NC 500 plus

9 May 2026 - 17 May 2026

Steve BrayshawPremium

9days

63stops

1834.2miles

48.83hours

1country

£867.57cost

Day 1

Sat, 9 May

303.8 mi (£102.84, 6 hr 15 min)

Home

Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, UK

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Drive 281.8 mi (£35.10, 5 hr 4 min)

Windermere

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Drive 15.2 mi (£1.89, 49 min)

Hardknott Pass

Broughton-in-Furness, UK

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Drive 6.8 mi (£0.85, 21 min)

Overnight

Bower House Inn

Eskdale, Holmrook, UK

£65.00

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Day 2

Sun, 10 May

320 mi (£114.25, 7 hr 48 min)

Drive 13 mi (£1.62, 23 min)

Fuel

36 North Road

Egremont, CA22 2PR, United Kingdom

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Drive 45.3 mi (£5.64, 1 hr 8 min)

Fuel

Chandler Way

Carlisle, CA3 0JY, United Kingdom

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Drive 7.8 mi (£0.97, 10 min)

Gretna Green

Gretna, UK

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Drive 101.3 mi (£12.62, 1 hr 53 min)

Fuel

16 Dumbarton Road

Milton, Dumbarton, G82 2TR, United Kingdom

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Drive 76.9 mi (£9.58, 1 hr 53 min)

Place of Interest

Ballachulish Bridge

A82, Ballachulish, UK

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Drive 12.7 mi (£1.58, 21 min)

Fort William

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Drive 49.5 mi (£6.17, 1 hr 29 min)

Loch Ness

United Kingdom

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Drive 11 mi (£1.37, 20 min)

Fuel

Holm Roundabout

Inverness, IV2 6HR, United Kingdom

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Drive 2.5 mi (£0.31, 7 min)

Overnight

Crown Court Hotel

Inverness IV2 3BG, UK

£74.39

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Day 3

Mon, 11 May

140 mi (£107.44, 3 hr 42 min)

Drive 14.9 mi (£1.86, 21 min)

Place of Interest

Cromarty Bridge

A9, Dingwall, UK

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Drive 20.5 mi (£2.55, 27 min)

Place of Interest

Tain

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Drive 3.6 mi (£0.45, 6 min)

Dornoch Firth Bridge

United Kingdom

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Drive 58.3 mi (£7.26, 1 hr 23 min)

Place of Interest

Whaligoe Steps

Whaligoe, Lybster, UK

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Drive 7.1 mi (£0.88, 11 min)

Fuel

7 Francis Street

Wick, KW1 5PZ, United Kingdom

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Drive 16.4 mi (£2.04, 27 min)

Place of Interest

John o' Groats

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Drive 14.5 mi (£1.81, 30 min)

Place of Interest

Dunnet Head Lighthouse

Observation Road, Dunnet, Thurso, UK

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Drive 4.7 mi (£0.59, 14 min)

Overnight

Northern Sands Hotel

Thurso KW14 8XD, UK

£90.00

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Day 4

Tue, 12 May

105.8 mi (£113.19, 4 hr)

Drive 0.5 mi (£0.06, 2 min)

Place of Interest

A836

Thurso, KW14 8XD, United Kingdom

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Drive 8 mi (£1.00, 17 min)

Place of Interest

Thurso

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Drive 2.1 mi (£0.26, 4 min)

A9

Scrabster, Thurso, KW14 7UJ, United Kingdom

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Drive 17.2 mi (£2.14, 29 min)

Outdoor Activity

Melvich

Thurso, UK

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Drive 1.9 mi (£0.24, 10 min)

Place of Interest

Melvich Bay

United Kingdom

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Drive 3.6 mi (£0.45, 9 min)

Outdoor Activity

61 Strathy East Road

Thurso, KW14 7RZ, United Kingdom

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Drive 11.1 mi (£1.38, 24 min)

Whinnyknowe Road

Bettyhill, Thurso, KW14 7SS, United Kingdom

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Drive 40.2 mi (£5.01, 1 hr 32 min)

