Posts Tagged: Scotland’s Route 66

Clever, clever NC500, and Pokemon GONE!

Castle of Old Wick. Image Alan Hendry

What’s not to love about NC500? At the time of writing (and I fully expect this record to be broken again soon) the fastest time for cycling all 518 scenic but hilly miles of the NC500 route is 29 hours. That record was set by cyclist James McCallum in June, who pedalled almost non-stop round… Read more »

North Coast 500 – genius. And Mum’s a spy!

It’s really is the most fabulous idea, the creation of The North Coast 500, a 500 mile driving route clockwise around the top of Scotland, starting and ending in Inverness. In fact it’s such a brilliant idea that I can’t imagine why we didn’t think of it before. The route, already dubbed ‘Scotland’s answer to… Read more »