Is The NC500 Still Worth It?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- There is still time to change our mind about the NC500, however snow is finally forecast in Glenmore and that's the reason we came to Scotland... oh, and a huge storm is about to hit the North Coast, rough night ahead once again!
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Can anyone recommend other caves like this please, Amika has such a blast and wants to visit more. UK and in Europe is fine. Thanks :)
Plemont Bay Jersey!! Fantastic cave beach. This cave was brilliant! We enjoyed this video. 🍻
@@PostcardAndAPint Hey guys, oh nice... I hadn't thought about Jersey for a break... How is it to get there in the van, a ferry ride I assume? Do you think wild camping is possible there ?
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika we don’t have a van, so can’t really help. I know there is a ferry across from Poole and there are campsites, but as to wild camping. I don’t know sorry. X
@@PostcardAndAPint Ah no worries, I will take a look and see how it all works, thank you anyway
Jersey you need to get a permit to take a camper van ..and you need to stay on a registered campsite and for no longer than 31 days
I love that tune it sounds great on my bose speakers. Great video xx
Ah, which one, what time on the video?
Cuevas del Drach in Majorca are awesome. There's an underground lake at the bottom, and musicians play classical music as they float around the lake in small boats.
Oh wow, that is absolutely amazing, this is something I need to see for sure. Maybe I will try this on my Europe trip over summer. Do you have to pay to go there?
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika yes but it wasn't expensive and the grounds are beautiful as well.
Great stuff. Now checking to see if I can get the van over there on a ferry, must be possible....?
I'm not just scared of heights I'm petrified lol, I found out quite a few years ago at Filey, I got stuck on a mountain, cliff type thing, I had to have help to get down because everytime I stood up I went very dizzy. Only caves I know are Cresswell Crags, I've not been there since I was teen I'm 63 now but funny thing is I live closer too it now and have not been lol
Get yourself out to Cresswell crags soon! Yeah I'm not keen on heights either, at all. It's not natural is it
Another place you may like is the Isle of Arran, it’s Scotland in miniature, rugged in the north, pastoral in the south. Most tourists visit Skye but they miss out on Arran.
Ah thanks again, It's on my list for a winter trip actually, can't cope with the flies over summer. Hopefully we will get snow when we go.
Your NC500 experience does mirror mine. If you feel unwelcome it does spoil the experience. I felt in particularly in Pubs and eating out: plus the fact that trying to eat healthily was virtually impossible.
Ah sorry to hear that, only take one to ruin the party doesn't it.
The NC 500 has got busy, sometimes there are just too many vans, motor homes etc. In regards to negativity etc sometimes you just need a thick skin and I think that most of the noise comes from a very small majority of folk. The vast majority of people are friendly and welcoming but occasionally you’ll find an exception, and the same goes for van owners, most are great folk but sadly it’s always the idiot that gets remember. Nice vlog, enjoyed watching
Totally agree mate, which usually applies to most aspects of life. I didn't meet one bad person in Scotland. In fact I would say from the few weeks back in the lakes there is a significant contrast, and the lakes are very friendly. You are a cracking bunch which is half the reason I enjoy Scotland so much.
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika it’s a bit special. Until last year I was just a frequent visitor. I liked it enough to take the plunge and move up here, so now live just outside Inverness at the start of the NC500, (if you ever need a stop over try to get in touch) which I’ve done a few times. I’ve just recently bought a van with the intention of finding a few out of the way spots for the odd night out. I used to visit the lakes and looking back found it expensive, difficult to park and crowded, but stunning all the same! Happy travels!
Excellent videos from you . Love this keep the videos coming please 👍👍
Ah thanks again mate, so much more coming I will need to take annual leave again to catch up 😅
Brilliant video both, amazing places. On caves, only ones I know about and visited are King Arthur's Labyrinth in mid Wales, National Showcaves Wales in South Wales and Cheddar Gorge in Gloucestershire.
So I lived near Bridgend for 6 years and never heard of them, madness. Definitely closer to home and no exicsr not to go there. I've seen cheddar already. Where is the king Arthur one?
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika Arthur one is just up road from Machynlleth on A487 heading to Cader Idris. Give it a Google
@@asaandthemarchharepart267 Wow, passed there many times on my Ducati, had no idea!
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika it's not the biggest, but history is interesting. The Show Caves in Brecon beacons is massive to say the least
@@asaandthemarchharepart267 super, I will have to try this out soon, thanks as always mate
I did this last week - was lush
Brilliant isn't it Pete!
Stump Cross Caverns at Pateley Bridge is an interesting place to visit. Plus also Ingleborough Cave, Mother Shipton's Cave, White Scar Cave . Quite a few in Yorkshire. Brimham Rocks is also interesting to see (not a cave) with all the ancient rock formations and kids enjoy clambering over them.
Oh wow I've screenshot this. Thank you. We are based in the lake district so not far from most of them at all. I sense a trip there next weekend!!! Thank you so much, Amika will be thrilled
We were planning a visit to Mother Shipton Cave but the car park is through a very low gateway and the one across the road was filled with hundreds of mods with their scooters which meant there was long queues and no space. Will go back another time
@@graememckay9972 that's a shame that all the mods were there on the day that you decided to go. Hope your daughter wasn't too disappointed. I didn't know that mods and their scooters still gathered together. Thought all that was a thing of the past......maybe it was a charity thing? I wonder if rockers have also been resurrected.
Hiya, what a inspiration you both are!!! The video's you do are awesome and the music is too 👌 we love been of grid to in our caddy van...