Outdoor Activity

Smoo Cave

Lairg, UK

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Drive 1.1 mi (£0.14, 3 min)

Fuel

A838

Durness, Lairg, IV27 4PN, United Kingdom

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Drive 0.7 mi (£0.09, 2 min)

Food and Drink

Cocoa Mountain BALNAKEIL

Balnakeil, Craft, UK

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Drive 19.4 mi (£2.42, 45 min)

Overnight

Kinlochbervie Hotel

Kinlochbervie, Lairg, IV27 4RP, United Kingdom

£100.00

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Day 5

Wed, 13 May

91.6 mi (£121.41, 3 hr 32 min)

Drive 25.3 mi (£3.15, 46 min)

Place of Interest

Kylesku Bridge

Kylesku Bridge, Lairg, UK

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Drive 10.8 mi (£1.35, 33 min)

Drumbeg

Lairg, UK

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Drive 8.4 mi (£1.05, 26 min)

Place of Interest

Clachtoll Beach

Lairg, UK

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Drive 5.4 mi (£0.67, 18 min)

Place of Interest

Achmelvich Bay

Lairg, UK

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Drive 13.7 mi (£1.71, 30 min)

Place of Interest

Ardvreck Castle

Lairg, UK

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Drive 4.2 mi (£0.52, 7 min)

Place of Interest

Allt nan Uamh Waterfall

Lairg, UK

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Drive 19.7 mi (£2.45, 34 min)

Place of Interest

Rhue Lighthouse

Rhue, Ullapool, UK

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Drive 3.6 mi (£0.45, 11 min)

Place of Interest

Ullapool

Open in Google Maps

Drive 0.4 mi (£0.05, 2 min)

Overnight

Royal Hotel

Ullapool, IV26 2SY, United Kingdom

£110.00

Open in Google Maps

Drive 0.1 mi (£0.01, 0 min)

Fuel

Garve Road

Ullapool, IV26 2SX, United Kingdom

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Day 6

Thu, 14 May

135.2 mi (£101.84, 4 hr 28 min)

Drive 55.4 mi (£6.90, 1 hr 29 min)

Place of Interest

Gairloch

Open in Google Maps

Drive 48.7 mi (£6.07, 1 hr 42 min)

Place of Interest

Fearnmore

Strathcarron, UK

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Drive 13.1 mi (£1.63, 29 min)

Place of Interest

Applecross

Strathcarron, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 18 mi (£2.24, 47 min)

Overnight

Lochcarron Hotel

Main Street, Lochcarron, Strathcarron, UK

£85.00

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Drive 0 mi (£0.00, 0 min)

Fuel

Main Street

Lochcarron, Strathcarron, IV54 8YS, United Kingdom

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Day 7

Fri, 15 May

269.5 mi (£98.79, 6 hr 57 min)

Drive 20 mi (£2.49, 36 min)

Place of Interest

Eilean Donan Castle

Dornie, Kyle of Lochalsh, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 79.6 mi (£9.92, 1 hr 51 min)

A86

Newtonmore, PH20 1BX, United Kingdom

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Drive 55.8 mi (£6.95, 1 hr 22 min)

1 Conglass Lane

Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, AB37 9HU, United Kingdom

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Drive 32.1 mi (£4.00, 56 min)

23 Kindrochit Drive

Braemar, Ballater, AB35 5YW, United Kingdom

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Drive 51.1 mi (£6.37, 1 hr 27 min)

Fuel

Crieff Road

Perth, PH1 5AG, United Kingdom

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Drive 29.2 mi (£3.64, 35 min)

Food and Drink

Five guys

Dunfermline, KY11 8EX, United Kingdom

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Drive 1.7 mi (£0.21, 5 min)

Overnight

Auld Mill House Hotel

Halbeath Road, Dunfermline, UK

£65.21

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Day 8

Sat, 16 May

196.5 mi (£73.98, 5 hr 11 min)

