Location Query

[Funky]

I was in Scoland a while back and found the most magnificent road, except i cannot for the life of me remember where it was. As it has been bugging me for the past couple of weeks, i thought the best place to ask was pistonheads So fellow pher's, where is this location in Scotland?

[SSC!]

Hey funky I remember that trip. Hope you are well. Did you not head up to Ullapool? The second pic looks a bit like The garve road but probably way off.

Ave

[SSC!]

It was indeedy a while back. Just started up the brain cells and remembered it was 2008.

[Funky]

Wow ok i didnt realise it was that far back! My goodness, no wonder i cannot remember. That was a deadly trip and the Ph runout was great! I must post another picture or two tomorrow from that!

I really have no idea where i went. I know we stayed by loch ness also, maybe it was near there? I am hoping to find it on google maps. That picture was taken right at the side of the road so if anyone goes by there on the way to work daily they will hopefully recognize it

[sherman]

I have no idea where the road is but thought it was an appropriate time to resurrect these pictures from October 2008

[Vipers]

Interesting plate, how do you get away with that?







P.S. Nice set of wheels though.

[bernie_eccle]

Looks like the north side of the Kinlochleven loop to me.

[Andrew[MG]]

That was my first PH run :-)

[paulqv]

hey Stranger

I remember meeting you too! One of pics is you talking to me beside the QV!

We did the run up to Oban via Loch Lommond. I recall you said you were going North and then back home? I thought you went up the West coast from Oban following the main roads after the meeting??

Hope your well and thriving.

Regards

Paul

[cat220]

Funky said:

I was in Scoland a while back and found the most magnificent road, except i cannot for the life of me remember where it was. As it has been bugging me for the past couple of weeks, i thought the best place to ask was pistonheads So fellow pher's, where is this location in Scotland?

These two pics look like they were taken towards the top of loch lomond. The pictures of the cars in the car park looks like Ganavan sands outside Oban.

[Andy Bell]

at the risk of being smacked round the head any chance the photos themselves have exif tags when they were taken for location? If someone else took shot may be possible...

[Rusty1]

I'm sure when we were coming back to Glasgow from that run that we say you parked off the side of the a82 at loch lommond, which the first pic does look like.

Can see me and the mrs in our bike gear with the only bike there!

[Funky]

Brilliant! I have been looking at googlemaps with all the suggestions and it definitly looks like the A82 at Loch Lommond! I havent pinpointed the exact spot but i am pretty sure that is the area. Thanks all!


Vipers - Its an irish reg and usually older cars have black plates, with silver writing, i kinda got away with that for a while because it looked like an older car. I dont bother anymore though.

Andy - I have managed to lose all the original pictures They are just jpgs i did ages back at small sizes. Raging at i really adored those pictures and i am usually meticulous at logging every picture taken. Seeing as i have over 500,000 though one or two folders are bound to go missing

[Funky]

Here's the only photos i have left of the Oban run - http://www.flickr.com/photos/funkygeek/sets/721576...

[paulqv]

It does look like the top end of Loch Lommond from that scene and that crash barrier.
As you go to top and continue through going right at Tarbet, seems like there near the big power station with the pipes coming down to the Loch!

Edited by paulqv on Wednesday 20th February 21:15

[FastNReliable]

Here?

[paulqv]

yes about there.

[Technomad]

Funky said:

Wow ok i didnt realise it was that far back! My goodness, no wonder i cannot remember. That was a deadly trip and the Ph runout was great! I must post another picture or two tomorrow from that!

I really have no idea where i went. I know we stayed by loch ness also, maybe it was near there? I am hoping to find it on google maps. That picture was taken right at the side of the road so if anyone goes by there on the way to work daily they will hopefully recognize it

If that's North End Loch Lomond, it's my local turf - will be swinging down there in the next couple of days and will see if I can confirm!

[Meths]

FastNReliable said:

Here?

Chooooooooor

That road is just between the two coffee shops that I work at at.

Just next to bonnie braes?

I literally drive that road 6 times a day in the summer!

I'll try and get a picture when I get myself a car

I've embarrassed many bmw drivers on that road trying to follow when i'm driving the van or rover 75

Edited by Meths on Wednesday 20th February 21:30

[MGZRod]

Wow that's going back a bit. Was the first run I went on I think, was passenger in Ian's Type-R. I'm sure I've got photos from that on my photobucket!