Ah thanks a lot. Nice of you to say so. Being off grid is amazing. We love it too
I'm hearing more and more negativity about the nc500. I've wanted to do it a while I mean come on look at the veiws, but the stories annoyed locals and so on has really got me having second thoughts. Love the vlogs safe travels guys
I think it's safe to say I chose the wrong part, I'm fully aware the more West you go the better but we only had a few days to kill while we waited for the snow. But its fair to say the locals are fed up, not all but many are and that was apparent. Still go, don't let that put you off but I reckon winter is the best time. Less tourists, less locals out and about due to the cold, and shorter days means better places to hide 😁
On your way south down the west coast ,their are caves at inchnadamph (Trailgill ) and a few miles further on the bone caves , in Sutherland check them out! love her boundless energy and enthusiasm!
Hi John, thanks for following the channel. Ah we past there already, waht a shame we missed them, sounds great. Defo one for next time we go.
Yep she's always bouncing about, yet a very sensible, caring and responsible child, she lives these trips, , that's for sure. Let me know if you have any other recommendations please. Always keen to know good places to visit 🙏
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika next time you are up this way Sandwood bay
Brilliant, just watched a video about it, right up my street that is. Looks quiet there. Or is that off season?
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika it used to be you would be the only people there and then the NC500 took off and it's a little busier ,it's a 4 mile walk in ,not a lot of elevation , carry everything you need as there are no amenities there ! Beautiful place big sand dunes for Herself to run up and down ,sea stack ,reputed haunted cottage, sighting of a mermaid many years ago,my favourite beach in the whole world . Beats Hawaii, California etc etc . I have wild camped on 3 occasions and walked in many times once with friends and their 4&6 year old children.
Talking of caves, look up the Lascaux cave, France, discovered by a teenager in 1940. The animal paintings on the walls are believed to be 17,000 years old. It’s quite eerie.
David thanks for this, I've pinned this to the map, we pass Limoges on the way to the Pyrenees this summer so will definitely pop in there. Thanks so much for this and what a legend of a teenager for finding this. Have you got a van, did you wild camp nearby?
Just found your channel. Love your videos. You and your precious daughter have such a special bond. That’s amazing. Watching from Southern California, USA. I am now subscribed to your channel.
Hiya Carrie, glad you are enjoying our videos. We really do have a good connection and these videos have really helped me understand that more, especially when I watch them back. Really cool to have someone from the USA watching, which sort of southern CA?
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika Orange County, Ca. A city called Tustin. About 40 miles south of Los Angeles.
@@1231oreo awesome. The city looks beautiful and some big mountains to play on
@@TravelwithGaryandAmika most definitely it is. Its a beautiful place. Where you are looks absolutely gorgeous.
@@1231oreo Scotland is wonderful, every part of the country I have been is so beautiful, we may be going back this weekend again as its a 3 day break
Glad that you started to enjoy your trip the closer you got to Durness. It would be interesting if you came back and filmed on a Tuesday or Wednesday evening afternoon at Ceannabeinne, I would like to hear your opinion then! Great video again and love the interaction with your daughter.
Ah thanks for the kind words mate. We both loved Scotland so much and can't wait to do the west side soon. Ceannabeinne on a Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon... Oh... What occurs at such time???
White Peak of Derbyshire has plenty of caves to visit, even a boat ride in one👍
Hi David, I used to live that way, I never once went to the boat ride, is that the John's cavern or something?
Treak Cliff and Speedwell are my favourites. My dad was a Spar miner nearby. The famous mineral you’re referring to is Blue John, in Castleton.
@@davidbarnes241 Blue John Cavern, that's it. By Wynatts pass I think. I will have to take Amika next time we are local to it. I've not heard of Speedwell, shall take a look on Google now
Hi mate love the channel top dad
Can you advise me on the shower situation at the sports centres do you have to use the pool as well or can you just use the shower facilities
Cheers carl
Hi Carl, thanks for the kind words.
RE the showers... walk to reception and ask to pay to use the showers, its about £3.50 I think, they have a fixed price for it. The water is RED HOT and they are powerful, very clean too, however take flip flops just in case. Highly recommended.
All the best,
Gary
Thanks
Top video mate same trip I done I'm English but live with my family in wick rhay hate camper Van's up here shame
How odd that they don't like campers, I guess fishing is popular there for income and they don't need the tourist money? What do you think?
Just sold my boat fishing is not that good fuels a joke Harbor gone up aswell its getting hard for us up here most ov the time I'm away from home weeks at a time liveing in my old t4 camper...thanks for getting back to me van life forever
No, I don’t have a van, I just read about the cave a couple of weeks ago. A piece of trivia, the place you visited is where John Lennon spent his childhood holidays, Durness to be exact, his Aunt lived there, he liked the wildness of the place. He came back with his wife Yoko in 1969 and had a car crash, google images.
I've just had a huge Google about this, that I never knew, thanks. Seems he quit driving after that accident, apparently he was a bad driver and often didn't notice other traffic... I wonder why that was 😂
Brill vid mate park where you want in Scotland even if says no parking no law the only place you will get done if it is a council car park
Thanks mate, appreciated. Yeah the law is one thing, but with my little girl on board I don't want hassle from unwelcome people. My mate is a copper in scotland and has filled me in with the details for parking. Bascially Park where you like. And if asked to move you move. Common sense really. Turning up late and leaving early always works regardless of the place anyway, especially above the cattle grids. No one cares.
Thanks for the feedback on the video. Have a good one 👍👊