The 'Scotch Mist' Tour 2020-NC500
Away from the virus hotspots and densely populated areas, what could be safer than to undertake an adventure of epic proportions in the Scottish Highlands? We could tackle the infamous Scotland North Coast 500 on scooters. This 1700-mile round trip would take us around some of the remotest parts of mainland Britain! Andy ‘Fingers’, Stuey, Dawn and myself picked the dates and soon laid down some initial plans. Word of mouth spread among our club and numbers soon grew from the initial four of us to a rather ambitious total of 11. Among our group was a Scomadi, a Lambretta, eight Vespas and a back-up van with some hastily gathered tools/emergency spares. Our van driver Frank also carried a kilt and sporran to be worn as a forfeit during dinner each night by any rider that had to rely on the use of the back-up van. All good-natured banter and some evening entertainment for our group during our Scottish experience!
Sunrise…
As the sun rose on a September Saturday morning, we all met up on a garage forecourt on the edge of town. In true scootering fashion, we waited for people to fill up, don their waterproofs and gloves
