The Old Land Rover Arms
Events => Events that members may be interested in ... => Topic started by: genem on July 06, 2014, 04:05:40 pm
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Well here is a taste of what you are missing ... :-)
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A fantastically stunning weekend thus far....
HUGE HUGE thanks to Gene for both his hospitality AND organising some of the best laning I have personally experienced...
Along with some fantastic information and insight into the local area AND local facilities...
Those that couldn't join us.... Sorry BUT you have some superb pictures to come drll
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Heres a few of mine from the weekend - just annoyed that we can't go put to the Isles 'cos of work :-(
...and the sight of the reprobates leaving the pub tonight, multiple bodies hanging off the roof-rack, is one that I will remember - shame there was no camera on hand !
( Up a private track before anyone gets tooo worried.)
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Very nice Gene... Gutted you couldn't join us in the Isles, maybe next year.
As for the seriouslyseries taxiLandroverbus.....
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^^^ Nicked ! What a great pic.
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lkebtn drll
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Now Wild camped on the beach on Islay...
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View from our tents....
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Nice on-shore breeze to keep the midges at bay I hope ?
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Mbrns
I love Islay, the wife would happily move there but the midges see me as one of those 10 course Michelin taster menus.....assume you have sampled the delights of Laphroiag,Bunnhahaiban, Caol Ila etc?? Ardbeg is my personal fave whoo
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^ Same here, though I love all the Islays! Most jealous of all these pics coming through, especially when I am scrolling through the pics at work whilst the roof is leaking on me... sigh.
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Well we left Islay early doors this morning after 2 nights camped in one on the most spectacular locations I've ever put my tent up in....
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Were now on our way to Ardnamurchan and are about to dock in Oban...
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Weather is blistering and it's just generally "Epic"
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Pitched up at a very nice camp site at Kilchoan for a couple of days of facilities....
Quite a nice view though....
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And visited Ardnamurchan lighthouse yesterday
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I can see why it must have been a disappointing trip whstle
All I can say is, wow what epicness........jealous as **** I am
lkebtn lkebtn lkebtn a lot
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post for Photos and that from the Lochs trip......
Camping at Genes.
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Laning somewhere outside of England, That s all I can Say..
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oh how i wish i was there
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The Islay part......
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Heading into Oban, at which i had to head back south and leave the group to carry on the rest of the trip :-*
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Cracking pics Vinny !
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Even the Mrs is jealous. Really looks like a cracking jaunt.
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Great pics! Looks like an amazing trip!
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Think we got really lucky on the weather front, felt more like the Channel Islands.
No problems part from a puncture on islay in bowmore.
Nearly a 1000 miles covered in 8 days.
Friendly lot of people on islay as we'll.
Big thanks to. Gene for the camping and local trip around lkebtn
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No problem, enjoyed having you loons about. Sitting looking at the pics and enjoying the beers you fine fellows left ! Thanks muchly !
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Glad you enjoying them Gene.....we're still absorbing the info you shared with us .... AND missing your input over here on ardnumurchan.
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^^^^^ A polite way of saying I bang on a bit....
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^^^^^ A polite way of saying I bang on a bit....
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Far from it Gene... It was nice to get some info to fill in the blanks and gather some of the history of the cracking part of the world you live in.
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Well 260 miles later sees us land at Alnmouth south of Berwick and on the home leg.... Found loverly campsite by a river... Nice quiet pitch (wild camping in Scotland spoils you FACT!.
it's really been a week of stunning views and great company with some new experiences for me personally... Wild camping really is something else.
Big BIG thanks to all that turned up... And especially Gene for his hospitality AND generosity in organising both laning/facilities/fire etc.
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More to come when I've uploaded the rest....
Roll on next year.... Orkney Isles next time? ;-)
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Last of a string of mishaps... just left last campsite at Acklington when near side front tyre come out in sympathy with trailer tyre that had given its last breath coming off the Oban ferry!
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A few from me....
Home Sweet Home
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A view and a dog........ at peace
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Drawin' 't fire
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This is nae hoo we park oor leafers roond here Jimmy.....thanks to Ian and Tigger-on-speed for the recovery
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What's the story? - Wouldn't you like to know? (under ten year old needed to make sense of that one)(http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/Chipmunk1957/IMG_1405_zps46ff5539.jpg) (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/Chipmunk1957/media/IMG_1405_zps46ff5539.jpg.html)
and lo, on the eight day, Luke did venture forth to the sea and bring for the people the piece of Cod that passeth all understanding ...........and they saw that it was good.
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The most amazing time - thanks to all for the experience, the company and the adventure.
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Amazing.
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Looks ace! Can't wait to get back up there myself now... counting down the weeks!
