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Seven days around the top of Scotland in a small hatchback. Midges were brutal.

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Updated May 13, 2026

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Inverness

Highlands, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Bealach na Bà

Applecross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Single-track hairpins. Use the passing places and wave.

Kylesku Bridge

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Smoo Cave

Durness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

John o' Groats

Caithness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Applecross

Wester Ross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Drive in over the Bealach na Bà if the weather is clear.

Ullapool

Wester Ross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Sandwood Bay

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Four-mile walk in, and you might have it to yourself.

Dunnet Head

Caithness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

The actual northernmost point, not John o' Groats.

Dornoch

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Inverness

Highlands, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Ullapool

Wester Ross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Smoo Cave

Durness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Dornoch

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Applecross

Wester Ross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Drive in over the Bealach na Bà if the weather is clear.

Kylesku Bridge

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Dunnet Head

Caithness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

The actual northernmost point, not John o' Groats.

Bealach na Bà

Applecross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Single-track hairpins. Use the passing places and wave.

Sandwood Bay

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Four-mile walk in, and you might have it to yourself.

John o' Groats

Caithness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Inverness

Highlands, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Bealach na Bà

Applecross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Single-track hairpins. Use the passing places and wave.

Kylesku Bridge

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Smoo Cave

Durness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

John o' Groats

Caithness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Applecross

Wester Ross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Drive in over the Bealach na Bà if the weather is clear.

Ullapool

Wester Ross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Sandwood Bay

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Four-mile walk in, and you might have it to yourself.

Dunnet Head

Caithness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

The actual northernmost point, not John o' Groats.

Dornoch

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Inverness

Highlands, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Ullapool

Wester Ross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Smoo Cave

Durness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Dornoch

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Applecross

Wester Ross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Drive in over the Bealach na Bà if the weather is clear.

Kylesku Bridge

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Dunnet Head

Caithness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

The actual northernmost point, not John o' Groats.

Bealach na Bà

Applecross, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Single-track hairpins. Use the passing places and wave.

Sandwood Bay

Sutherland, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

Four-mile walk in, and you might have it to yourself.

John o' Groats

Caithness, Scotland en.wikipedia.org

2 comments

  • NH

    Nadia Haddad May 17, 2026

    Bold ranking. I respect it.

  • LF

    Lena Fischer Jun 25, 2026

    Adding this to my trip doc right now.

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