🌟🚐 The NC500 + Skye 12-Day Itinerary (Sept 2025) 🏴✨

🌟🚐 The NC500 + Skye 12-Day Itinerary (Sept 2025) 🏴✨

📅 Day 1 — Sun 21 Sept: Arrival in Inverness

📍 Inverness Castle 🏰 — ///years.fortunes.culminate

📮 IV2 3EG

✨ Kick-off above the River Ness 🌊.

📍 Culloden Battlefield ⚔️ — ///stay.towers.tungsten

📮 IV2 5EU

✨ Stirring history of 1746 💔.

🏕️ Overnight: Bught Caravan Park, Inverness — IV3 5SS

📅 Day 2 — Mon 22 Sept: Inverness ➡️ Dornoch (65 miles)

📍 Chanonry Point 🐬 — ///wand.entire.indeed

📮 IV10 8SD

✨ Dolphins leaping at high tide 🐬.

📍 Dornoch Beach 🏖️ — ///grinning.cosmic.gossip

📮 IV25 3LX

🏕️ Overnight: Dornoch Caravan Park — IV25 3LX

📅 Day 3 — Tue 23 Sept: Dornoch ➡️ Wick (90 miles)

📍 Dunrobin Castle 👑 — ///search.moguls.majors

📮 KW10 6SF

✨ Fairy-tale turrets + falcons 🦅.

📍 Big Burn Walk 🌲 — ///mysteries.firelight.trickle

📮 KW10 6TG

🏕️ Overnight: Wick Caravan Park — KW1 4SA

📅 Day 4 — Wed 24 Sept: Wick ➡️ John O’Groats (25 miles)

📍 Whaligoe Steps 🪜 — ///landlords.cringes.sometimes

📮 KW2 6AA

📍 Castle Sinclair Girnigoe 🏰 — ///herb.talkative.restored

📮 KW1 4QT

📍 John O’Groats Signpost 📸 — ///moped.husband.untruth

📮 KW1 4YR

🏕️ Overnight: John O’Groats Caravan & Camping — KW1 4YR

📅 Day 5 — Thu 25 Sept: John O’Groats ➡️ Tongue (85 miles)

📍 Duncansby Stacks ⛰️ — ///waltzed.amends.culminate

📮 KW1 4YS

📍 Dunnet Head 🌍 — ///craftsman.cornfield.shunts

📮 KW14 8XS

🏕️ Overnight: Tongue Hostel & Campsite — IV27 4XD

📅 Day 6 — Fri 26 Sept: Tongue ➡️ Durness (50 miles)

📍 Farr Beach 🏖️ — ///glide.timers.bookcases

📮 KW14 7SS

📍 Ceannabeinne Beach 💎 — ///squeaked.nerve.steers

📮 IV27 4QE

🏕️ Overnight: Sango Sands Oasis — IV27 4QE

📅 Day 7 — Sat 27 Sept: Durness ➡️ Lochinver (70 miles)

📍 Smoo Cave 🕳️ — ///deeply.deeds.zealous

📮 IV27 4QA

📍 Balnakeil Beach 🏝️ — ///overused.sending.octagon

📮 IV27 4PX

📍 Ardvreck Castle 🏰 — ///solo.nylon.soaks

📮 IV27 4HN

🏕️ Overnight: Clachtoll Beach Campsite — IV27 4JD

📅 Day 8 — Sun 28 Sept: Lochinver ➡️ Ullapool (60 miles)

📍 Achmelvich Bay 🏖️ — ///basketball.diet.losses

📮 IV27 4JB

📍 Stac Pollaidh 🏔️ — ///snappy.hulk.mysteries

📮 IV26 2YX

🏕️ Overnight: Broomfield Holiday Park, Ullapool — IV26 2UT

📅 Day 9 — Mon 29 Sept: Ullapool ➡️ Gairloch (65 miles)

📍 Corrieshalloch Gorge 🌉 — ///sliding.ample.lads

📮 IV23 2PJ

📍 Gruinard Bay 🏖️ — ///ladders.recording.caveman

📮 IV22 2NE

🏕️ Overnight: Gairloch Holiday Park — IV21 2BX

📅 Day 10 — Tue 30 Sept: Gairloch ➡️ Applecross (75 miles)

📍 Inverewe Gardens 🌺 — ///lions.trials.fortunate

📮 IV22 2LG

📍 Bealach na Bà 🏔️ — ///frantic.riverside.dumpling

📮 IV54 8LR

🏕️ Overnight: Applecross Campsite — IV54 8ND

📅 Day 11 — Wed 1 Oct: Applecross ➡️ Skye (80 miles)

📍 Plockton 🌴 — ///costumed.cooked.stumble

📮 IV52 8TP

📍 Eilean Donan Castle 🏰 — ///lifeboats.scorched.surfers

📮 IV40 8DX

🏕️ Overnight: Glenbrittle Campsite, Skye — IV47 8TA

📅 Day 12 — Thu 2 Oct: Exploring Skye (loop)

📍 Sligachan Bridge 🌄 — ///spells.squares.ripen

📮 IV47 8SW

📍 Old Man of Storr 🪨 — ///firelight.shun.staging

📮 IV51 9HX

🏕️ Overnight: Torvaig Caravan & Campsite, Portree — IV51 9HU

🏁 Finish Line 🚐✨

Return to Inverness on Fri 3 Oct — full circle, memories made 📸, and Vanilla’s tank full of stories ❤️.