Highland fling

[CarbonXKR]

Had a lovely trip on this route Saturday morning to Monday evening taking in my dads 80th birthday party, Art of Performance event at Dundas Castle, Applecross visit and dash North for the teatime boat home to Orkney. Some photos below......
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That was the Birthday boy and his ex command - a 38ft Prawn trawler he fished out of Burghead before retiring.

Next day we headed off to Dundas Castle - Souht Queensferry, Edinburgh for a Jaguar F Pace event. Hour and a half road drive of F pace of choice, followed by taster sessions of the Jaguar range. A Ice cube climb in the F Pace and a rally run with a professional driver - scared me sh&&&less!!


DSCN2004 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr


DSCN2009 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr

Headed for Glencoe for an overnight at the Isle of Glencoe Hotel, nice views and great food.
Next day off to Applecross. Weather was appalling but roads still nice and empty.

DSCN2015 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr
DSCN2016 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr
DSCN2038 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr

A stop off at Eilean Donnan Castle then onwards for the Belach na Beah......


DSCN2046 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr
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Getting progressively wetter as we ascend

DSCN2053 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr
DSCN2054 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr

The view point!!

DSCN2056 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr

And finally at Applecross, I'm told it's nice on a bonny day......

DSCN2058 by Jeff Temple, on Flickr

Looking forward to doing this when summer returns to the Highlands, a great run even in the rain

[cat220]

Looks like you had a great few days, your old man is a fit looking man for 80! What was the f pace like?

[Red Devil]

Remove the boat, take away the specs, and...
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[SmilerFTM]

Red Devil said:

Remove the boat, take away the specs, and...
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I did do a double take when I first opened the thread

[CarbonXKR]

cat220 said:

Looks like you had a great few days, your old man is a fit looking man for 80! What was the f pace like?

Thanks, he's doing great for his age indeed! The F-Pace was great, drove the 2.0 R Sport and the 3.0 Diesel S. Lot of grunt in the 3.0 but the 2.0 is no slouch either. Very comfortable and excellent driving position. Great passenger ride with a rally driver around the grounds, frightened me for sure and on 22" rims and summer tyres too so the 4wd system works well.