...lo it came to pass that the 10th Anniversary of four blokes embarking on an epic road trip did arrive. I'd like to say there were plans, but we're bad at planning. There were ideas I suppose, maybe one last epic Euro trip getting the original crew back together. So that might be logistically something we can't really do anymore, other ideas were mentioned occasionally, but ultimately Scotland works; it's local, it's cheap and it's simple now we've got it down to a fine art. Four of us planned to go, two arrived. Team Porsche from BERT 14 no less, and we were going to make this happen one way or another!
Our base of operations was somewhat remote this time, being a long journey on a single track road to get there. But the location was pretty as hell, the large cottage we rented for much less than our usual place at Dornie. Of course our main reasoning was that it was cheap, we just used it as an experiment to see if it being cheaper was badly offset by the long journey to get from there back to civilisation.
I'm happy to say that it worked. One day of bad weather where we stopped in. The rest it was glorious and we were out and about. Sadly we didn't take that many photos, mainly because you've seen them all before.
We came to many conclusions this trip. One important revelation was that it was possible to survive on pizza and beans on toast, only eating out for cake and what have you. The other one I suppose is that as these things have gone on, we've become much more laid back. I think the driving now is really just an excuse, and it's still enjoyable, but it's way more laid back. It is, and I suppose it always has been, about the craic. A small group of like-minded folks chilling in the Scottish countryside in little sports cars talking shit. Long may it continue.
Day 1 Lakes to Glasgow (via Kielder Forest)
Day 2 Glasgow to Dornie
Day 3 Skye Loop
Day 4 Applecross Loop
Day 5 Rest Day
Day 6 Dornie to Glasgow
Day 7 Glasgow to Home
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00:01 Intro - John driving Applecross Pass
01:24 Our Steads
01:36 Provisions
01:42 Cottage Location
02:00 Day 3 - Skye Loop
02:30 Turntable Ferry to Skye
05:33 How locals make progress
06:01 Skye Bridge
06:46 Day 4 Applecross Loop
09:12 Jag breakdown spot
10:25 Fantastic lunch spot views
11:02 Vantage *wibble* spot
11:34 Following scottish Giuseppe
13:00 Most photographed castle in Scotland
14:11 Breakages
14:24 Day 6 Dornie to Glasgow
18:40 Glenshee
19:30 Cairn O'Mount
20:23 Goodbye
20:46 Outro
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77HnG04KIHY
I liked the tune, so dug out some old drone flying I did in Scotland
Tune : Andrew Applepie & Bjurman - Drowning World
https://soundcloud.com/andrewapplepie
Drone pilot : Adam McQueen
Location : Scotland, UK
Drone : DJI Mavic
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmMJu_m4N74
Fisher Fury ( Kit Car WorkShop ) first session out at Rockingham track in the UK. Following a jolly nice chap in a red caterham
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPI9ZpOgMFg
Rafting the Franklin River in Tasmania, Newlands Cascades, Grade IV rapids in flood. Shot with Nikon Keymission 360 4k camera, and edited with Garmin VIRB Edit using Hyperframe feature. Exported at 24fps 1080p. On a trip with WaterbyNature - January 2017
Note very early firmware on the Nikon Keymission - image and stich line much improved with updates to firmware now.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAybvYBIPq0