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From: Brimstone on 17 Apr 2010 11:14 I decided to go for a recreational drive last weekend. I've put some photos up if you'd like a look. http://s913.photobucket.com/albums/ac333/BrimstonesTours/Scotland%20April%202010/ I live in the midlands and drove to Lesmahagow truck stop (10-15 mile south of Glasgow) on Friday afternoon/evening where I had a few hours kip. I left there at silly o'clock and went up the motorway and A9 to the outskirts of Perth where I used some B roads to join the A93. The A93 takes you through Blairgowrie and Glenshee to Braemar. At Balmoral there's a single track B road that takes you across towards the A9 and Inverness. At Inverness breakfast seemed like a good idea and a friendly traffic warden pointed me at a decent cafe (where the waitress was a gorgeous little blond). Then it was back on the A9 through Wick to John o'Groats where I stopped and sent some postcards. The rest of the journey took me along the north coast and round to Ullapool and back to Inverness. I stopped at Tebay services for a kip and arrived home at about 8 on Sunday morning. Now I have a problem, I like going places on day trips. How do I beat John o'Groats? :D :D
From: Ret. on 17 Apr 2010 11:23 Brimstone wrote: > I decided to go for a recreational drive last weekend. > > I've put some photos up if you'd like a look. > > http://s913.photobucket.com/albums/ac333/BrimstonesTours/Scotland%20April%202010/ > > I live in the midlands and drove to Lesmahagow truck stop (10-15 mile > south of Glasgow) on Friday afternoon/evening where I had a few hours > kip. > I left there at silly o'clock and went up the motorway and A9 to the > outskirts of Perth where I used some B roads to join the A93. > > The A93 takes you through Blairgowrie and Glenshee to Braemar. At > Balmoral there's a single track B road that takes you across towards > the A9 and Inverness. > > At Inverness breakfast seemed like a good idea and a friendly traffic > warden pointed me at a decent cafe (where the waitress was a gorgeous > little blond). > > Then it was back on the A9 through Wick to John o'Groats where I > stopped and sent some postcards. > > The rest of the journey took me along the north coast and round to > Ullapool and back to Inverness. > > I stopped at Tebay services for a kip and arrived home at about 8 on > Sunday morning. > > Now I have a problem, I like going places on day trips. How do I beat > John o'Groats? :D :D LOL! Good trip. It wasn't until I got a caravan that I began to realise just how small is this island we all live on. If you draw a 50 mile radius circle around all the caravan sites we have stayed on in the last 12 years, they all intersect. Our problem these days is to decide where to go with the caravan because we've been everywhere. Kev
From: Halmyre on 17 Apr 2010 11:45 In article <fuadneceY9WjTVTWnZ2dnUVZ7qidnZ2d(a)bt.com>, brimstone(a)hotmail.com says... > I decided to go for a recreational drive last weekend. > > I've put some photos up if you'd like a look. > > http://s913.photobucket.com/albums/ac333/BrimstonesTours/Scotland%20April%202010/ > > I live in the midlands and drove to Lesmahagow truck stop (10-15 mile south > of Glasgow) on Friday afternoon/evening where I had a few hours kip. > > I left there at silly o'clock and went up the motorway and A9 to the > outskirts of Perth where I used some B roads to join the A93. > > The A93 takes you through Blairgowrie and Glenshee to Braemar. At Balmoral > there's a single track B road that takes you across towards the A9 and > Inverness. > > At Inverness breakfast seemed like a good idea and a friendly traffic warden > pointed me at a decent cafe (where the waitress was a gorgeous little > blond). > > Then it was back on the A9 through Wick to John o'Groats where I stopped and > sent some postcards. > > The rest of the journey took me along the north coast and round to Ullapool > and back to Inverness. > > I stopped at Tebay services for a kip and arrived home at about 8 on Sunday > morning. > > Now I have a problem, I like going places on day trips. How do I beat John > o'Groats? :D :D > > > *Anything* beats John O'Groats. It's a dump. Can you do Land's End in the same timescale? -- Halmyre This is the most powerful sigfile in the world and will probably blow your head clean off.
From: Brimstone on 17 Apr 2010 11:54 "Halmyre" <no.spam(a)this.address> wrote in message news:MPG.2633e7dab1c4917598a2bb(a)news.eternal-september.org... > In article <fuadneceY9WjTVTWnZ2dnUVZ7qidnZ2d(a)bt.com>, > brimstone(a)hotmail.com says... >> I decided to go for a recreational drive last weekend. >> >> I've put some photos up if you'd like a look. >> >> http://s913.photobucket.com/albums/ac333/BrimstonesTours/Scotland%20April%202010/ >> >> I live in the midlands and drove to Lesmahagow truck stop (10-15 mile >> south >> of Glasgow) on Friday afternoon/evening where I had a few hours kip. >> >> I left there at silly o'clock and went up the motorway and A9 to the >> outskirts of Perth where I used some B roads to join the A93. >> >> The A93 takes you through Blairgowrie and Glenshee to Braemar. At >> Balmoral >> there's a single track B road that takes you across towards the A9 and >> Inverness. >> >> At Inverness breakfast seemed like a good idea and a friendly traffic >> warden >> pointed me at a decent cafe (where the waitress was a gorgeous little >> blond). >> >> Then it was back on the A9 through Wick to John o'Groats where I stopped >> and >> sent some postcards. >> >> The rest of the journey took me along the north coast and round to >> Ullapool >> and back to Inverness. >> >> I stopped at Tebay services for a kip and arrived home at about 8 on >> Sunday >> morning. >> >> Now I have a problem, I like going places on day trips. How do I beat >> John >> o'Groats? :D :D > > *Anything* beats John O'Groats. It's a dump. There's certainly not a lot there to hold the visitor's attention. > Can you do Land's End in the same timescale? A lot less, it's only about 6 hours using "A" roads and not motorways. By motorway, less than five. That's according to Autoroute and not allowing for traffic holdups
From: McKevvy on 17 Apr 2010 14:01
On 17 Apr, 16:14, "Brimstone" <brimst...(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > I decided to go for a recreational drive last weekend. > > I've put some photos up if you'd like a look. > > http://s913.photobucket.com/albums/ac333/BrimstonesTours/Scotland%20A... > > I live in the midlands and drove to Lesmahagow truck stop (10-15 mile south > of Glasgow) on Friday afternoon/evening where I had a few hours kip. > > I left there at silly o'clock and went up the motorway and A9 to the > outskirts of Perth where I used some B roads to join the A93. > > The A93 takes you through Blairgowrie and Glenshee to Braemar. At Balmoral > there's a single track B road that takes you across towards the A9 and > Inverness. > > At Inverness breakfast seemed like a good idea and a friendly traffic warden > pointed me at a decent cafe (where the waitress was a gorgeous little > blond). > > Then it was back on the A9 through Wick to John o'Groats where I stopped and > sent some postcards. > > The rest of the journey took me along the north coast and round to Ullapool > and back to Inverness. > > I stopped at Tebay services for a kip and arrived home at about 8 on Sunday > morning. > > Now I have a problem, I like going places on day trips. How do I beat John > o'Groats? :D :D I didn't think that anyone in Britain earned enough to do some recreational driving now given the incredible cost of motoring. McK. |