Tartan treat: Inspired by driving the courses on Scotland’s north coast

IN 2014, Failte Ireland launched the spectacular 2,500 kilometre coastal route known as the Wild Atlantic Way. It was promoted on a global scale, confirming what we’ve always known in our hearts… that we are blessed with some of the most dramatic and inspiring scenery on the planet.

Of course, we are not alone in laying claim to such beauty, and Scotland launched its own coastal drive in 2015. Known as the North Coast 500 (NC500), this route has one key advantage over our Wild Atlantic Way: it is a circuit of 500 miles, starting and finishing in the Scottish Highlands capital city of Inverness.

The NC500 follows the coastline around the northern Highlands, stretching from Inverness up to John O’Groats, the most northerly point on the British mainland.