Alreet guys!! Big thanks for the love 💓 I’m trying to get this channel back to its glory days so any shares/subs would be muchos appreciated! I work hard to make these vids so it would be fabulous if more people could see them 🤙 Cheers!

@KindnessMattersTV

4 жыл бұрын

Consider it done are you on Twitter?

@KindnessMattersTV

4 жыл бұрын

Oops one last thing I would love to know what you paid for your T4 and what year it is ;-) xx

@MATravel

3 жыл бұрын

You are doing awsome, and a great inspiration for begginers like us 👍🏻

@gemmadavies9790

3 жыл бұрын

What camera did you use?

@yezyk07

2 жыл бұрын

So no good for a sport car ?? Thanks

I live on the NC500. A tip I’d give people is; there ARE shops and supermarkets and please, please, please spend money within our communities! We rely on tourism

@stewartwallwork6505

3 жыл бұрын

Wee krankie puts me off won’t visit because of her.

@davidkeenan1275

3 жыл бұрын

@@stewartwallwork6505 and that blonde mop headed murder Johnson puts me off visiting you lot

@stewartwallwork6505

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidkeenan1275 Yes but your economy needs our money.We don’t want yours

@davidkeenan1275

3 жыл бұрын

@@stewartwallwork6505 And once again you have just shown how thick you are with that comment! Back to blaming immigrants for all your problems now Stewart you politically inept clown show!

@davidkeenan1275

3 жыл бұрын

@@stewartwallwork6505 to come out with a thick as shite comment like that says it all about you lmfao! Scotland welcomes all except you ya roaster 🤣🤣🤡

My tips, as a Scot who lived in Torridon 1. Go clockwise, 2. Unless you really need to go to John O’ Groats (can’t see why) go as far as Tongue or Bettyhill then turn right and head for Lairg, then head to Dornoch A9 . 3. if coming from England go via Glasgow Loch Lomond, Glen Coe, Fort William, Kyle of Lochalsh then Loch Carron and start the NC500 there and finish in Inverness, have a day trip to Loch Ness. 4. If out of season when you go( summer as well )If you have 1/2 a tank of fuel and see a petrol station that’s open fill up, 5. If wild camping/site if you see a shop open buy food. You’re welcome.

@landrover2561

2 жыл бұрын

If you go clockwise are you not going against the flow of traffic? What’s your reason please! Ty

@hozzer68

2 жыл бұрын

@@landrover2561 the flow of traffic is equal in both directions, personal choice and if you are returning down south after a long journey it’s easier and quicker going home via the A9 if you have taken the scenic route up the west coast from Loch Lomond to Loch Carron via route stated in the original comment.

@vinithavalsan152

2 жыл бұрын

Hey I'm new to NC500 can you help me hear I see many people telling to go anticlockwise from east to west and many telling not to visit John oh Groats 😭 I'm so confused now can you help me would be so grateful if you could?

A word of warning. The Police have targeted the NC500 this year due to the numbers of cars and bikes that have seen this as a racetrack or rally often travelling in large group. Dozens prosecuted already. And most locals would say not before time. Have an accident on much of this road and you are a long way from any help. Ambulances often cannot get to the casualties because of the queues of camper vans blocking the roads.

This video really is the standard to which other travel vloggers should aspire. Well done. As someone who lives right on the NC500 I should like to put in a bit of a plug for Caithness. Too many people dismiss it as just somewhere you have to drive through to get to or from the mountains. However, there really is a lot to see and do. There are numerous, wonderful neolithic sites; fantastic sea scapes, cliffs and sea stacks, beautiful beaches, wonderful harbours and amazing locations such as the Whalligoe Steps. Just because you can't see it from the road doesn't mean it isn't there.

What a brilliant video! You’re wonderful to watch! Thank you! 😁👌🏼

“A wee bit pish!” Love that you’ve grabbed a hold of the Scottish vernacular relatively quickly. Loved yer wee video too. We’re planning our trip of the NC500 next April. Will be sure to use yer vids as a source of encyclopaedic info, and a little giggle too. Cheers Man.