Drive 41.7 mi (£5.19, 1 hr 5 min)

Peebles

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Drive 51.1 mi (£6.37, 1 hr 23 min)

Catcleugh

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE19 1TX, United Kingdom

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Drive 47.1 mi (£5.87, 1 hr 4 min)

Bearsbridge

Hexham, UK

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Drive 33 mi (£4.11, 1 hr)

New Cross In

Bolton, Appleby-in-Westmorland, UK

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Drive 23.6 mi (£2.94, 37 min)

Overnight

Tan Hill Inn

Long Causeway, Richmond, UK

£49.50

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Day 9

Sun, 17 May

271.8 mi (£33.85, 6 hr 52 min)

Drive 24.2 mi (£3.01, 1 hr 5 min)

Penn Lane

Hawes, DL8 3QU, United Kingdom

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Drive 30.8 mi (£3.84, 1 hr 6 min)

B6160

Burnsall, Skipton, BD23 6BP, United Kingdom

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Drive 17.2 mi (£2.14, 39 min)

Great Northern Road

Keighley, BD21 5AJ, United Kingdom

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Drive 199.6 mi (£24.86, 4 hr 1 min)

CM22 7LN

Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, UK

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NC 500 plus

9 May 2026 - 17 May 2026

Steve BrayshawPremium

9days

63stops

1834.2miles

48.83hours

1country

£867.57cost

Day 1

Sat, 9 May

303.8 mi (£102.84, 6 hr 15 min)

Home

Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 281.8 mi (£35.10, 5 hr 4 min)

Windermere

Open in Google Maps

Drive 15.2 mi (£1.89, 49 min)

Hardknott Pass

Broughton-in-Furness, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 6.8 mi (£0.85, 21 min)

Overnight

Bower House Inn

Eskdale, Holmrook, UK

£65.00

Open in Google Maps

Day 2

Sun, 10 May

320 mi (£114.25, 7 hr 48 min)

Drive 13 mi (£1.62, 23 min)

Fuel

36 North Road

Egremont, CA22 2PR, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 45.3 mi (£5.64, 1 hr 8 min)

Fuel

Chandler Way

Carlisle, CA3 0JY, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 7.8 mi (£0.97, 10 min)

Gretna Green

Gretna, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 101.3 mi (£12.62, 1 hr 53 min)

Fuel

16 Dumbarton Road

Milton, Dumbarton, G82 2TR, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 76.9 mi (£9.58, 1 hr 53 min)

Place of Interest

Ballachulish Bridge

A82, Ballachulish, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 12.7 mi (£1.58, 21 min)

Fort William

Open in Google Maps

Drive 49.5 mi (£6.17, 1 hr 29 min)

Loch Ness

United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 11 mi (£1.37, 20 min)

Fuel

Holm Roundabout

Inverness, IV2 6HR, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 2.5 mi (£0.31, 7 min)

Overnight

Crown Court Hotel

Inverness IV2 3BG, UK

£74.39

Open in Google Maps

Day 3

Mon, 11 May

140 mi (£107.44, 3 hr 42 min)

Drive 14.9 mi (£1.86, 21 min)

Place of Interest

Cromarty Bridge

A9, Dingwall, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 20.5 mi (£2.55, 27 min)

Place of Interest

Tain

Open in Google Maps

Drive 3.6 mi (£0.45, 6 min)

Dornoch Firth Bridge

United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 58.3 mi (£7.26, 1 hr 23 min)

Place of Interest

Whaligoe Steps

Whaligoe, Lybster, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 7.1 mi (£0.88, 11 min)

Fuel

7 Francis Street

Wick, KW1 5PZ, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 16.4 mi (£2.04, 27 min)

Place of Interest

John o' Groats

Open in Google Maps

Drive 14.5 mi (£1.81, 30 min)

Place of Interest

Dunnet Head Lighthouse

Observation Road, Dunnet, Thurso, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 4.7 mi (£0.59, 14 min)

