qwarrior Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 (edited) So my friend bought himself a Caterham and thought it would be a good idea to organise a 7 day trip around Scotland using the main roads as little as possible. Some teaser photos below, but more to come. The route was: Sunday: Newcastle - Falkirk Monday: Falkirk - Carnoustie Tuesday: Carnoustie - Fort Augustus (Loch Ness) Wednesday: Fort Augustus - Ullapool (via Tongue) Thurday: Ullapool - Isle of Skye Friday: Skye - Kinross Saturday: Kinross - Newcastle I can highly recommend a week doing this and will be organising something similar next year. More pics and videos to follow. Edited June 6, 2011 by qwarrior Reg No. in pics removed (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neo2810 Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Mental, we planned almost exactly that trip in a Sup, a Seat Leon, and an M3 for later this year. Newcastle up to Scotland to include the Isle of Sky. It was primarily a photography excursion but the cars were to be featured highly in the excitement. I may just be interested in your follow up trip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Nice, I can do a 1 upper on that though, I did 3000 miles in a week in the caterham, best fun ever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwarrior Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Mental, we planned almost exactly that trip in a Sup, a Seat Leon, and an M3 for later this year. Newcastle up to Scotland to include the Isle of Sky. It was primarily a photography excursion but the cars were to be featured highly in the excitement. I may just be interested in your follow up trip Can send you the route and recommend some good hotels/b&bs if you like for this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwarrior Posted June 6, 2011 Author Share Posted June 6, 2011 Nice, I can do a 1 upper on that though, I did 3000 miles in a week in the caterham, best fun ever Holy crap, that's a lot... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L18msy Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 The scenery is good up here. You should give us lot a shout if you do it again could maybe meet up depending on your route. What was the fuel bill like for the Monaro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westy Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 The scenery is good up here. You should give us lot a shout if you do it again could maybe meet up depending on your route. What was the fuel bill like for the Monaro? Agreed - you probably could have met up with loads of folk on here if you had said beforehand. In for the pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted June 7, 2011 Share Posted June 7, 2011 I also recently did a Scotland trip, wish I had taken the Supra though because the scenery and weather during the royal wedding week was spectacular. We went first to Oban then up to Inverness via Loch Ness. Then over to Ullapool and right up to the north coast at Durness before heading back down to Aviemore area and then back home to Penrith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwarrior Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 The scenery is good up here. You should give us lot a shout if you do it again could maybe meet up depending on your route. What was the fuel bill like for the Monaro? That was the plan originally, but I think it was a bit last minute and as you know, internet on the go up there is a bit scarce. As far as I'm aware I got the best consumption on the trip (Auto TT BPU), maybe I was just driving like a girl. Paul's Monaro was thirsty, especially when he was through the gears on the windy bits. I think he used an extra tank over me and Stu in the Caterham. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwarrior Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 Agreed - you probably could have met up with loads of folk on here if you had said beforehand. In for the pics! Putting together a vid at the moment and loads more pics to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwarrior Posted June 9, 2011 Author Share Posted June 9, 2011 I also recently did a Scotland trip, wish I had taken the Supra though because the scenery and weather during the royal wedding week was spectacular. We went first to Oban then up to Inverness via Loch Ness. Then over to Ullapool and right up to the north coast at Durness before heading back down to Aviemore area and then back home to Penrith. Nice Pics. the weather was great through the cairngorms, but sh*t most of the rest of the week. Still had fun though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 9, 2011 Share Posted June 9, 2011 Sounds fab! Can't wait to see more pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwarrior Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 More pics peeps. Some vids to follow aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus GTE Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Where was the beach in the last pic you have up mate? I didn't know we had beaches that good looking up here. Kinda want to find it now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus GTE Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Sorry, that was a question to AJI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJI Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 The beach was right up top of the north west coast. A place called Durness (UK mainland most northwesterly settlement). Also one of the most sparcely populated areas in the UK. It has a great jurasic feel to the coast line but I'd say good weather is a must if you visit here. I can easily imagine it to be a harsh place in bad weather. But I was surprised how clear and blue the water was up there, almost had a mediterrainian feel to it. (But the water was still darn cold). http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=durness&aq=&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=14.410453,45.878906&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Durness,+Lairg,+Highland,+United+Kingdom&ll=58.568857,-4.738863&spn=0.006199,0.030577&t=h&z=16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Beautiful Did you have good weather all the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus GTE Posted June 23, 2011 Share Posted June 23, 2011 cool, thanks for the info. I should really check places like this out seeing as i live in scotland. good excuse to take the supra on a drive too :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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