I LOVE THE EDITING ON THIS VIDEO. fab video, informative funny and entertaining! x

Watched tons of nc500 videos and this was the most honest one. Really the best. Thank you.

So helpful. So many things I wouldn’t have thought of.... Thank you!

Good vid thanks, we did it on motorbikes 2 years ago and your spot on on all counts. Only thing I'd add is to strongly consider the Scottish Youth Hostels which are at most stopover sites and provide a good bed at a reasonable cost. Also the sea is very cold.

Thanks for making this vid, helpful and entertaining. Hoping to do this this in June ourselves.

Great video !!! Keeping it straight to the point .. perfect!

Great! Thanks! ... hoping to do it this year in my T4

Well I have watched loads of KZread vids on a vast amount of subjects. Yours has to be one of the best edited, easy to watch informative, amusing, not long and tedious videos I have ever seen. You deserve a YT medal for this one girl. Thanks for the info. and the fun I had watching it. Humor, brevity, and good editing will grow your market. Keep up the good work.

Great post lass. Entertaining and informative. Not easy to do in 5 minutes!!👏

What a terrific little film ! Great pace, entertaining and informative. You got skills, girl !

No comment about the courtesy that you need to pay the locals that work and live on this route..!! They are now starting to get quite intolerant of people that won't let them pass while driving slowly admiring the views, stopping with no consideration while hopping out to stand in the middle of the road to take snaps!! If you see a farmer with a trailer let him by or you might regret it, another thing is the amount of rubbish that is being left by wild campers...!! I've completed this route many times in a large motor home which is lovely out of season, even been swimming in the sea in October on deserted beaches. I'm not a kill joy but "PLEASE" consider the locals while enjoying your holiday, you never know when you might need their assistance.

@jennyreddaway2666

4 жыл бұрын

Not a criticism of the video which at least mentioned single track roads, but Van Royce has a very valid point about thinking about the locals. Real people live and work in these areas and courteous people are always welcome but it's not a theme park!

@fuckinellitsraymo

4 жыл бұрын

Yup... I have been forced off the road by camper vans and cars. I found someone camped in one of my fields with their car parked in front of the access gate. Drunk idiots disturbing the other campers in the campsites after they come back from the pub etc etc. It's getting to the stage where its intolerable in the Summer months.

@vanroyce9484

4 жыл бұрын

An Englishman who's heart is very much in Scotland, so much so I moved here, lovely people and culture. Scotland is such a lovely place that can be enjoyed all year round and I have done so many times in tents caravans and motor-homes. I've done much of the continent from Nordkapp (Norway) to Sicily and more but Scotland was always the draw. People with the right attitude and respect are welcome, who may like me come back year after year. Others please head off to Ibiza and make of fool of yourself there. That is me off my soap box - Please come and enjoy but please respect a lovely country.

@JamalonOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

I.e. Dont hire American style RVs

@JamalonOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

@@fuckinellitsraymo that's so inconsiderate of people 😔

Such an amazing video! We’re doing the NC500 next year and are getting ourslelves hyped by watching loads of videos - yours is by far the best! 🙌🏼

@JamalonOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Get Skye squeezed in if you Can! Unreal place and just a wee detour off the NC500

Best travel video - no rambling, to the point and actually shows what we're watching the video for (Scotland! And not a 5 minute intro on the vloggers day)

Mate and I are doing this next year! Can’t wait! This video helps a lot!

Really informative video! Answered a lot of questions I had, even after watching other, longer videos.

I've watched thousands of videos and without a doubt this is the best commentary ever,very entertaining thanks Hun 👌😀

absolutely brilliant , entertaining and informative video. Thank you for this.

I loved this video, so fun and informative!! Thank you queen

Well done ! I'm hoping to bicycle the Scotland 500 in late Sept! Thanks for the info.All the best

Well Done, Thanks for your Video. Your ability to explain the good and bad point in a nice way was spot on. I will pass your video on to anyone that is looking to go.