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Glaneagles
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Lochearnhead
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Rannoch Moor in the rain
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Glen Coe in the rain
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Ferry Tobermory to Kilchoan
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Loch Rannoch
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Loch Rannoch
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Schiehallion
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In The Trossachs All I can say is we travelled 13 miles and reached 600 metres ASL
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Port Ellen
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Leafers on T' Beach
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End of the road, Ardtalla, Islay
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Ardberg Distillery breakfast
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Fiddling fuel pump and Carb on an Island series 1
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payback for fiddling.... use of welder
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Kildalton Church and Crosses
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Port Askaig
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Ardnamurghan Lighthouse
Three twin kelvins powered compressors for fog horn
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Minerva stands beside the four Air tanks for Fog Horn compressed air
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Waiting for the lights
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end of the road 2
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Sonachan the most Westerly hotel in Mainland UK (and source of excellent Venison pie!)
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Don't ask the price of fuel here!
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Castle Tioram
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Cairn number 317?
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New build Distillery opens this year
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Looking to Basalt rocks of volcano
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tis a broad bricht moonlicht nicht tonicht
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Kilchoan to Tobermory
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Tobermory
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Achnadrish, Mull
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looking down on Dervaig, Mull
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Logging road Loch Frisa Mull, Mull
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Tobermory Distillery
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Tobermory
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Tobermory to Kilchoan
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Spent a wonderful week on Mull staying at Craignure in the pub. The landlord was a sparky from Glasgow and had come over to the island 20 yrs previously and never went back......says all you need to know really, I do seem to remember him telling me that they have to put up temporary traffic lights if anyone wants to sit their driving test on the island.........might have been pulling my leg but I was very, very drunk wdesmle
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Spent a wonderful week on Mull staying at Craignure in the pub. The landlord was a sparky from Glasgow and had come over to the island 20 yrs previously and never went back......says all you need to know really, I do seem to remember him telling me that they have to put up temporary traffic lights if anyone wants to sit their driving test on the island.........might have been pulling my leg but I was very, very drunk wdesmle
And a temporary Roudabout?
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Spent a wonderful week on Mull staying at Craignure in the pub. The landlord was a sparky from Glasgow and had come over to the island 20 yrs previously and never went back......says all you need to know really, I do seem to remember him telling me that they have to put up temporary traffic lights if anyone wants to sit their driving test on the island.........might have been pulling my leg but I was very, very drunk wdesmle
And a temporary Roudabout?
I'd forgot about that, I think they put it on the T junction just outside Tobermory, and the airport runway is on the golf cours so the golfists have to wait on the tee until the plane has landed/took off
What a brilliant place!!!
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First day on Islay lead to a distillery tour of Lagavulin, and I was tempted by 5 of the 6 malts offered in the tasting, so much so I decided that the Minerva was safest left in the car park, whilst my Jerry can and I cadged a lift in the 59'er to go and hunt shipwrecks and fuel.
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We duly set of in company with Lukes 80"and Vince's Lightweight heading north to Bunnahabbain (where there just happened to be another Distillery)
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and the wreck of the 338 ton trawler "Wyre Majestic", which floundered 40 years ago.
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Superb photos, Mike!
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Superb. If you ever head up the east coast, give me a shout.
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Unbelievably jealous here...
S
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fantastic photos and I bet a fantastic trip ...... I so need to get the series finished . whstle started
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Some fantastic pics there! lkebtn
I see a pic of Luke welding on a road trip, that never happens... whstle
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Sorry Guys,
A bit late with my photos, but I'm struggling with tinterweb access
Got one of those fruit gizmos and have found it doesn't interact with anything else I have
Anyway...
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Aurora Borealis, sort of!
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80" in an 80" pitch rut
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Midge Fest 2014
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On wonder hill there stood...
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In trouble for blocking the road again
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Everything will be recorded and used in evidence against you in the future
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He's behind you...
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Traffic's hellish
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I think the rest were in the Bar?
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More burning things
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Ian's long thin one
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Loch Ness mo... no it's Vinney
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Is that really **** necessary
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Another shirt wasted with holes in it
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Get your fingers out of that...
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A lone beastie
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Terrible weather
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And when are those people with the Land Rover's leaving?
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End of the road
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Can I just say a huge thanks to everyone I travelled with
What a cracking bunch of folk
Best holiday I've had in years
See you in Wales...
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Nothing to apologise about Ken! Brilliant photos, love em.
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Cracking photos there Ken Mbrns Cllpcs
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Excellent Ken - good to see you at Leafers too. Here's to next year.
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^^^^^^^^
Speaking of next year......
Who's up for Leafers in'T Lochs 2015?
Dates are open at the moment.... Possibly AFTER LATP?? rather than before?
Similar idea to this year Highlands 'n' Islands.... But different ones?
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We're in spdydnc
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Och Aye
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I've taken the liberty of sticking a few words about the Trossachs part of the trip into the next edition of Built to Leak with a couple of pics of the S2s. Dan is short of Copy ....
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Fantastic Gene....
Look forward to reading that Gene....
Hoping we can kidnap you next year.
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Actually whilst looking back through pics of 'Leafers in T' Lochs 'on my photobucket account.....
I noticed this' photo bomb'
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Not sure which is more disturbing.... Ken's bare Arse OR Mrs Gadgets gaze lol.....
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I just thought I saw a midge.............. whstle