Scotlands route 66

[Superhans_]

Has anyone driven around the nc500? Thinking of doing it in the ro, not sure if there're enough petrol stations!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/eur...

[paul450]

yes there are enough petrol stations,a few done it this year
send mv6 a pm he will be able to give you info on where to stay and where to fuel up
or you could ask pah250 or mikeyb1987

Edited by paul450 on Tuesday 27th December 20:57

[Superhans_]

was that in HSVs? I've found lots of threads about other cars on PH doing it, but not any HSVs

[paul450]

Superhans_ said:

was that in HSVs? I've found lots of threads about other cars on PH doing it, but not any HSVs

mv6 and mikey1987 where in there monaro's and pah250 was in his vxr8.

they talked about it more on the hsv facebook page rather on here.

here is the thread that was on here about it

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by paul450 on Tuesday 27th December 21:54

[akadk]

there is a million page thread in the Roads section

[pah250]

Petrol stations are not an issue, unless you need super unleaded...

If you do, then you should certainly research beforehand and even make a few telephone calls to check that they have the stuff in stock or are expecting a tanker delivery etc. I did this and we were able to do the full route (and then some extra). It did come close on one of the days, but I had 2 x 10L jerry cans full of Shell's finest in the car just in case. Didn't need them in the end though.

There are no Shell garages north of Inverness, but thankfully there are plenty of Gleaner branded garages, and many of these sell super unleaded.

Also worth noting the opening and closing times of the garages, as most are not 24/7, and some don't open at all on Sundays.

I made the following notes for super unleaded petrol stations - might be useful to you, no guarantee that they are still accurate mind.


THURSO

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Gleaner (Super Unleaded Confirmed)
Bridgend,
Thurso,
KW14 8PP

Tel: [phone]

0700 to 2230 Mon-Sat
0800 to 2230 Sun


INVERNESS

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Shell (Has V-Power Nitro+)
36 OLD PERTH ROAD,
INVERNESS,
IV2 3RH

Tel: [phone]

0700 to 2200 daily


BP (Has BP Ultimate)
22-24 Longman Road
Longman Industrial Estate
INVERNESS
IV1 1RY

Tel: [phone]

Open 24/7


Tesco Inverness have 99 RON apparently, but didn't verify this


NAIRN

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Shell (Has V-Power Nitro+)
FORRES ROAD,
Nairn,
IV12 5QE

Tel: [phone]

0700 to 2200 Mon-Fri
0700 to 1800 Sat
0900 to 1800 Sun



FRASERBURGH

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Shell (Has V-Power Nitro+)
BANFF ROAD,
Fraserburgh,
AB43 7ED

Tel: [phone]

Open 24/7


BP in Fraserburgh doesn't do Super Unleaded


FORT WILLIAM

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BP (Has BP Ultimate)
North Road
FORT WILLIAM
PH33 6TQ

Tel: [phone]

Open 24/7


Esso (Has Supreme Unleaded)
North Road
FORT WILLIAM
PH33 6TQ

Tel: [phone]

Open 24/7



KYLE OF LOCHALSH

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Gleaner (Super Unleaded Confirmed)
Central Filling Station
Station Road
Kyle
IV40 8AG

Tel: [phone]

0900 to 1700 Mon-Sat
0930 to 1630 Sun



ULLAPOOL

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Gleaner (Super Unleaded Confirmed)
Lochbroom Filling Station
Garve Rd,
Ullapool
IV26 2SX

Tel: [phone]

0730 to 2100 Mon-Sat
0830 to 1900 Sun

Edited by pah250 on Wednesday 28th December 10:14

[bigwheel]

Also:
Gleaner
Onich
PH33 6RZ
Tel: [phone]

and:
Gleaner
Ben Nevis Service Station
A82
Fort William

Where I've filled in the past because I've heard Gleaner's Super un-leaded is, in fact, Shell V-Power. Gleaner is Shell's "Agent" in the Highlands. Most used to be Shell stations until a few years ago.

[Superhans_]

Cheers that's really useful

[jet_noise]

Tesco Inverness does indeed have 99. I go up every year and that's the last 99 the car has till we come home.
Gleaner super is only 97 so must be diluted if it's based on 99! (Or 99 is boosted from 97!).

Another for the super list is Gulf, Broadford on Skye. Next to a (relatively for the area) large Co-op so two birds killed etc

Do the journey, best roads and scenery in the UK bar none. Just watch out for the midges

[mv6]

Me,Mikey and Paul did it(and a few detours) over the 1st weekend in September. Have driven it many,many times in the past before it was named the NC500! Will be going again this September in the Monaro. Plan a wee winter trip too sometime soon. Will take the wee Corsa Nurburgring and Mikey has a Cooper GP. Best roads and views.

[pah250]

mv6 said:

Me,Mikey and Paul did it(and a few detours) over the 1st weekend in September. Have driven it many,many times in the past before it was named the NC500! Will be going again this September in the Monaro. Plan a wee winter trip too sometime soon. Will take the wee Corsa Nurburgring and Mikey has a Cooper GP. Best roads and views.

Bloomin' awesome weekend that was too. I will definitely do it again sometime.

[THUNDER STORM]

pah250 said:

mv6 said:

Me,Mikey and Paul did it(and a few detours) over the 1st weekend in September. Have driven it many,many times in the past before it was named the NC500! Will be going again this September in the Monaro. Plan a wee winter trip too sometime soon. Will take the wee Corsa Nurburgring and Mikey has a Cooper GP. Best roads and views.

Bloomin' awesome weekend that was too. I will definitely do it again sometime.

Why dont you make the Scotland meet for 2017 go and do this full route, could be ACE.

What you think.

Ade

[pah250]

THUNDER STORM said:

pah250 said:

mv6 said:

Me,Mikey and Paul did it(and a few detours) over the 1st weekend in September. Have driven it many,many times in the past before it was named the NC500! Will be going again this September in the Monaro. Plan a wee winter trip too sometime soon. Will take the wee Corsa Nurburgring and Mikey has a Cooper GP. Best roads and views.

Bloomin' awesome weekend that was too. I will definitely do it again sometime.

Why dont you make the Scotland meet for 2017 go and do this full route, could be ACE.

What you think.

Ade

It's 4 or 5 days of solid driving. Not everyone wants that. It's only really manageable in small numbers anyhow.

Then there's the difficulty in planning a date that suits all. This route really needs to be done after the kids have gone back to school but before the weather turns. We dropped on perfectly this last year.

[Superhans_]

I'll be going end of june/start of july before the school term finishes

[bigwheel]

Superhans_ said:

I'll be going end of june/start of july before the school term finishes

Too late! The Scottish schools break up before the end of June.
But I know what you mean, the English schools far outnumber the Scots.