It’s official! We joined the North Coast 500 today at Loch Carron and experienced very narrow single track roads, grumpy locals (darn tourists driving oversized motor homes on my lanes….) and incredible scenery. 24 miles of a single track road heading up and over mountains, through highland bogs and down through scenic glens is what the NC500 is all about.

Breathtaking scenery and our final stop for the night is tiny seaside Gairloch. Our caravan site is right on the hillside overlooking the sea inlet. We’ve just sat watching the stars come out in the still and peaceful night.

Next stop will be Ullapool. 67 miles away and more single track roads methinks. Mr Foggs turn to drive this time. And these are the A roads. Wait till we try a B road.

A relaxing evening in between rain showers and now a rise up in the mist ready for the journey to Eilean Donan Castle (for those of you not in the know this is the castle featured in Mrs Foggs favourite movie of all time ever, Highlander, well there can be only one!)

Nope I don’t get the joy of hiking for 5 miles in the pouring rain, trudging through mud to look at a man made lake, to then hike all the way back to another point to take another picture of the same man made lake. Oh well if that floats yer boat Mrs Fogg!

A super run in Mabel the Moo camper van of 106 miles being one of those peeps that hold up a massive queue of traffic as we do 40mph up through the mountains past Loch Lomond, Loch Tulla and then to Glencoe, our rest stop for 2 days

Loch Tullah

Glencoe

Well a restless night in Carlisle but nice evening meal. Awesome brekky and now on the way after a womble round a garden centre Christmas display

And of course the border

Not forgetting of course our ever so helpful midge tracker utility Smidge Up!

Midge Alert