Convoy to Argyll & Bute Run - Sun 6th Aug

[Craig]

Meeting @ Hamilton BP Services (M74) @ 08:00 ish;)

Angus
Elfman
Minimad
Sweeney
S700ONY

Meeting @ Stirling Services @ 08:45hrs for 09:00hrs departure.

Craig & Jude
MarkyC
AndyP & Lenore
Scottiecoop
Neil & Lorna
Roadrunner
PACMAN
John & Nenah
Ian & Sarah
Lesley, Jason and Kerr (didn't think they have to bother telling people... ;))
my wee boy (Andy & Norma)

[Sweeney]

elfman for hamilton craig, see i was right! you've missed one already :sleepy:

edit: aha you noticed :p damn i was too slow! :(

[Craig]

quote:Originally posted by Sweeney

elfman for hamilton craig, see i was right! you've missed one already :sleepy:

edit: aha you noticed :p damn i was too slow! :(


you have to be up early wee man.... ;);)

where and what time are you meeting at Hamilton, so the info is right...

[Sweeney]

Not sure, on way to arbroath we never stopped off at stirling so i don't know if we will be to callander...

If stopping off at stirling i'd guess a depart from hamilton at 8:10~

[Craig]

you will have to drive right past Stirling Services, so it would be a shame not to join the convoy... ;)

[Sweeney]

Well we did on the way to arbroath (drive right by) :p, i was dying for a pi$h as well so was gutted we didn't stop haha!

[Sweeney]

oh it's the hamilton bp services on M74 (not to be confused with bothwell bp services half a mile down the road ;)

08:10 ish was a guess! :p

[X30YES]

quote:Originally posted by craigd

you will have to drive right past Stirling Services, so it would be a shame not to join the convoy... ;)
As posted in another thread ''Hamilton via Stirling''
Dont listen to to that sh**^ Craig we will be in at Moto svs,as you say we have to pass it anyway ,(The road turns off there Sweeney for Callender)....only reason we never stopped last time was that a call was made and the Stirling pick up tailed on at the back of the group.

[Sweeney]

quote:Originally posted by X30YES

As posted in another thread ''Hamilton via Stirling''
Dont listen to to that sh**^ Craig we will be in at Moto svs

:eek: no need to take that sort of tone ;):sleepy:

[minimad]

canny wait people

[gill]

Craig, as we're coming down from the north we'll just meet you at Callendar as last year. :D

[sedgie]

No sure yet.....as we coming throu Fife might be quicker just to go straight to callender....might be more time in bed!;);):D

[Craig]

Ok Gill, no problem.... ;)

Sedgie, if your coming from fife, you will be passing Stirling Services (take it your coming over the Kincardine Bridge...)

Or you could go via the hillfoots... either way, no problem, if we don't see you at Stirling, we will see you in Callander. :D

[Duncan Stewart]

I think we will be heading via Glen Devon / Glen Eagles to Callander (about 10 miles shorter than via Kincardine) so will see you in Callander.
Going to leave about 8am if you want to join us Sedgie

[sedgie]

Sounds fine by us:D....we will follow you throu since you know the road;):cool:...just tell us where you want to meet ...we are in Strathkinness:)

[Craig]

quote:Originally posted by Duncan Stewart

I think we will be heading via Glen Devon / Glen Eagles to Callander (about 10 miles shorter than via Kincardine) so will see you in Callander.
Going to leave about 8am if you want to join us Sedgie


No Probs Duncan :D

[Neil and Lorna]

Stick oor names in for meeting at Stirling.:D:D


Neil and Lorna.:D:)

[roadrunner]

Stirling for me to craig.

[PACMAN]

Stirling services - is that at Junction 9 ? :question:

[Craig]

Yes it is... MOTO Services :D

[PACMAN]

Perfect ... put me down to meet up there :D

[Nenah]

Please add John and me to the Stirling Services convoy too.

See you Sunday at 8.45!
:p

[ianking]

eye Sarah and I in oor cars respectively will meet you central belt reprobates at the Stirling services. Gonna travel up wi the Border yins.

[N12 JLK]

Come on we didnt really need to post here= Les, Jason and Kerrso down for this :D

[my wee boy]

Can you stick our names on for joining at stirling? ta..my wee boy..(andy & norma)

[X30YES]

quote:Originally posted by my wee boy

Can you stick our names on for joining at stirling? ta..my wee boy..(andy & norma)
Andy & Norma,if your coming along the M8 ,your welcome to pick up our group at the M74 Hamilton BP Svs (North)at 08;00,there should be 6-7 of us there ,see this map (http://ukw.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?lat=55.7884&lon=-4.0368&scale=50000&icon=x) for details.If you mail me I will give you more details etc .

