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This is one of my favourite places top visit. A family of 9 used to live here and 5 of these where children. Every time I visit I am amazed how they survived.

Well that was a reet good day! Dry as a bone, hot and sunny, clearly Russ was elsewhere. Got some vids I'll have a look through later, and editing some pics now.

I think it would be a good idea if in the members area for the reasons highlighted by Dave above - perhaps with sub-sections: Out with the BoysMembers, Driving SWMBO, Mountain Passes, European Tour Routes and Tracks

Incontinence at your age Chris isnt a good sign

Dave managed 124mph through the fox hole which was a little butt clenching.

Plenty of them pushing pushchairs round here Russ, take your pick !

Ladies and Gentleman, Russ has entered Germany!!!!

Germany!!!

Hard braking at Bedford Autodrome the other month

4 laps done in under an hour with cooling off and driver change. Heading home now. was nice and sunny. Went quite well for 120bhp. Really helps to know where you’re going. Would day trip again!!

Me too

Day three was once again very hot with full sunshine all day. We met with David at the Commando memorial before heading for the Isle of Skye via the Glenelg Ferry. The ferry sails over the Kyle Rhea straits and they looked absolutely beautiful. The paddle steamer, "The Waverley" was due later that day but unfortunately we didn't have time to stay. The ferry, is the MV Glenachullish and she was originally built in 1969 for the Ballachulish crossing prior to the bridge being opened in 1975. The ferry is the last operating manual turntable ferry in the world. The ferry dog called "Nak" to a liking to my karting shoes and she just would not leave my feet alone for the full trip across. We passed a couple on a 50cc type moped doing about 4 mph. Heaven knows how they got up and down the roads to the ferry. We travelled over Skye and back onto the mainland via the Skye bridge. Quick picnic followed at Lochcarron before travelling up to Applecross via the The Bealach na Ba. The road rises to a height of 2,053ft from sea level in around four miles, and is so beautiful. The pass provides some challenging driving in the country and it is all single carriageway. Unfortunately, Gary's car suffered a damaged radiator and had to stop at the top. The bonnet was soon off and a load of bikers came over to the car and they where offering bottles of water to help fill the radiator. It really was a great "spirit" at the top of the pass with much banter and p*** taking going on. We rang various companies and a plan was developed where a radiator would be sent by courier to a garage in Aberdeen, Gary would go collect and have his car back on the road within two days....and this is exactly what happened. Whilst Gary was on the phone to the recovery company, Trina and David built balancing rock towers that overlooked the Isle of Skye. David cheated though as he did build his with a traffic cone. I was going to make comments about David been the "Hero" of the day......but I wont. Needless to say we all stayed together until Gary and Trina where sorted. The local recovery soon attended and they said they had removed a number of vehicles from the road that day as they where using the road as a race track. They where flying in for the NC500 and using hired cars to drive the route as fast as they could. Unfortunately they disregard the other road users. From here I continued my way north on my own. I stayed in a beautiful B&B overlooking Badachro Bay. The owners even had their own micro-brewery where they produced their own gin. It contained local, hand picked gorse blossom, wild bog myrtle, rose hip petals and elderflower. I went to the local pub for something to eat. I needed a mortgage to afford anything so the evening meal was biscuits from my hotel room.

