Friday, 8 July 2016

NC 500 Route Stopovers, Distance and Elevations

NORTH COAST 500 - ARRAN BELLES

Will follow the acknowledged NC 500 route from map.
Will download to Garmin.


DAY 1  Frid 5th Aug:   Inverness to Lochcarron - 65 miles 
                                     Total Ascent: 2610 ft
                                      Max Elev: 656 ft

Day 2 Sat 6th Aug:     Lochcarron to Kinlochewe - 59 miles
                                     Total Ascent:  5836 ft
                                      Max Elev:  2055 ft

Day 3 Sun 7th Aug:     Kinlochewe to Ullapool - 75 miles
                                      Total Ascent:  5657 ft
                                      Max Elev:  1113 ft

Day 4 Mon 8th Aug:    Ullapool to Scourie - 68 miles
                                      Total Ascent :  6562 ft
                                      Max Elev : 800 ft

Day 5 Tues 9th Aug :  Scourie to Durness - 25 miles
                                     Total Ascent : 1573 ft
                                     Max Elev : 500 ft

Day 6 Weds 10th Aug:  Durness to Thurso - 72 miles
                                       Total Ascent :  5296 ft
                                        Max Elev : 700 ft

Day 7 Thurs 11th Aug:  Thurso to Wick - 46 miles
                                        Via Dunnet Head/JOG 
                                        Total Ascent:  1912 ft
                                        Max Elev: 300 ft

Day 8 Frid 12th Aug:  Wick to Dornoch - 64 miles
                                     Total Ascent : 4051 ft
                                      Max Elev: 754 ft

Day 9 Sat 13 Aug :   Dornoch to Inverness - 55 miles
                                  Total Ascent 1702 ft

                                  Max Elev : 210 ft

Wednesday, 22 June 2016

North Coast 500: First Meeting

The Arran Belles - Kim, Gwen, Carol, Janice, Linda and Jillian joined by Support Team, Neil, Murray and Tom met in the Spa to discuss plans for their NC500 cycle in August.  Items discussed were Travel, Accommodation, Route, Training and Exercises, First Aid and most importantly ' Places to Eat '.  The item that took the longest to decide was colour/size of NC 500 T-Shirts, and that was just the men !!!  The only thing we can't plan for is the weather, fingers crossed !!!  All looking good and falling into place.  Can you believe I forgot to take a photo ?
Can't wait !!!

Tuesday, 21 June 2016