Overnight

Northern Sands Hotel

Thurso KW14 8XD, UK

£90.00

Open in Google Maps

Day 4

Tue, 12 May

105.8 mi (£113.19, 4 hr)

Drive 0.5 mi (£0.06, 2 min)

Place of Interest

A836

Thurso, KW14 8XD, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 8 mi (£1.00, 17 min)

Place of Interest

Thurso

Open in Google Maps

Drive 2.1 mi (£0.26, 4 min)

A9

Scrabster, Thurso, KW14 7UJ, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 17.2 mi (£2.14, 29 min)

Outdoor Activity

Melvich

Thurso, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 1.9 mi (£0.24, 10 min)

Place of Interest

Melvich Bay

United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 3.6 mi (£0.45, 9 min)

Outdoor Activity

61 Strathy East Road

Thurso, KW14 7RZ, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 11.1 mi (£1.38, 24 min)

Whinnyknowe Road

Bettyhill, Thurso, KW14 7SS, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 40.2 mi (£5.01, 1 hr 32 min)

Outdoor Activity

Smoo Cave

Lairg, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 1.1 mi (£0.14, 3 min)

Fuel

A838

Durness, Lairg, IV27 4PN, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 0.7 mi (£0.09, 2 min)

Food and Drink

Cocoa Mountain BALNAKEIL

Balnakeil, Craft, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 19.4 mi (£2.42, 45 min)

Overnight

Kinlochbervie Hotel

Kinlochbervie, Lairg, IV27 4RP, United Kingdom

£100.00

Open in Google Maps

Day 5

Wed, 13 May

91.6 mi (£121.41, 3 hr 32 min)

Drive 25.3 mi (£3.15, 46 min)

Place of Interest

Kylesku Bridge

Kylesku Bridge, Lairg, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 10.8 mi (£1.35, 33 min)

Drumbeg

Lairg, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 8.4 mi (£1.05, 26 min)

Place of Interest

Clachtoll Beach

Lairg, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 5.4 mi (£0.67, 18 min)

Place of Interest

Achmelvich Bay

Lairg, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 13.7 mi (£1.71, 30 min)

Place of Interest

Ardvreck Castle

Lairg, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 4.2 mi (£0.52, 7 min)

Place of Interest

Allt nan Uamh Waterfall

Lairg, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 19.7 mi (£2.45, 34 min)

Place of Interest

Rhue Lighthouse

Rhue, Ullapool, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 3.6 mi (£0.45, 11 min)

Place of Interest

Ullapool

Open in Google Maps

Drive 0.4 mi (£0.05, 2 min)

Overnight

Royal Hotel

Ullapool, IV26 2SY, United Kingdom

£110.00

Open in Google Maps

Drive 0.1 mi (£0.01, 0 min)

Fuel

Garve Road

Ullapool, IV26 2SX, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Day 6

Thu, 14 May

135.2 mi (£101.84, 4 hr 28 min)

Drive 55.4 mi (£6.90, 1 hr 29 min)

Place of Interest

Gairloch

Open in Google Maps

Drive 48.7 mi (£6.07, 1 hr 42 min)

Place of Interest

Fearnmore

Strathcarron, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 13.1 mi (£1.63, 29 min)

Place of Interest

Applecross

Strathcarron, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 18 mi (£2.24, 47 min)

Overnight

Lochcarron Hotel

Main Street, Lochcarron, Strathcarron, UK

£85.00

Open in Google Maps

Drive 0 mi (£0.00, 0 min)

Fuel

Main Street

Lochcarron, Strathcarron, IV54 8YS, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Day 7

Fri, 15 May

269.5 mi (£98.79, 6 hr 57 min)

Drive 20 mi (£2.49, 36 min)

Place of Interest

Eilean Donan Castle

Dornie, Kyle of Lochalsh, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 79.6 mi (£9.92, 1 hr 51 min)

A86

Newtonmore, PH20 1BX, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 55.8 mi (£6.95, 1 hr 22 min)

