Tour of Scotland - summer '09

[VerySideways]

Hi guys,

Just trying to guage interest in this trip i was planning last year.

The idea would be to go to Scotland for a week and do a variation on the "850 mile lap" sometime around the end of June or beginning of July, before the school holidays, or mid September after the school holidays.

Roughly:
Day 1 - drive to Edinburgh
Day 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 - do "the lap", finishing in Edinburgh
Day 7 - drive back

More info on "the lap" here: http://www.rioprestige.com/driving/the-lap-of-scot...

I'm going.

Edited by VerySideways on Tuesday 28th April 11:38

[john_r]

I'll have a new car by then...

[AngryS3Owner]

Depending on when I'm probably in

[John D.]

I'm in defo

IOM, Scotland, North Wales/EVO Triangle - should be doing the whole set this year!

[AngryS3Owner]

Totally agree on North Wales, needs to be done, even if just a long weekend!

[John D.]

Gotta be done The roads are immense.

I might have some taster footage to share in the near future too, with Robbies help hopefully

[Robatr0n]

Depending on costs and how available I am, it sounds like a blast!

[deevlash]

heres a few tasters for you

stob dearg from the A82 on the west coast in glencoe

applecross on the west coast

the A9 on the east cost up the top

berridale braes on the east coast but slightly further down

[John D.]

Nice!!! ^^

[AngryS3Owner]

Can't remember the road and don't have pics, but one of the roads that cuts north to fort william is mental, you can see for miles!

[martinmac]

We do Applecross and up the coastal roads with the 350z in early September. Awesome roads and very quiet.



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[identti]

Looks great to me -july or early to mid Sept. would be ok.

[tuscan_al]

Yes to that, end of june onwards for 3 weeks is good with my scheduled leave

those roads look amazing

[deevlash]

AngryS3Owner said:

Can't remember the road and don't have pics, but one of the roads that cuts north to fort william is mental, you can see for miles!

that'll be the A82, it goes up past loch lomond then ontowards fort bill then across to inverness on the east coast. Its a bit narrow alongside the loch but when you pass it it really opens out, just watch for the police at the bridge of orchy. Theres a walking route called the west highland way that goes from glasgow to fort william and kind of runs the same route, the scenery is spectacular whether youre walking or driving.

[Kinky]

There's always ......

The Tartan Hoon: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

or

The Highland Hoon: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[northo]

This may help:

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en...

There are some good videos of driving in Scotland ( and some hypercars!) here:

http://uk.youtube.com/highcalamity

I invented the now famous "Lap of Scotland", so if you need any advice, just let me know!

[northo]

This thread will tickle your tastebuds as well....

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[AngryS3Owner]

I think Pete was actually planning on dropping you a line when we were talking about this last year and seeing if we'd be able to pop in and say hi at some point!

[northo]

AngryS3Owner said:

I think Pete was actually planning on dropping you a line when we were talking about this last year and seeing if we'd be able to pop in and say hi at some point!

You are welcome to drop in for a cup of tea and some cake

[Vixpy1]

Can do a few days, but can't do a whole week.