NC500
Anyone thinking of doing this is probably already aware of the possible 'over' popularity of the route. I spotted this little snippet on the BBC News website which may add to your woes if others try to break the record..
"Mr Quigley recovered from his first accident and went on to shave six minutes off the existing record for cycling the North Coast 500 when he completed the Highland route in 31 hours and 17 minutes last September."
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Love it!
We've been behind a few cyclists down in Cornwall recently so beware the Tour of Briatin effect this summer!
The one advantage of the far northern routes this year will probably be the lack of EU motorcyclists and tour buses, so make the best of it while you can even if you have a vision in lycra in front of you....
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Maybe it should be made a cyclists only route ?
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It will all quiten down when the midges come out again.
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Please forgive me if I am incorrect but how did you manage to spend 3 weeks away from home in Scotland during a period of lockdown? I do agree with you about the hired motorcaravans,the "drivers" have not on the whole had the experience of driving large goods vehicles on narrow roads and most have no idea as to how to reverse.The family that they take with them have,on the whole,no idea as to how to behave on site!I witnessed all of this last year and actually returned home earlier than planned due to these issues.
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As mentioned Scottish sites opened up on 26th and by pure coincidence we had Brora booked from that day - sometimes you're the pigeon sometimes the statue lol
For years been doing Kinlochewe from mid April(avoid the midges) to the end and then move over to Brora, twoish weeks on each site.
Next years already booked!
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A tour around Scotland of 4-6 weeks starting and finishing here usually accounts for 2000-2500 miles.
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We've done less miles by heading straight up to Dunnet and then touring Orkney and Shetland because the ferries did a lot of the miles for us.🙂
Scotland is a bigger country than people think. It’s laughable when folk talk of doing the whole NC500 in 2 weeks including travel from England.
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Unfortunately the tourist name has gripped people more than the real names of the area. You can collect badges and stamps as you travel around. If we had the WC750 (that would be fun 😊) in Cornwall and Devon it would be similar. So it's just become a "thing to do." I presume many will never see all that Scotland has to offer, just the track north, the longest access route ever..!
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Only Just seen your post , Corners ! On the most recent visit of mine to Grummore club site it took me about an hour to get from the site back to the road junction nearest to Altnahara purely due to a 'mob of cyclists' heading up the back roads to J O'G -- querying the numbers as I eventually arrived at clear tarmac, I was told there were many hundreds of the scamps quite a few of them not being very polite and, coming round a bend and meeting my Ducato told ME to get off THEIR road !
If they want a clear run up that way, I'll arrange for a giant automatic opening / closing sink hole especially for them, and them alone!
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I always have the edge. Three days food and water. Unless they come with a legion or two and a couple of siege engines....
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