Glad you're enjoying your road-trip ... have done most of the NC500 before it was a thing with a name ... really quiet back then!!
The crowds are why we're glad the EC250 (which was the East-Coast sort of version in an attempt to pull in some tourists) never got any significant traction ... it means that, in spite of the NE being a hidden Gem, we're spared the hordes and can enjoy it to ourselves 🙂
Enjoy the rest of your trip 👍
K
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