Following the general Scottish 2013 run thread being thoroughly hijacked (by Bing !) I'm happy to take my turn as skipper for a run in the general direction of Braemar THIS August.
Given this is probably going to be a long drive & early kick off, starting & ending somewhere around Perth, with iro 7 hours driving (plus stoppage time for photos, chat, lunch & comfort breaks) I'm keen to gauge the preferences for either:
1. A long one day run on Saturday 25th - giving us all a Sunday to recover
2. A one day run on the, more traditional, Sunday 26th and to heck with Monday ( I think it might be a Bank Holiday for some anyway)
3. An overnight stop on the Saturday - B&B / camp / hotel
I'm flexible on either but probably leaning towards a long single day run.
I have two routes to propose, one a bit of a lollipop (out and back), the other more circular (thanks Nosa) taking in more of our fine scenery, in glorious August sunshine of course. I'll pm route options and gauge the favourite once a few names have confirmed.
Clearly, I will take every opportunity to relate many fascinating stories along the lines of "well the last time we drove Stelvio . . " - come on it's gotta be more interesting than brake disc banter !
Please add your name to the list below if you hope to attend and indicate your preference as above. Sorry it seems like a few usual suspects can't make it but it is summer hols time etc.
Probable attendees:
1. JaxZ4 & mrs jax ( one long single day)
2. Bing + Wee Bing
3. Nosa + A ?
4. Adamski + K
5. cj eds + ?
6. Metalicker and Mrs M
7. Andrew P
Given this is probably going to be a long drive & early kick off, starting & ending somewhere around Perth, with iro 7 hours driving (plus stoppage time for photos, chat, lunch & comfort breaks) I'm keen to gauge the preferences for either:
1. A long one day run on Saturday 25th - giving us all a Sunday to recover
2. A one day run on the, more traditional, Sunday 26th and to heck with Monday ( I think it might be a Bank Holiday for some anyway)
3. An overnight stop on the Saturday - B&B / camp / hotel
I'm flexible on either but probably leaning towards a long single day run.
I have two routes to propose, one a bit of a lollipop (out and back), the other more circular (thanks Nosa) taking in more of our fine scenery, in glorious August sunshine of course. I'll pm route options and gauge the favourite once a few names have confirmed.
Clearly, I will take every opportunity to relate many fascinating stories along the lines of "well the last time we drove Stelvio . . " - come on it's gotta be more interesting than brake disc banter !
Please add your name to the list below if you hope to attend and indicate your preference as above. Sorry it seems like a few usual suspects can't make it but it is summer hols time etc.
Probable attendees:
1. JaxZ4 & mrs jax ( one long single day)
2. Bing + Wee Bing
3. Nosa + A ?
4. Adamski + K
5. cj eds + ?
6. Metalicker and Mrs M
7. Andrew P


