NC500 charging
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
The Highland Council opened rapid chargers along the NC500 in Sutherland, conveniently and evenly spread every 20 miles or so.
Here we're in Bettyhill, nice and fast (expensive though with 70p) and aLue lisää
Bothy
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
The typical Scottish bothy. Here one in Bettyhill.
Peninsula
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
A spectacular peninsula in Loch Eriboll with views to Ard Neakie Lime Kilns.
The famous one
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
This white church at the NC500 in Eriboll is one of the most photographed along the route.
Small but beautiful
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
A small loch near Polla with lovely views over the Highlands
Really sandy
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
One of the best beaches I've seen so far in Scotland. Ceannabeinne Beach. What a beauty. Unfortunately at the beginning of being destroyed for mass tourism with zip lines and cliff jumps etc... 😪
Stairway to heaven
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Another fantastic beach with a photogenic look out: Sango Sands.
Crowded Bothy
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Only 1993 a new road was built up north in the Highlands. Before that, people had to travel on a small path through the moors. And this bothy half way gave them shelter. But a family of nine peopleLue lisää
Majestic
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
The majestic glen Ben Hope from the causeway of Tongue.
Secluded
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Lovely secluded cottage of Lettermore, just below Ben Loyal.
Alone
7. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
The lonely boat house of Loch Loyal.
Rapid? 80!
8. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Good morning! Another day, another charge before we go again in the rather secluded Highlands.
This photo shows very clearly why it's not worth it to charge more than 80% of battery capacity at aLue lisää
Heatwave
8. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
It's hot up here! Every day but today even more, For Northern Scotland this is a severe heatwave.
Arty and Vegan
8. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
The Balnakeil Craft Village was originally a RAF early warning station during the cold war.
After not being used anymore, the council rented it out to artists in the 1960s.
Still today you can findLue lisää
The vintage VIP graveyard
8. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Balnakeil Church and House are witnesses of a lot of important Scottish history and some Scottish legends from the MacKay and MacLeod clans are buried there. The church is just next to an amazinglyLue lisää
A bit off and a lot quieter
8. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
The authentic and picturesque harbour village of Kinlochbervie is just a bit off the beaten NC500 path - and immediately so much more peaceful!
Btw - the village café serves a few vegan options forLue lisää
1000 islands
8. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Probably there aren't 1000. But it seems like an endless chain of small islets, overlooking the bay of Badcall
At the beach
9. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
One of these cottages, directly at the beach, is ours for one week.
Tree Islands
9. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
A must do shot: Loch Assynt and its islands with trees. The islands are apparently 3000 million years old 😳
The phone booth
9. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Very happy to have found this place again. I had been here years ago and wasn't sure where it is. Luckily the red phone booth was visible on Google satellite. It's the phone booth at Lochinver.
A finger of stone
9. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today Advreck Castle is only a finger of stone, pointing accusingly at the sky. But it has once been a three storey tower house. The castle dates back to about 1490 and was attacked and captured byLue lisää
Vegan EV TravellersYes... And they say it's getting worse in 2-3 weeks. Every inch a camper van
Charging Deal
9. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Incredible: at Ullapool harbour you can still charge with a rapid charger for 20p 😳😳😳
It's only 7 mins from the accommodation for the coming week. So I guess I'll try to charge there after aLue lisää
One out of 200
10. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Stoer Lighthouse is one out of approximately 200 lighthouses in Scotland. It is placed dramatically on a steep promontory which is situated on a remote peninsula at the North West coast of Scotland.Lue lisää
On top of a castle
10. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
It's not often that you can sit on top of a castle (unless you booked a trip to Lilliput...).
Hermit's Castle, Europe's smallest castle, was built in the 1950s by a newly qualified, English architectLue lisää
Stormy Sky
11. heinäkuuta 2023, Skotlanti ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Finally Scotland feels like Scotland and offered some fine stormy skies at Rhue Lighthouse.
