redsmartie
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I'm planning a May trip on the NC500. I've done my initial research and seen many suggested trips based on 2/3/4 days. I put together an initial itinerary for the group, or which there will be four of us but having seen some further information from routes posted on Garmin Adventures I'm not sure if I have the daily mileage right. Its difficult to tell based on the amount of interesting stops to be had or the road conditions but I don't currently have the confidence to think I'm close enough to start looking at overnight accommodation stops. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.
We will be going anti-clockwise having done a two day journey to get there from Manchester (all the way to Inverness in one day is also under discussion but yet to be resolved). From my initial looks at the map I have this rough plan.
Having done the other year with a daily average of 170 miles in a day I know that while we could do substantially more, a smaller planned distance gave us much more freedom and flexibility to stop/visit/detour/explore should we want to.
Open to suggestions.
Thanks,
Martin
We will be going anti-clockwise having done a two day journey to get there from Manchester (all the way to Inverness in one day is also under discussion but yet to be resolved). From my initial looks at the map I have this rough plan.
- Day 1 (148 miles) Inverness to John O'Groats
- Day 2 (166 miles) John O'Groats to Achiltibuie
- Day 3 (219 miles) Achiltibuie to Inverness
Having done the other year with a daily average of 170 miles in a day I know that while we could do substantially more, a smaller planned distance gave us much more freedom and flexibility to stop/visit/detour/explore should we want to.
Open to suggestions.
Thanks,
Martin