North Coast 500 – Thurso to Edinburgh

Despite the beautiful weather and clear skies of the day before, we woke to a thick haar and misty rain. We were up early as our hotel’s normal breakfast buffet had been replaced with a set time due to Covid restrictions, but it was so worth it – nice, strong coffee, fresh baked croissants, and

North Coast 500 – Ullapool to Thurso

Amazing what a difference a good night’s sleep in a comfy bed makes! We woke up feeling 100x better and after hearing the rain during the night very happy that we hadn’t camped. On our way into Ullapool we had seen a sign for Corrieshalloch Gorge, and before continuing up north we headed back to

North Coast 500 – Fort William to Ullapool

The rough plan for day two of our road trip was to head up to Strathcarron, over to Applecross, and then head north and camp somewhere near Lochinver. In hindsight it was a lot to do in one day, and even though we knew it would be our biggest day of driving we hadn’t factored

North Coast 500 – Ben Nevis

2020 was set to be a year full of travels – I had Malta and France already planned out, other ideas in the pipeline, and was hoping to return to Australia towards the end of the year. And then this little pandemic happened. Emails started trickling in cancelling flights, accommodation bookings, and dreams. With a