Scenes Of Skye 2008 ** Now With Pictures **

AW11 Forever..! · Post by **AW11 Forever..!** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:22 am

Get in, me old drinking partners back, really glad you both can make it.

Does this mean you will be frantically booking Le Mans too

See you'z soon.
Michael

S A Watt · Post by **S A Watt** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:38 pm

Ye Michael you didnt think the Frog could miss out on a chance to get in the scottish hills again and sample the local Skye Ales.

I knew he be back with us

AW11 Forever..! · Post by **AW11 Forever..!** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:02 pm

Must be those little furry Haggis!!

S A Watt · Post by **S A Watt** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:08 pm

Ok Guys thats me just back from the great Leman trip 2008.

The cars done 2500 miles over the last 2 weeks and went like a trooper.

I am now back on to this trip and making sure we have everything arranged.

If everyone is ok with this i will arrange for us to book in for evening meals in Portree at Skye. It can get quite busy so i suggest when a party of about 30 we do this.

I have 2 places in mind. Reasonable cost and nice meals. I will get the names up of the places once i speak to them to check available

If anyone does not want to eat with the group then let me know.

Sunday night will be back at the Snow Goose Country pub across from the travel lodge so no booking required for their.

I will make sure that we have some spots along the route that we can stop for snacks as last year and the pee stops.

Only 12 weeks to go on this one.

See you all soon

Shane

bmwbill · Post by **bmwbill** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:24 pm

Good to see you had a great trip Shaun, may and I will be eating with the crowd again this year so no problem there mate,

. We are in Countdown mode for this one

Bill. PS the Mk1 flew through the MOT

monkeymax · Post by **monkeymax** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:35 pm

Glad to hear you're back safe and sound Shane!

I've Been following the Le Mans stuff a fair bit...

S A Watt wrote:Only 12 weeks to go on this one.

Only 12 weeks left to get one of the Mk1s back on the road.... Oh ****...

t-bar89 · Post by **t-bar89** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:50 pm

Max,

Just in case you don't get one ready in time...

Do you wanna buy a Mk2?

t-bar89 · Post by **t-bar89** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:55 pm

Shane,

Do you have a pic of your roadster with it's new body kit and spoiler etc?

Would like to see...

pete

S A Watt · Post by **S A Watt** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:43 pm

Max

I am sure you will be ready in time, it is 3 months away yet and if not just take Sasha's one.

Pete

Your wish is my command. Here are a few pics of the roadster. Don't worry you will see it in the flesh for the Skye run.

Shane

raptor95GTS · Post by **raptor95GTS** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:37 pm

car's looking good Shane. Hopefully I'll get a chance up north soon and get a good look at the Gairloch road. Been almost a year since I did that road, miss it badly

Portgordon · Post by **Portgordon** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:31 pm

Imoc seems to "forget" to send me emails when the topics I'm watching are updated

So I've missed a fair few pages of updates!

The mk3 looks great! looking forward to seeing it in the metal.

S A Watt · Post by **S A Watt** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 1:33 pm

No problem Allan.

I am looking forward to seeing you again in September for a catch up. Might even have a spell in the turbo with you if ok. I think i will take the roadster with me for the run.

I have not been up that way for a while myself but will make a wee weekend their before the trip just to make sure everything is arranged.

Presume we will just meet you in Avimore again this year from your early morning run up

MARK

Nice to hear from you matey. Looking forward to a catch up with you shortly. Was going to drop you a text. Will have another Aberdeenshire run soon so hopefully see you their. If not def on this one.

Are you 2 guys still camping in skye. Nice wee site at Portree. Let me know if you need any help with it but im sure you guys will have it sorted

See you soon

Shane

Martin F · Post by **Martin F** » Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:09 pm

S A Watt wrote:Max

I am sure you will be ready in time, it is 3 months away yet and if not just take Sasha's one.

Pete

Your wish is my command. Here are a few pics of the roadster. Don't worry you will see it in the flesh for the Skye run.

Shane

cars looking very nice mate

glad you enjoyed your recent trip....

raptor95GTS · Post by **raptor95GTS** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 1:56 pm

aye Shane I'll be doing the mad dash up to Aviemore in the am. No probs with a run in the turbo, just ask. I need to scrub in my tyres soon as I haven't done any real driving this year at all. Weather has been pants recently and the car's in getting a dent fixed (another hit and run

)

monkeymax · Post by **monkeymax** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:43 pm

Shane, that roadster is indeedy looking sweet! Any chance I can bagsie a ride for a bit? I've not been in a moving Mk3 yet...

