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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
[Re: driley]
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20/12/2016 19:27
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Hi everyone, yes the FCSS a bit too far for me and can't take extra time off from my business. However, happy to go ahead with N Scotland tour, it would be good to get dates agreed asap as I can try to get cover for the business or not take bookings that week. September sounds good.
Happy Xmas and New Year to all. X All the best to both of you Dianne (had a visit from a certain E deG last week )
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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21/12/2016 10:31
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Right.
We need to engage with this.
If the FCSS anniversary event is the 17th of June, let's assume we can't do two events in a month
Can people state their preferences for either May or July for the Northern Tour-
And also how long they can imagine being away for?
(whenabouts is the Club AGM and Le Mans..?)
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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21/12/2016 12:27
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I'm certainly up for this. I'm pretty much easy on dates, although my Coop may well be out of action due to refurbishment. Same three day spec as last time sounds good to me. Up further North/West & beyond.... Just to add, I had a wee chinwag with Simon & Barney during the Christmas meet & made it very clear that camping at my stage of life was totally out of the question... Me & a tent just wouldn't work I'm afraid.
I'm an old git & happy with it,most of the time
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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22/12/2016 23:36
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Okay, so the 2nd half of July, starting to take shape?
I need to get a wallplanner so I can mark up all the dates we can't do.
I'm sorry- I'm a bit out of the loop on other events - can someone quote me the AGM & Le Mans..? Thanks for taking the planning on again. good to be thinking about the summer with Storm Barbara bearing down on the North.
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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24/12/2016 16:01
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Hey Brian-
That's terrific to hear.
And from you too, Dianne! Do you think you could make the second half of July yourselves..?
Four days, three nights...
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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01/01/2017 09:59
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driley
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Hey Brian-
That's terrific to hear.
And from you too, Dianne! Do you think you could make the second half of July yourselves..?
Four days, three nights... I definitely want to be there in July. Hopefully I can get someone to cover the business, if you firm up the dates with everyone else in mind, I'll work something out. Happy New Year everyone .
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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05/01/2017 23:15
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Hello everyone...
Well, after months of conjecture and general laziness, we have a concept.
And a change of date.
Can everyone make a date across the second or third weekend in August now? We are looking conceptually at going across the weekends of the 12th & 13th or the 19th & 20th.
We are looking at an anti-clockwise tour of the North, starting with an initial meet again, probably in Inverness.
We are looking at a first night somewhere like Helmsdale. Then, probably missing out the top right hand corner of the country to take the opportunity to head inland and North to the coast again.
A second night somewhere like Unapool.
And a third night probably in Ullapool.
Road atlases out! Thoughts please...?
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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10/01/2017 00:41
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Perhaps something like this Route An alternative is to cut east at Garve and head for the A9 if the other is considered over-long. (I was only trying to include the A890 along Strathcarron )
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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11/01/2017 19:38
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Think we will probably come down on the Aberdeen boat and try and join up with you in or around Pitlochry. This will avoid going over the route three times!!!!
Have you any suggestions for overnight stops? At this stage just locations, not hotels.? Happy just to go with the flow on details, it's the journey as they say. It's only skeletal so far and dependent upon people's thirst for mileage...for example the route suggested above clocks up around 670 miles for the likes of Brian and Pauline coming from the Central Belt. But to try and answer your Q then maybe 1st night around Helmsdale, 2nd around Tongue or even Unapool, 3rd night tba (not the Aultguish Inn near Garve for example as it's £500 a night for a double room ) Price could be a factor here as it's smack bang in holiday time.....would everything be slightly cheaper say in September? Hmm.....is there even a reason for doing the circuit clockwise instead?
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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12/01/2017 14:58
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Think we will probably come down on the Aberdeen boat and try and join up with you in or around Pitlochry. This will avoid going over the route three times!!!!
Have you any suggestions for overnight stops? At this stage just locations, not hotels.? Happy just to go with the flow on details, it's the journey as they say. It's only skeletal so far and dependent upon people's thirst for mileage...for example the route suggested above clocks up around 670 miles for the likes of Brian and Pauline coming from the Central Belt. But to try and answer your Q then maybe 1st night around Helmsdale, 2nd around Tongue or even Unapool, 3rd night tba (not the Aultguish Inn near Garve for example as it's £500 a night for a double room ) Price could be a factor here as it's smack bang in holiday time.....would everything be slightly cheaper say in September? Hmm.....is there even a reason for doing the circuit clockwise instead? Good grief Simon! £500 a night for the Aultguish Inn! I used to stop off there years ago on fishing trips (a long story for another time ) It's certainly not that grand.
I'm an old git & happy with it,most of the time
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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12/01/2017 23:44
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Hi guys, ive recently bought a Coupe that is my next project but i also own an Alfa 155 and we did Scotland in October 2016 and it was truly Epic!!! Superb quiet roads, no speed cameras if you stay off the main routes (like the A9) and was the best driving roads tbh i think ive ever driven We started Stirling on the sat - out to Fort William then back into Aviemore for an overnight which was a great place to stay - i spent a year in Oz backpacking and it felt like there - and we all drank lots of Whisky! Next day we headed further north before going south to finish in Perth - another epicly good day - So good were doing it again next October but heading to Skye! Heres some photos of what we did and the scenery - mines the black 155 (we had a little 155 wedding too) The next day - unfortunately we lost a couple of cars during the saturday Oh and heres a video i made - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Y4mDypEWI
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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13/01/2017 07:49
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Hey sebasteeno, great pictures & story. I'm only 20 mins from Loch Ness & an hour or so from the West coast, aye some great driving roads up here.. You must do the pass to Applecross then come back & tell us what you thought. If you're up here again give me a shout, I'm 8 miles North of Inverness. Happy trails....Jim...
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