{"id":112,"date":"2026-02-08T09:41:45","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T09:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/?p=112"},"modified":"2026-02-08T16:45:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:45:00","slug":"rough-plan-of-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/02\/08\/rough-plan-of-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Rough Plan of Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All subject to change, and the inevitable, “ooh, that looks interesting….”<\/div>\n
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Day 1 (9th May):<\/strong>
\nHome to Invernahavon (~6\u00bd hrs, 338miles)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Day 2 (10th May):<\/strong>
\nInvernahavon-Inverness (~1 hr, 50 miles)
\nInverness-Rogie Falls (~30 mins, 21 miles)
\nRogie Falls-Portmahomack (~1 hr, 40 miles)
\nPortmahomack-Golspie (~35 mins, 26 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 3 (11th May):<\/strong>
\nDunrobin Castle -Crackaig Beach (~20 mins, 12 miles)
\nCrackaig Beach-Baile an Or (~30 mins, 16 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 4 (12th May):<\/strong>
\nHelmsdale Bay viewpoint-Berridale-Dunbeath Harbour-Latheronwheel Harbour-Lybster Harbour-Whaligoe Steps-Old Pulteney-Wick Riverside Campsite (~1\u00bd hrs, 50 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 5 (13th May):<\/strong>
\nNoss Head\/Castle Sinclair Girnigoe-Old Keiss Castle-Duncansby Head-John O’ Groats Signpost-Dunnet Head-Murkle Caravan Park (~2 hrs, 54 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 6 (14th May):<\/strong>
\nTesco Thurso-RSPB Forsinard-Bettyhill Harbour-Borgie Glen (~2\u00bc hrs, 72 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 7 (15th May):<\/strong>
\nBorgie Glen-Smoo Cave-Balnakeil-Scourie Caravan Park (~2 hrs, 64 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 8 (16th May):<\/strong>
\nScourie-Kylesku Bridge-Allt Chranaidth Waterfall-Drumbeg viewpoint-Clashnessie falls-Stoer Lighthouse-Strone viewpoint-Shore Caravan site (Hermit’s Castle) (2 hrs, 45 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 9 (17th May):<\/strong>
\nLochinver-Suilvan paths carpark-Ardvreck Castle-Bones Cave-Port a Bhaigh (1\u00be hrs, 48 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 10 (18th May):<\/strong>
\nStac Pollaidh car park (walk up Stac Pollaidh)-back to Port a Bhaigh (~30 mins, 12 miles each way)<\/p>\n

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Day 11 (19th May):<\/strong>
\nArdmair coffee shop-Rhue Lighthouse-Tesco Ullapool-Falls of Measach car park-Gruinard Bay Caravan Park (~2 hrs, 68 miles)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Day 12 (20th May):<\/strong>
\nBeinn Eighe Woodland trail-Lake Falls-Red roof cottage-Applecross Campsite (~2\u00bd hrs, 76 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 13 (21st May):<\/strong>
\nApplecross- Red Squirrel Campsite, Glencoe (~3\u00bd hrs, 121 miles)<\/p>\n

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Day 14 (22nd May):<\/strong>
\nRed Squirrel Campsite- Home (~6 hrs, 315 miles)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

All subject to change, and the inevitable, “ooh, that looks interesting….” Day 1 (9th May): Home to Invernahavon (~6\u00bd hrs, 338miles) Day 2 (10th May): Invernahavon-Inverness (~1 hr, 50 miles) Inverness-Rogie Falls (~30 mins, 21 miles) Rogie Falls-Portmahomack (~1 hr, 40 miles) Portmahomack-Golspie (~35 mins, 26 miles) Day 3 (11th May): Dunrobin Castle -Crackaig Beach … Continue reading “Rough Plan of Attack”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-nc500","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112\/revisions\/121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nc500.madaxeamps.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}