
I've looked at this place also for a couple of nights as it looks fairly lively of an evening :D Food & rooms look good also but I think you'd need to be lucky to turn up without a reservation and get a room as it looks like it's popular with walkers on West Highland Way.Regular music on I believe which also entices us townies out for the weekend :thumbsup:
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It is a good night out apart from the fact someone has to drive for us. Been to a couple of "festivals" there which have been good fun with loads of live music. Their whisky range is also excellent. I had a very nice Craigallechie at home which I hadn't to open until my 40th and it was here I got to taste it first, before my 40th! Had quite a few :thumbsup:

Long gone now :(
 
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