1 Conglass Lane

Tomintoul, Ballindalloch, AB37 9HU, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 32.1 mi (£4.00, 56 min)

23 Kindrochit Drive

Braemar, Ballater, AB35 5YW, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 51.1 mi (£6.37, 1 hr 27 min)

Fuel

Crieff Road

Perth, PH1 5AG, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 29.2 mi (£3.64, 35 min)

Food and Drink

Five guys

Dunfermline, KY11 8EX, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 1.7 mi (£0.21, 5 min)

Overnight

Auld Mill House Hotel

Halbeath Road, Dunfermline, UK

£65.21

Open in Google Maps

Day 8

Sat, 16 May

196.5 mi (£73.98, 5 hr 11 min)

Drive 41.7 mi (£5.19, 1 hr 5 min)

Peebles

Open in Google Maps

Drive 51.1 mi (£6.37, 1 hr 23 min)

Catcleugh

Newcastle upon Tyne, NE19 1TX, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 47.1 mi (£5.87, 1 hr 4 min)

Bearsbridge

Hexham, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 33 mi (£4.11, 1 hr)

New Cross In

Bolton, Appleby-in-Westmorland, UK

Open in Google Maps

Drive 23.6 mi (£2.94, 37 min)

Overnight

Tan Hill Inn

Long Causeway, Richmond, UK

£49.50

Open in Google Maps

Day 9

Sun, 17 May

271.8 mi (£33.85, 6 hr 52 min)

Drive 24.2 mi (£3.01, 1 hr 5 min)

Penn Lane

Hawes, DL8 3QU, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 30.8 mi (£3.84, 1 hr 6 min)

B6160

Burnsall, Skipton, BD23 6BP, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 17.2 mi (£2.14, 39 min)

Great Northern Road

Keighley, BD21 5AJ, United Kingdom

Open in Google Maps

Drive 199.6 mi (£24.86, 4 hr 1 min)

CM22 7LN

Sheering, Bishop's Stortford, UK

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NC 500 plus

Day 1 — 2026-05-09T23:00:00.000Z

Home

Windermere

Hardknott Pass

Bower House Inn

Day 2 — 2026-05-10T23:00:00.000Z

36 North Road

Chandler Way

Gretna Green

16 Dumbarton Road

Ballachulish Bridge

Fort William

Loch Ness

Holm Roundabout

Crown Court Hotel

Day 3 — 2026-05-11T23:00:00.000Z

Cromarty Bridge

Tain

Dornoch Firth Bridge

Whaligoe Steps

7 Francis Street

John o' Groats

Dunnet Head Lighthouse

Northern Sands Hotel

Day 4 — 2026-05-12T23:00:00.000Z

A836

Thurso

A9

Melvich

Melvich Bay

61 Strathy East Road

Whinnyknowe Road

Smoo Cave

A838

Cocoa Mountain BALNAKEIL

Kinlochbervie Hotel

Day 5 — 2026-05-13T23:00:00.000Z

Kylesku Bridge

Drumbeg

Clachtoll Beach

Achmelvich Bay

Ardvreck Castle

Allt nan Uamh Waterfall

Rhue Lighthouse

Ullapool

Royal Hotel

Garve Road

Day 6 — 2026-05-14T23:00:00.000Z

Gairloch

Fearnmore

Applecross

Lochcarron Hotel

Main Street

Day 7 — 2026-05-15T23:00:00.000Z

Eilean Donan Castle

A86

1 Conglass Lane

23 Kindrochit Drive

Crieff Road

Five guys

Auld Mill House Hotel

Day 8 — 2026-05-16T23:00:00.000Z

Peebles

Catcleugh

Bearsbridge

New Cross In

Tan Hill Inn

Day 9 — 2026-05-17T23:00:00.000Z

Penn Lane

B6160

Great Northern Road

CM22 7LN

Home

Windermere

Hardknott Pass

Bower House Inn

36 North Road

Chandler Way

Gretna Green