[my wee boy]

Thanks but we are coming from west kilbride so bit easier going straight along m8 over kingston bridge then up m80. still an early start for a sunday.

[X30YES]

quote:Originally posted by my wee boy

Thanks but we are coming from west kilbride so bit easier going straight along m8 over kingston bridge then up m80. still an early start for a sunday.
NP ...will pick you up at Shells svs M80 if you like as we pass that way anyway ?

[illegalhunter]

any idea what time yous all will be in balloch as iam busy on sunday but would like to meet you all sunday in balloch to faces to all the names & minis of coarse

[Sweeney]

craig can you change hamilton to 08:00 depart please

thank you :)

[Craig]

quote:Originally posted by deerslayer

any idea what time yous all will be in balloch as iam busy on sunday but would like to meet you all sunday in balloch to faces to all the names & minis of coarse


we should be a Loch Lomond Shores (Blue Car Park) approx 17:00hrs.. :D

[Craig]

quote:Originally posted by Sweeney

craig can you change hamilton to 08:00 depart please

thank you :)


Sorted :approve:

[X30YES]

quote:Originally posted by Sweeney

craig can you change hamilton to 08:00 depart please

thank you :)
Why , are you going on your own :p:D:D

[Sweeney]

you emailed me and rob etc saying it'll be 08:00 depart? :evil:

[X30YES]

quote:Originally posted by Sweeney

you emailed me and rob etc saying it'll be 08:00 depart? :evil:

Gents , I was thinking gathering around 08:00 for the A&B ,leaving
> just after that :approve:........."one singer one song" springs to mind :p

[Sweeney]

can't do right for wrong also comes to mind! :(

[my wee boy]

re m80 castlecary svs pickup...any idea what time you would be passing it??

[X30YES]

quote:Originally posted by my wee boy

re m80 castlecary svs pickup...any idea what time you would be passing it??
we hope will be there about 08;20 ...but no later than 08;30 I would say .

[my wee boy]

ok will go for that then...... 10 mins extra in bed .... superb. look out for a black cooper looking a bit lost!!! do you want my mobi number just in case??

[X30YES]

quote:Originally posted by my wee boy

ok will go for that then...... 10 mins extra in bed .... superb. look out for a black cooper looking a bit lost!!! do you want my mobi number just in case??
Mail me ,and stay in the Shell perol station , if you go into the Little Chef place you cant get back out on the M80 without going back on yourself and back to the round about etc !!!

[Indy]

Hi all just seen your run in Modern Mini. It lookeed great.:D:D

Some of us from DMR are thinking of coming up to do a run like this in June next year and maybe cmpnig somewhere.

Do you have the run notes for this and any suggestions for campsites?

[stoney]

here they are http://www.reachercreatures.com/minirun/argyll_and_bute_2006_notes.pdf

[stoney]

hope this helps :)

[Indy]

Cheers m8.

[stoney]

not a prob just have a wee look under mini meets and u will find loads of runs :)

[Indy]

How long did it take to do this run excluding stops? and what sort of speeds were you doing?

If we split this in two and stopped over at Oban camping for the night do you think we would have a too much time left over at the end of each day?

[Craig]

We left Callander 10:00hrs, had the stops mentioned in the notes (including stopping in Oban for an hour and half) and we were back in Balloch for approx 17:30hrs..

You will do the first part of the route in approx 3 hours. The second half (from Oban to Balloch) should take a little less time, but bank on 3 hours also..

If you need any help, or info, just let me know.

Craig :D

:EDIT: as for the speeds, we never got above 60 (mostly due to traffic on the road ) ;):approve:

[Indy]

Thanks for that.:D

[Indy]

So we will have loads of spare time if we did this in one day?

If we based ourselves in Callander do you have another run that we could do for another day.

Probably looking at coming up friday, camping firday night, doing the run Saturday and then camping saturday and doing another run sunday.

We only ever do the national speed limits anyway;);)and we have a diesel in our club.:(Sorry cant find a rolls eyes smilie :p

[Craig]

There is a nice run from Balloch to Dunoon, used for the Thistle Run by the Mini Clan. I could get you the details for that. It uses some small back roads and is great fun, not a Huge mileage though, but you would have to get to Balloch from Callander to start.

let me know if this is of any use... :D

[Indy]

Yes I'd like details of that please.:)

[Indy]

Just thought I'd tell you we have 12 possible Minis coming up to do this.
Planning to come up on friday the 15th June 2007, doing the run Saturday and then chilling out sunday and maybe finding some good photo locations.

Gonna camp here ..... http://www.trossachsholidays.co.uk/Main.html