How to use passing places without annoying everyone!
A passing place is not an optional convenience, and the verge is not an emergency escape lane. If you cannot reverse your vehicle safely to the previous passing place, you are not ready to drive a Highland single-track road.
Bealach na Bà gets the headlines but the 'wee mad road' gets my attention!
Bealach na Bà receives all the attention. Yet after more than three hundred journeys around the NC500, it is not the part that demands my most sustained concentration.
A puncture or breakdown can interrupt more than your afternoon in the North Highlands. Here’s what to check before setting off, how to explain where you are and why roadside assistance might not be all the cover you need.
