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Post by Marlon » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:01 pm

Short 20 second vid on way up to Skye, Black Mount, Rannock moor (top of Glen Coe)

https://youtu.be/HsitEN1NQy4
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Post by firebobby » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:13 pm

Pastry wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:52 pm Thats rotten luck Marlon. :thumbsdown: Looking on the bright side, the inside of your car could be wooden like Fred's, then you'd have warping to worry about as well :D
Don't take any notice of knob heads post above Marlon, he's just jealous of my wood :poke:
We were on Skye last year and it was pretty sunny then, you should have bought a new bottle of whiskey, then you would have got a full bottle :wink:
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Post by Marlon » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:16 pm

firebobby wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:13 pm
Pastry wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:52 pm Thats rotten luck Marlon. :thumbsdown: Looking on the bright side, the inside of your car could be wooden like Fred's, then you'd have warping to worry about as well :D
Don't take any notice of knob heads post above Marlon, he's just jealous of my wood :poke:
We were on Skye last year and it was pretty sunny then, you should have bought a new bottle of whiskey, then you would have got a full bottle :wink:
:)
Never mind about that - check out my vid above, set your volume on high for the background straight six sound track (and thats with the roof up) :driving:
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Post by firebobby » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:33 pm

Ah, the old snow poles along the road, looks pretty good weather for Scotland :wink: . All I can hear is a muted stifled engine note, bit like a coupe I suppose. They still sound better with the roof down though :thumbsup:
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Post by Smartbear » Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:34 pm

Marlon wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:16 pm
firebobby wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:13 pm
Pastry wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2017 7:52 pm Thats rotten luck Marlon. :thumbsdown: Looking on the bright side, the inside of your car could be wooden like Fred's, then you'd have warping to worry about as well :D
Don't take any notice of knob heads post above Marlon, he's just jealous of my wood :poke:
We were on Skye last year and it was pretty sunny then, you should have bought a new bottle of whiskey, then you would have got a full bottle :wink:
:)
Never mind about that - check out my vid above, set your volume on high for the background straight six sound track (and thats with the roof up) :driving:
Hubba hubba, sounds great :P
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Post by buzyg » Sun Oct 01, 2017 11:24 pm

85genius wrote: Sun Oct 01, 2017 12:50 pm
RickRob wrote: Sat Sep 30, 2017 11:14 pm Hire a boat. There's no clouds over the sea! :P
Have to be a bloody big boat if he's going to get a decent top down drive in
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Post by firebobby » Mon Oct 02, 2017 8:32 am

Just seen your rain clouds are heading down to England midweek :roll:
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Post by Marlon » Mon Oct 02, 2017 9:48 am

mornin :|
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Post by Smartbear » Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:43 am

Damn, the last time we stayed in Fort William the rain was so bad we couldn't see the other side of the road!
We ended up coming home early as we couldn't see any of the fantastic scenery :x
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Post by firebobby » Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:50 am

Smartbear wrote: Mon Oct 02, 2017 10:43 am Damn, the last time we stayed in Fort William the rain was so bad we couldn't see the other side of the road!
We ended up coming home early as we couldn't see any of the fantastic scenery :x
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At least Marlon can see the hills...through the rain :wink:
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Post by Marlon » Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:39 am

Thought the central locking had packed in when I was unloading the Zed on Sat night at the hotel. Car refused to lock, thought it could be the remote so Lady Marlon dug out the spare key but that didn't work either! I was thinking, bugger - can't lock the car, will have to use the key manually.
Anyway turns out I had left one of our pillows on the drivers seat - Zed must have sensed on occupant so wouldn't lock. Surprised cos the pillow is hardly heavy?
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Post by Marlon » Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:08 pm

Drive out today was enjoyed from the back seat of a Fiat Panda :cry:
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Patiently waiting for a break in the weather:
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Post by Smartbear » Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:30 pm

I'm impressed Marlon, you took a backup vehicle in case of inclement weather! 8)
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Post by Vonlipvig » Mon Oct 02, 2017 6:53 pm

I would be praying the handbrake holds with that water behind.... :cry:
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Post by RubyBlueZ4MC » Mon Oct 02, 2017 7:18 pm

So as you may remember Mike and I were planning a trip to Scotland end of Sept. We ended up worrying about the weather and flew out to Cannes in the South of France instead to have some beach time :D We will do Scotland another time. Hope it settles down for you and you have a lovely trip :thumbsup:
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