The NC500 in winter: 516 miles, six and a half hours of daylight

The NC500 in winter: 516 miles and about six and a half hours of daylight. Here's the honest plan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The NC500 in winter is my favourite way to see it: empty roads, low gold light, and the whole north to yourself. 📍 Inverness: the start and the end of the loop ⛰️ Bealach na Bà: about 626 m high, slopes up to 1 in 5. Not for learners, caravans or big vehicles, and often impassable in snow 📍 Applecross: about 2 h from Inverness. If the pass is closed, take the longer road round the coast 📍 Ullapool: about 2 h further, a good overnight stop on the west side, then about 1.5 h to Durness 📍 John o' Groats: about 2 h 20 from Durness, then about 2 h 45 back to Inverness That's about 10 hours of driving before stops, on single-track roads with early dark. Most guides say five to seven days. In winter, drive less each day rather than cramming more in, and only drive in daylight. 👉 Swipe for the loop and the pass. Save this for your trip and send it to who you'd go with. Would you drive it in winter? 👇 📷 Chilli Charlie / Unsplash · JarroNevsbaru / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0