Second day was beautiful sunshine once again. We had a great visit to the Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge. The cars attracted so much attention and we spoke to so many people here. Terry had a lady of around 70 years of age who asked to sit in his car. She negotiated the full roll cage and had a whale of a time. She looked so happy. The memorial soon cleared and I set my iron flying but could not get a video feed. Turned out to be a dodgy SIM card so no film. Means I just have to go all the way back again. As we left the memorial, there was an MX5 coming towards us. The passenger was stood on the passenger seat and I wondered what was going on. Before he even got to us, he was waving, smiling and shouting, "Its Buttercup". It was a brilliant moment and a great suprise. We later received a message on the forum and it was Alfascozzesi who had been following our adventures on the WWW. We had to say goodbye to Terry at this point. Thankyou so much for joining in our adventure Terry. You where such great fun and we all enjoyed your company. Thanks also for the petrol. See you next time. Glenfinnan was the next stop. As we stopped in the carpark, a chap offered Gary his car parking ticket as he was living. Within seconds a car park attendant pounced and threatened to fine the man. It was so heavy handed and uncalled for. We then ventured round the beautiful Ardnamurchan Peninsula. This area is beautiful with amazing scenery and roads. All single track but very twisty and scenic. We visited the Arnamurchan Lighthouse. This is the most westerly point on the British mainland. Just make sure you have a full tank of petrol before visiting the lighthouse. You can get fuel at Strontian. The roads are really twisty on this road so just go steady. Great cafe and toilets with free parking. I ordered a tea for one and got 5 cups out the teapot. Just make sure you follow the traffic lights at the lighthouse. Not like the idiot who couldn't wait and had to reverse his car back round twisty and blind corners. One chap did the same and damaged his brand new Mercedes.

And I wonder why

At the tunnel now, managed to get on an earlier train. Woohoo!!!

Time elapsed 0 Miles 0 couldn’t sleep so left early and going to try for an earlier crossing. Excited!

Just like to say a huge public “thank you” to Luke and Chris at @Plays-Kool This is a purely personal thank you (and recommendation) as I feel credit really is due when you receive truly exceptional service. What started out as a bit of a favour ended up with them taking over to save the day I’ll not bore you with the details, but suffice it to say that when my back gave out part way through putting the diff back in, Luke and Chris dropped everything and did what was required to ensure my car was back together. Thank you both for your generosity and professional help - and what’s more,, thanks to your efforts my car now goes around corners way better than it did before!

Yeah sorry we didnt meet up but I am sure we shall at some point. I am sure I will meet you Gary sooner rather than later at some Scottish run. Loved seeing all your pics. You really had a great trip. Loved seeing Craigvar in the Strath. My mum and dad tried to buy that when I was about 10 (a long time ago). Loved the servants staircase from the kitchen to upstairs at the time! Hopefully Saturday will see everything swapped over and I can get a run out on Sunday. Frustrating getting a new toy you cant use.

Prospecting campsites for my Duke of Edinburgh's Award group.

I used to go to the Nürburgring regularly, multiple trips a year. Sadly, my last trip was 2016 and my mate Dave hasn't been since 2014. We've both got the day off tomorrow so decided to head over for a day trip. The rough plan is this: Leave at 0600 Tunnel at 0850 Arrive Nürburgring around 1400 Catch up with some old friends, spot of lunch until track opens for TF @ 1715 1715 - 1900 laps! Head home at 1900 for the 2330 tunnel Tucked up in bed by 0100. The weather forecast is hot and stormy. Happy to keep you up to date on progress if anyone cares.

Hmm my Westie is very clean.... Cough.... Thanks Sadiq Kahn ttps://dailym.ai/2Js6jYO via http://dailym.ai/android

Two important things about this meeting. Smeggy is on holiday. My car is back on the road. So weather permitting we will go out for a run, we could do an early start, say 7 or 7.30 please tell me what would suit you best. We wont get a night with more daylight so lets make the most of it And one more thing. Julie is having a run out tomorrow morning around the Matlock area, i know it's short notice but is anyone up for it?

This is the Jacobite Memorial at Glenfinnan. There is a carpark that costs £3.00 and there is a prowling attendant who is very keen so make sure you pay. Gift shop has clean toilets and a cafe that serves reasonably priced food. Behind is the viaduct that was in the Harry Potter films and you can still ride over it in a steam train. I have included a video of the viaduct I made last year.

Finally back in the UK, getting a bit tired now.

And video number 1... Wow. Very moving. Its funny, I remember some of the conversations in the early days when you were trying to get certain pics, but just hadn’t quite found the technique. You always did have a great eye for the shots though, landscape especially. Boy does it now show in your videos, it’s not just the individual shots though, you’ve really developed a flair for putting them together into fantastically evocative pieces. I just wish we could put moving pictures in the Club Mag, so that more people could see!

