what a weekend

[fergusd]

4 hours on track in the cateringvan on Friday . . . good opportunity to get the old arms pumped up . . . just like climbing only faster : here

I get home, girlfriend cruises up in her shed with a leaking radiator . . .

Up early Sat, source replacement rad (as opposed to new shed), bung it in the garden shed (which is a high quality shed) . . . set off very late for Gairloch, 250 miles of A/B and single track, fastastic run . . . BBQ on the dunes watching the sunset :



Some nice red wine and sleep . . .

Another stunning day up north, 30 minutes on the beach next to the campsite :













Followed by one of the best 250 miles in the Elise in a long time . . . Gairloch to Spean bridge in an unfeasably short time ;-) . . .

Last run on this engine in the Elise . . . end of a 6 year run . . . it needs a new clutch, engine, battery and gearbox . . . which is what it's getting next weekend . . . I hope the next one brings as many smiles and miles as the current one ;-)

Change the rad in thg g/f's shed, vino plonko and watch the GP highlights . . .

Oh, We also saw a people carried full of camera stuff taking pics of a BMW/mini on our travels . . . nobody here ? . . . I wished we'd been going the same way . . . just so's we could have blasted past . . . filthiest car on the roads ;-)

Fd (sunburned faction)

[beyond rational]

I like 2, 4 and 6 a lot, sounds like you had a great day

[_dobbo_]

Those beaches!

[marctwo]

Really really nice. What lens were these shot with?

[bernie_eccle]

FD
Every one of these is a cracker. Very impressed . I am sure that these are all very sellable if you were to give it a go.

Did you use a filter on any/all of these?

Stewart

[poah]

and you met me. what a weekend you had. nice pics BTW

[rhubarb]

Is that really scotland? never realised it was quite like that, fantastic shots, really must try and get up there sometime, it's amazing how your preconceptions can be so wrong

[fergusd]

Scotland really is like that, the further north and west you go the better it gets . . . but this is about 4 hours drive north of Stirling . . . We must have driven close to getCarters new gaff, he is one luck sob . . . ;-) . . . perhaps it's best not too many people know how stunning it is . . . keeps the roads clear for us locals . . .

Good to chat albeit briefly on Friday Poah - the T-shirt was a clue ;-), am plannning some more track time this thursday evening . . . which should be fun . . .

All these images taken on a 12-24 lens, and all apart from the sunset had an 0.6 ND grad filter covering the sky . . . my fave new (and simple) tool for dealing with skies . . . works so much better than post processing IMHO . . .

Some of them I like, some not so much now . . . need to get some time in front of a decent monitor as these were all converted on my lappy which doesn't really have a great screen . . .

Fd

[Captain Beaky]

fergusd said:

Scotland really is like that, the further north and west you go the better it gets . . . but this is about 4 hours drive north of Stirling . . .

Fantastic. That's exactly where I'm headed on holiday next week

[GetCarter]

Fab shots!

I was up at the weekend Didn't see any Elises though

[fergusd]

Passed Torridon approx 1800 Sat and 1400 Sun . . . wasn't hanging around though ;-)

There were lots of Elises in the highlands this last weekend, but it's surprising how difficult it is to find them . . . I only saw one other, and I know there was a large tour on last weekend . . .

Fd