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Brian_DL13
 


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We did the NC500 back in August 2004, before it was even thought of. Nice and peaceful it was Thumbs Up . The only dangerous thing on the road was SWMBO who insisted on driving the hired motorhome - till I insisted after half an hour that enough was enough Rolling with laughter

Here's a few pics - including ones of some of my abiding memories, rain and midges Whistle











 

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kirkyworld
 


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Planning a visit for October half term in the D4. I'll need to try and sort where to stay centrally so i can leave the caravan and do some sightseeing.
  
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Girlfriend asked if I had ever done this NC500 thing so I had to think about it. I worked out I have done it all at one time or another, mostly towing trailers or in a 20 ton lorry.
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Someone-Gone
 


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See there was the body of a dead man discovered within a Campervan this week. It had been parked at B&Q car park, Inverness for months!

Alerted by a shopper who noticed the smell and flies round the vehicle.

Evidently not suspicious and not local.

Big hoo ha about why it wasn’t discovered earlier, but B&Q is a favourite spot for tourists in caravans and campervans to park for nothing, use the toilets etc.
  
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Sea Raider wrote:
Just wait till the convoy of 15 Italian motorhomes arrive

They passed through Lochgilphead and onto Oban on Saturday, 1 big long line travelling at speeds of 35mph - 40mph and not a thought for anything else on the road.


It's not unique to the Italians....we were staying in Durness a few years ago when the Germans invaded.

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marsie
 


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i honestly think the standard of driving in the uk has got worse over the last few years. I partly put it down to the fact that cars virtually drive themselves these days and with all the driver aids a lot of skill and concentration is taken out of the equation. Not many days go by that i don't witness near misses just on my way to and from work

I passed my test in 1989 and my first car didn't even have servo brakes (1973 mini), followed by a vauxhall chevette that you had to juggle clutch control with use of the choke cable just to keep the b*****d thing running at junctions Rolling Eyes

We have several trips up to scotland every year and have yet to do the NC500 (since it became the NC500). Lets hope that it doesn't become just another racetrack like the nice driving roads we have around derbyshire and the peak district
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1989? Newbie!
 A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.  
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marsie
 


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Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter Rolling with laughter
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Someone-Gone
 


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I was out and about in Plockton and Lochcaron this afternoon. Motor Homes literally everywhere, down roads they shouldn’t have been and as for reversing, well they don’t.

I came across three accidents involving them. The photo below shows what happens when you swing out towards the near side to take a corner and forget about a parked car. It was a locals car to make matters worse.

Another Motor Home near Strome Ferry reversed into a stationary car and a third went off the verge on a single track roadand that’s forgetting about the road rage whereby an Edinburgh Mini Coach refused to let a Kyle of Lochalsh Hire Van pass on a single track road and the drivers hand hit the horn and stayed there. Take your life in your hands and it will only get worse. Rolling Eyes

Plockton incident. Italian driver out with the gaffer tape. Side of the thing was quite badly scraped.



You can see what the Motor Home did.



Overall view of car and motor home. Thumbs Up


  
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I just got back from a "wee trip" (not in a D3, but a wee Honda estate). (Wee trip = Tamworth -> Lowestoft -> Ardnamurchan -> Tamworth with a couple of days on the Ardnamurchan Peninsular - nicely off the beaten track and very nice place)
I got stuck behind a very large Italian registered motor home who made (nearly) everything back up so he could force through. Nearly??? - Well the live fish wagon coming the other way was even bigger (and I suspect had been watching the motor home's progress for a mile or so) - he was bigger, and most definitely was not going to back up on the sharp bend over a bridge. I'd pulled into a gateway to let the pantomime proceed - the Italian tried to force the fish wagon back, but might won and the Italian had to back up. He could easily have got into the gateway I'd pulled into, but decided to go on a bit further, Mr.Fish lorry stopped and decided to watch what would happen next (the local bus was arriving from "our" direction, so forced Mr.Italian to go forwards, and into the gateway - only he made a mess of that. Mr.Fish and I were now in conversation about Mr.Italian - how the heck did Mr.Fish know so much of Mr.Italian's family tree?? Eventually me, Mr.Italian and Mr.Bus are on our way and Mr Fish was on his way. How the heck did Mr.Bus and I manage to get out of the gateway before Mr.Italian (I wanted to follow Mr.Bus, but he explained he was stopping in about a mile and was quite happy for me to go first, but he was determined that Mr.Italian would be behind us both.
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LT
 


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“No Pain, No Gain”.

The NC500 route brings in an estimated £10m to the local economy.
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Someone-Gone
 


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£10m is a very small fry considering the disruption and one that’s not seen by the majority of locals, whom would happily loose the trade.
  
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LT
 


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One man's small fry, is another man's living.

https://www.northcoast500.com/trade/

I was born and bred in a famous tourist City.
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I'm planning on cycling it next year with SWMBO. The current thinking is to try and do it in 3 days. Very Happy
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In a few months we will see if that £10m matters Wink

I tour up that way a lot and spend a fair bit with local businesses, just shows I’ve been wasting my cash.

In the East Neuk tourism keeps the little businesses open, come the end of season and it’s a ghost town.

Got to love those that complain, but will go abroad and become a tourist themselves.
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