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

- Sep 17
- 2 min read
🌟🚐 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 ❤️.










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