Is the NC500 doable in 4 days without hating it?
Accepted answer
Drive the west coast half only — Inverness to Applecross to Ullapool and back. The full loop in four days is a driving holiday, not a Highlands one.
Scottish Highlands
Same line, same viaduct, quarter of the price. Sit left going out. The kids miss the steam; the viaduct doesn't care.
Midges in early June — how bad, really?
Accepted answer
Early June is usually the safe side of the line, but bring Smidge and a head net anyway — a windless evening decides it, not the calendar.