I've never seen a video in less than 6 Min.with so much informations and wonderful pictures. Top. I like it!!

Cracking video! Considering this for a 2021 trip and this was super useful thanks! (not to mention entertaining)!

Nice Video! Thanks for putting effort into this. No annoying music... High value of information. 👍🏻

Informative, succinct and humorous. What a refreshing clip. Subscribed as a result. Thank you

love this, such a pleasant video

Simply brilliant production! Watched with a friend visiting us from Birmingham, who was thinking of doing the NC500. He absolutely loved this and amidst the snappy humour, clever intonation and excellent pop-up graphics, - there was good advice. Shall watch your others to compare. If this style is replicated, then you deserve success.

Great wee video ,thank you for the tips 🙏🏼

Love it. The best, most engaging and informative video about travels in North Scotland. Love the editing too. There are too many videos of people driving along roads, with a loud soundtrack. WATCH THIS Y'ALL

Thank you for the video, we followed that route in 1986 before it was dubbed NC500. I don't think I would do it again seeing how much traffic there is now!. When we went we only saw the locals, it was absolutely beautiful. Completely empty beaches at Durness with white sand and clean, clear water!

Such a great video! Love it. Thank you 😊

Great video we are going in April cant wait looks amazing

Thank you so much for the tips.

Just found your channel and this is the first video I've watched. Love the style, will subscribe and check the rest out. Been binging on vanlifer videos during lockdown, always like to find new videos to watch! And have wanted to do this route for ages, will wait until another year tho :)

Truly awesome video! Thanks for posting :)

I just saw something on fb about this route, searched for a video on it and here I am. Loved your editing and narration! It looks spectacular - it's sometimes hard to believe places like this are in the UK!

Excellent short video , thanks for the info , we will definitely do this trip in our VW ☺️

Great video! Did some trekking in beautiful north Wales and looking to go south but now viewing this video think I’ll have to check it out. Ben Nevis is on my list!

Awesome vid, big help, thank you 👍👍👍

On our list to visit, thanks for the tips 👍

Loved your video. rely informative and entertaining.

Very informative, short and to the point! Well done and thank you! Oh, and subscribed🤗

Thank you very much for sharing, really appreciate that 👏👏👏👍

This video was all I needed to know 🤙🏽

Well done, this looks like fun

Very helpful video, and nice and concise. Thanks

Fab info, thank you!

Thank you , made me smile :)

Great tips, thanks, we are thinking of doing it at some point as it's been something I've wanted to do for some time now, so really appreciate the information. You've just gained another sub as well, looking forward to any other videos you might do. 👍

This video is a master class in travel videography, great B roll, it's engaging and informative. Fantastic visuals. You are either a natural or you've done a course on media studies. Perfect video.

Fantastic video, thank you

Awesome video! Thank you

We did the NC500 in April 2016. We saw glorious Sun, drizzle, gales, heavy showers and eventually Snow just as we headed up from Applecross. My advice never underestimate the Scottish weather, the Snow came from nowhere, quickly covered everything. We had to bail out, after the scariest 6 point turn ever we made it back down to Applecross after towing a Porsche out of a ditch. Our friends had to reverse for 2 miles. Character building 😂😂😂 South West Coastal 300 next, 7 days to go. Can’t wait

Thinking of doing this in April, been driving for just under a year but I’ve done a lot of challenging drivers already, I go Lake District quite often and have driven over hardknott pass a few times and live in Lancashire near the Forrest of bowland so I’ve got a lot of experience on driving on single track lanes

Yet another thing to add to my to do list

Great tips thank you 😊

Brilliant video and really informative.

Nice concise video. Many thanks.

Brilliant 👏😂 loved this video 👌

Omg I love your personally 💓✨ thanks tho was so informative

Great little video .