Both my Westfield and Red Neck pickup also count as low emission vehicles, so that’s a bunch of bull c**p then, to use the red neck term.

Righty ho @AndrewBClarke if young Matt says the weather is ok then I will set my alarm and warm my new tyres up, all 4 of them!! The next Peak District meeting will be on a Sunday, I only went for Saturday so that I could move it on a day if the weather was bad, if I had known hey. For tomorrow, the route has been set, about 5 minutes on an A road, the rest of it is well off the tourist route. Looking forward to it ......listening to the V8 start that is.

Superb, Geoffrey. I’ve missed your drone films. More please!

Great shooting as always and having looked at the location, quite a trip from Scarborough!

Here is a film I made of Mine House that I always love to visit. On this trip I was lucky enough to meet a lady who's nana used to live in the house.

Shame this isn’t on Sunday - I’d really like to attend my first meet, but I just can’t do Saturdays weather permitting, I’m definitely up for a Sunday Peak District meeting

Bedford Autodrome GT circuit. Really good fast track, wide and lots of run-off.

It's a fair old drive to Wigan.... A transvestite moved up north - he had a Wigan address....

We do already have a sub section kinda like the one your suggesting underneath the track days section. Places to visit and road trips

Now I am back, I thought I would do a bit of a write up of our trip for anyone interested. Big thanks to everyone who took part and contributed in our trip this year. Gary, Trina, Terry, David, Elaine and Judder. Not forgetting all the people along the way who shared in our adventures. First day was an early morning start in glorious sunshine and onwards to Darlington to meet Terry.Terry has just rebuilt his car and it looked amazing in the carbon fibre wrap and side skirts. We made our way north via Kielder Forest and Hadrian's Wall before meeting Gary and Trina at the Kelpies. The Kelpies are 30 meter high, horses head sculptures that light up on a night and you can also visit the inside of the sculptures. They sit within a canal boat turning pool and there is a cafe and toilets but you have to pay for parking. We then headed for Aberfoyle and the Dukes Pass which would be our first twisty and scenic road. However I would not recommend visiting here again as the roads around Aberfoyle are in a shocking state and we where constantly avoiding potholes. We had a near miss here. A car in front of me just hauled his breaks on as a bus was coming pretty fast round a blind corner on a single track road. I ended up Turing into the path of the bus to avoid the car, Gary banged is breaks on to avoid the back of Buttercup. No harm was done but poor Trina got a bit of a shock. Anyway we tracked on and arrived at out hotel at 7.20pm. It was a quick sign in and then straight back out again. We ventured past the "Three Sisters" and then straight down beautiful Glenetieve. This place used to be stunning and so quiet but now its full of camper vans and people parking cars on the verges and leaving rubbish. Its a bit of a disappointment but the place is still stunning. We ventured down to the head of Loch Etieve which was full of campers and people lighting fires. We had a mooch around before venturing back on single track, twisty roads and in the dark. This was absolutely great fun. However when Terry got back to his hotel, he found they had locked the doors. As we came back it was around 23.15pm as we ventured towards the hotel and a rescue helicopter was circling high above. Hope everyone was ok and they all got down safely.

I can confirm we have no cable ties. Hoping not to need them as it’s not my car!

32k from Aachen. Raving to 99 Luftballloons.

Thanks for the pics!!! I'll share my funny momments many thaks Adam!! I can't erase the smile of my face!!

No time for that. Making ‘decent progress’

Belgium!

Never have enough sleep! Enjoyed the evening. Jon’s Westie is awesome

Happy to help, glad it's feeling better and you managed to get your car sorted

Nice 140 mile drive round the great North Wales roads today. I averaged a faster speed today compared to yesterday when I was held back terribly by @CosKev

I predict bright sunshine and dry all day seeing as you are in a tintop

Need to change swap the tyres for a different profile.

Looks really good this

New colour scheme, about to head to Oulton Park last week