Highland Tour 7 16-17th September 2017

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    Pantomime Villain & Car Plan Ambassador Crombers's Avatar
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    As we look forward to the 'social' year ahead, what with all the shows, Sunday meets & runs & the BIGGY = HBT3, I was wondering if there was anything or any room in the calendar for some more

    Prior to the legendary Heartbeat Run the main runs of the year (for many a year) were the Cullen Ice Cream Run then the epic Highland Tour which usually consisted of two nights in the northern towns of Ullapool, Skye, Thurso, etc etc taking in the majority of the superb North Coast 500 route http://www.northcoast500.com
    Now the only main drawback was trying to get everyone into the same accommodation (as we do in Yorkshire) as it makes the run come together in the evenings as we settle down for some fine grub, excellent banter & the odd

    Now because the Heartbeat Tour is our 'mainstay' on the calendar (& rightly so) would there be interest in a 'one nighter' in Scotland (not necessarily the NC500) if we could find suitable, affordable northern hospitality for all participants.

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    Ok folks, mucho apologies for the delay re dates for this wee jaunt. We're gonna go for the weekend 16/17 September in order to a) give any Oxford runners a chance to do both runs b) accomodate our southern fella as it only seems fair what with the distances involved & c) avoid the September weekend.

    See page 9 for full route details and Saturday accomodation.

    Names of those who have thus far shown an interest are as follows :

    Crombers & Karen - booked R50 Cooper
    Pete & Mrs CFX - booked R53 GP1
    Brian & Christina - booked / one of the fleet
    Ali - booked F56 JCW
    & Laura - booked F54 JCW

    Alasdair - booked F58 JCW
    Dad - booked R56 WC50
    Mark - B&B booked R56 S

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    Sounds good to me.

    Obviously it would involve a few more days away from home for me Alan but I'd be very interested and I'll have a chat wi 'Ar Lass tonight if she's up for it as well.

    I'd personally be more interested in the North West region of Scotlandshire as it seems more picturesque. I've driven the A9 down from Scrabster, when we visited Orkney a few years back, and I found the drive a bit boring and the views a tad repetitive.
    That's just ust my two penn'orth though and as always I'd happily go along with the majority.



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    If depends what you want from the run. Once you're north of Ullapool, the NC500 isn't a great driving road - lots of single track, and the section from Wick south ain't much fun either. Also hotel options lacking a bit in the NW corner

    The road to the Isles is a good blast, done that with Mark Ryan, plenty options of hotels there.

    My suggestion would be from Inverness to Torridon via Applecross, stay at the Inn at Torridon which is ace, then back home the next day via Gairloch and Loch Broom. Applecross isn't a great driving road but needs to be done, however the other roads more than make up for it. Did that run this summer with a car club, we had a right good time blasting back the next day.

    Obviously anyone who uses the A9 to get to Inverness is a numpty so A93-A939 from Perth via Glenshee, the Lecht and Dava is the way to go.

    New café at the bottom of the Bealach worth a stop as well


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    Sounds good to me xxxx

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    I'm keen


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    All sounds good Allan as we have less shows this year and not a lot of planned runs. . Thanks for organising. Would obviously be date dependant
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    Handbrake Turner CiderFex's Avatar
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    What about September ?
    It's just after the school holidays so shouldn't be as busy, there are no shows and the weather is still decent.
    Plus it gives us more time to get things sorted.


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    Sounds great, I love up north

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    Quote Originally Posted by CiderFex View Post
    What about September ?
    It's just after the school holidays so shouldn't be as busy, there are no shows and the weather is still decent.
    Plus it gives us more time to get things sorted.


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    September is the proposed time for an Oxford tour Pete so possibly not
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