Hope to do this in my newly converted Transit T350 this year

I’m definitely going to do the NC 500 and my breakfast only regret is that I haven’t done so already Thanks for this really helpful video and I recognise some of your amazing pictures having lived in Castletown which is a village, 5 mile east along the coast from Thurso and roughly 20 mile from John O Groats. My mum’s side of family are from Tongue, another village nestled on the north coast and is about 40 mile west along the coast line from Thurso. Amazing memories from your great pictures, like I said and thanks again 🙏

brilliant brilliant i could go on with several more brilliants but i wont , this is lets drop it one more time brilliant , we have just come back from skye and plen on doing the nc500 in march , thanks for the vid and go go vw crew

Thanks. Hope this helps to me,go next week

Love love love this video lol. And yes we are Scottish. xx

Brilliant video and commentary 👌

Great video very entertaining. witty great editing and "funny"Thank you we are going in April.

@tooyoungtobeold8756

4 жыл бұрын

Us too. Although we did the West Coast bit (including Skye) a couple of years ago. Scotland is a truly beautiful place.

damn that sums it up soo good, wish I had seen this before our trip though everything still went fine🙏 thx for the good work!

@JamalonOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Were you able to sneak in Skye?

@LudwigPB

4 жыл бұрын

@@JamalonOfficial we arrived by ferry and left over the bridge, you can watch the video on my channel or what do you mean by sneaking in? ;o

Brilliant video

Man I had SUCH a shit day and this video just brightened me up so much. Thank you :) And above all else...AVOID THE MIDGES!!!....

Amazing editing , wonderful concise information,, well done..

I have seen One Video about Scotland 500 before it was Awesome but was Lacking on Details how to Travel.. ! You have done a Good Job providing the right Information to People who want to Travel Scotland 500.. ! 👍

If you are planning another trip up then go to Isle of Lewis/Harris 😍, ferry from Ullapool to Stornoway, tour Lewis then head down to the glorious Harris beaches 😍, then maybe ferry across to Isle of Skye

Arthur Wainwright would turn in his grave at this. Back in the 80s a small group of done this route many many times on motorcycles and honestly it was so quiet you hardly saw another vehicle, of course then they turned our favourite road into a self contained tourist attraction. Still the scenery hasn’t changed, thankfully no McDonald’s...yet!

Great video! I'm looking to do the NC500 at something this year and this has helped with our planning 🤙will subscribe too!

Great video!

You're so DYNAMIC!!!👍👍👍

Best thing I ever did!

Great cheers.👍

I’m lucky enough to live in this part of the world❤️❤️

@909Junkies

3 жыл бұрын

same here mate :)

Haha great video. As a potential first time campervaner ( don’t think that’s a word ) this has helped me big time. Unfortunately now I will need to do more research aaaaggghhhhhh

Thanks for the info, hopefully doing this at the end of march and wild camping it.

Nice one...thanks :) I plan to do this after corona with my lady...It helps me a lot to see this clip Greetz from Bavaria ;)

Brilliant video :)

Found the itinerary!

Love your VO

Exceptionally well done video! Super pro! Also, this will sell it to my gf. Thanks!

So, as can be seen in the footage, there's a lot of camper vans and other vehicles - the NC500 has "exploded" as a route to the extent where local infrastructure is struggling. So be patient, and don't treat it like a Cannonball Run. The roads are narrow, they are mostly single track from out beyond Thurso until you start to hit down the west coast, then they narrow again. Please don't underestimate this. Also, please remember that passing places are not only to allow oncoming traffic through, but also traffic from behind - don't be the one that holds everyone else up. You'll be surprised at just how few people understand what and how to use a passing place. Also, please buy local!! Don't load up a van with food etc from your local Tesco - shopping local on the route really helps the local economy. Try, as much as you can, to take any rubbish etc out with you - again local services are not designed or able to cope with huge pressures of numbers. Finally, enjoy it - Scotland is fantastic.

Excellent

An Ordnance Survey Landranger map is very good to have.

Like it. 👍👍👍

August and September are a bit quieter than May June and July too.

Great video