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well this weekend soem members from the MCR had a nice run around scotland from killin all the way up to gairloch was lovely weather and i thought id share some of the moments with you all.

the scenery was amazing living in scotland myself i never realised there was scenery like that so close by and thankfully the weather stayed good so here are some pictures enjoy

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Absolutely. I first travelled the road to Applecross in the very early 1960's with my parents - stunning but in those days it was only "in and out" the same way. Luckily for me my Dad enjoyed driving the roads!!!!! Not sure about my Mum though, seem to remember lots of stops to admire the views. I must try and find the photos.

One of my most misserable days ever was spent on the Applecross road - as passenger in a Jeffrey J4 seven style car with no windscreen. Pissing rain and freezing cold. Great road in nice weather or a closed car!

Looks like a nice day out, and Simon's rally car is still ace! (the gold one is rather nice too)

Al

Stunning.

ha yeah his rally car is still going strong and hes still a nutter on the corners hard to keep up with him in it when youre running on hydro suspension its like driving a kitchen table at times lol

I got out to take in the view on the Cattle Pass road to Applecross as we camped there a few years back. I left my sun glasses on the roof of the car so there are a nice pair or Raybans on the side of the road up there that belong to me...

[quote="hanlminiman"]Absolutely. I first travelled the road to Applecross in the very early 1960's with my parents - stunning but in those days it was only "in and out" the same way. Luckily for me my Dad enjoyed driving the roads!!!!!

Me too in my Dad's '62 Series 111A Sunbeam Rapier. Great country for motoring holidays in the '60's!

hanlminiman wrote:Absolutely. I first travelled the road to Applecross in the very early 1960's with my parents - stunning but in those days it was only "in and out" the same way. Luckily for me my Dad enjoyed driving the roads!!!!! Not sure about my Mum though, seem to remember lots of stops to admire the views. I must try and find the photos.

Can't have been that early as the road wasn't built until 64. Applecross was the last place in the UK to be connected to the main road network.

another photo

I have a great story about Applecross, we stayed up there a couple of years ago, enjoying the view of Skye from the top as did some German motorcyclists the year before, one of them dropped his wallet which was found by a local who took it to the pub, the landlady rang round the local accomodation to see if anyone had some Germans staying, one B&B did and the wallet was there waiting for the Germans even before they arrived, they had not realised they had even lost it so were totally confused as to how the B&B had their wallet.

I've been to Applecross many times, mainly by motorcycle, the most beauliful place in good weather and awful in bad. I think everyone ought to visit it, you will not regret it.

Pete







The last picture is from the pub beer garden, superb views.

sallan850 wrote:and one more

si dropped past work the other week in this, we managed to get about 10 windscreens in the passenger seat and a heritage bonnet jammed in the back!

used and abused!

ivor badger wrote:

hanlminiman wrote:Absolutely. I first travelled the road to Applecross in the very early 1960's with my parents - stunning but in those days it was only "in and out" the same way. Luckily for me my Dad enjoyed driving the roads!!!!! Not sure about my Mum though, seem to remember lots of stops to admire the views. I must try and find the photos.

Can't have been that early as the road wasn't built until 64. Applecross was the last place in the UK to be connected to the main road network.

I beg to differ as I was there. The car in question was a Series IIIc Hillman Minx which we only owned from 1961 to January 1965. The road we used is shown as a dotted line in the 1960's AA members handbook which the holiday route was based on. By the way, in those days an "unmetalled road" was as stated on the box and the only option was to Applecross and back the same way along a very narrow road with precarious passing places.

hanlminiman wrote:

ivor badger wrote:

hanlminiman wrote:Absolutely. I first travelled the road to Applecross in the very early 1960's with my parents - stunning but in those days it was only "in and out" the same way. Luckily for me my Dad enjoyed driving the roads!!!!! Not sure about my Mum though, seem to remember lots of stops to admire the views. I must try and find the photos.

Can't have been that early as the road wasn't built until 64. Applecross was the last place in the UK to be connected to the main road network.

I beg to differ as I was there. The car in question was a Series IIIc Hillman Minx which we only owned from 1961 to January 1965. The road we used is shown as a dotted line in the 1960's AA members handbook which the holiday route was based on. By the way, in those days an "unmetalled road" was as stated on the box and the only option was to Applecross and back the same way along a very narrow road with precarious passing places.

I reckoned the pass of cattle must have been unmetalled as Ross Finlay wrote an article about the tarmac road being opened in 64 in Top Gear magazine, Scotland's only motoring magazine at the time. It was also a Castrol quiz question.

Sorry, Ross was wrong. This extract is from a local tourist website and confirms my recollection of the terrain in the first half of the 1960's.
"By the time the road was built along the coast from Applecross to meet the A896 near Shieldaig it was far too late, and most of the population had left. A commemorative stone with a plaque near the Shieldaig end of the road records the opening after five years of construction of the Shieldaig to Kenmore section on 11 May 1970. It was to be a further five years until the whole road from Applecross to Shieldaig was finished."

That looks absolutely spectacular!

A brilliant reminder that although the UK is a tiny little country we really do have scenery to rival anything else the world has to offer.

M

guru_1071 wrote:

sallan850 wrote:and one more

si dropped past work the other week in this, we managed to get about 10 windscreens in the passenger seat and a heritage bonnet jammed in the back!

used and abused!

was that all the way back to Edinburgh from Marseilles? used indeed. the lad must be deaf!

Pandora wrote:

guru_1071 wrote:

sallan850 wrote:and one more

si dropped past work the other week in this, we managed to get about 10 windscreens in the passenger seat and a heritage bonnet jammed in the back!

used and abused!

was that all the way back to Edinburgh from Marseilles? used indeed. the lad must be deaf!

yeah, he had his luggage as well.

it didnt look too comfortable once we had jammed him back in the drivers seat!