S A Watt wrote:I am sure you will be ready in time, it is 3 months away yet and if not just take Sasha's one.

I hope so... to be honest, it's gotta be done by mid-July so I'm probably gonna take some time off Uni to sort it soon...
Unfortunately taking Sasha's one isn't an option...

And Pete, don't tempt me - I've already been giving serious thought to doing such a thing...

S A Watt · Post by **S A Watt** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:21 pm

Max no problem mate you can jump in the roadster for a spell no problem

Might be a good idea to get the Mk1 of yours back on the road again then. Your missing the nice summer weather. Well if it arrives that is. You must be missing the car as well.

What has happened to Sashas Mk1 or should i not ask.

monkeymax · Post by **monkeymax** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 6:29 pm

S A Watt wrote:Max no problem mate you can jump in the roadster for a spell no problem

Awesome. Please pass on my apologies to Susan for booting her out for a while...

S A Watt wrote:Might be a good idea to get the Mk1 of yours back on the road again then. Your missing the nice summer weather. Well if it arrives that is. You must be missing the car as well.

Tell me about it. We've had a few sunny days down here and it's been depressing to say the least. Then again, I'm cycling each day so still prefering it to the normal weather, but I miss the Mk1 soooo much...
(actually I miss driving soooo much, but that's a whole other story for another day.)

S A Watt wrote:What has happened to Sashas Mk1 or should i not ask.

Thankfully nothing - but she's had some issues with bushes etc, and it's made her realise how expensive things can be if you do too many miles with the car without giving back to it in return. She now uses it as a daily driver so has said she doesn't want to put the miles for the Scotland trip on it too - basically ruling it straight out as an option... Which is for the best really as it gives me even more incentive to sort mine!

S A Watt · Post by **S A Watt** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 10:29 pm

Right here is a copy of the routes i have planned for the three days.

The driving times for Friday & Sunday are about 4-5 hours but thats does not count stops for photos, snacks and pee breaks

The Saturday is around 3 hours but it will generally take a bit longer in skye as we will have a few stops. This will also give those who want a little time in Portree to do some light tourist shopping time.

I will be adding on a small option to take an additional road on the Island over to Elgol on the west side of the Island. This is breathtaking to be frank and one of the best roads on the Island. It is one road in however and one road back and adds on about an extra 50 miles to the day. As i say this is an option for those who want to do it.

Jinxy i trust you have been on this raod mate. takes you past Skye marble Quarry, A place that makes swords and Sheilds etc and a tannery.

There is so much to see in skye that you will be amazed all day on Saturday thats for sure.

Fuel on this trip will be no problem. We will fill in Huntly, Inverness and at Portree in Skye and then again in Inverness so there is no issue for those with the gas guzzlers.

I have a couple of nice snack stops for lunch sussed out being Invermoriston on the Friday at the top of Loch ness and probably Dunvegan Castle in Skye. Sunday i am not sure yet but will have a place in mind by September.

Anyway here is the maps

PS thanks to Allan Welsh who very kindly made thes up in Google for me

I will provide everybody with a map of the route however as i did last year.

friday
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en ... 729126&z=8

saturday
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en ... 49445&z=10

sunday
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&hl=en ... 298889&z=9

watty · Post by **watty** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:28 pm

Hi all i just know this is gonna be a belter of a trip this year as i went round the same roads last year and was totally amazed.
Looks like there is gonna be a bit of hot seating this year in the cars. lol.
some of u turbo guys has to give me a shout so i can see the differance for myself. but someone might have to do me the favour of driving my one.
Anyway can sort it out nearer the time. Cant wait to catch up with all the gang again.
By the way jinksy i got a new hat this year.lol

watty

monkeymax · Post by **monkeymax** » Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:11 pm

Shane,
One of my best friends returned from Skye yesterday (after a climbing weekend up there - lucky girl). She said there are lots of roadworks on the A87 at the moment slowing down traffic... Any idea if these'll be gone by the time we get there? (I know it's a few months, but I also know how quick English roadworkers are so wondering if the Scottish ones are as lethargic...? )

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