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patriot66 · Post by **patriot66** » Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:21 pm

Joneeboy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:36 pm
ErrErrminator wrote: ↑Sat Sep 01, 2018 4:14 pm Out for a pre-MOT run this afternoon.

Photograph taken at the remains of WW2 concrete runways at RAF Upottery (Smeatharpe) in East Devon. Used for deployment of US paratroops for the D-Day invasion and B-24 Liberator anti-submarine patrols.

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Nice bit of history OP..

You may find this photo of interest. It is a clipping from a 2008 issue of Aeroplane magazine that I keep in my Band of Brothers box set.

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Joneeboy · Post by **Joneeboy** » Tue Sep 11, 2018 11:28 pm

patriot66 wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 6:21 pm
Joneeboy wrote: ↑Tue Sep 11, 2018 1:36 pm
ErrErrminator wrote: ↑Sat Sep 01, 2018 4:14 pm Out for a pre-MOT run this afternoon.

Photograph taken at the remains of WW2 concrete runways at RAF Upottery (Smeatharpe) in East Devon. Used for deployment of US paratroops for the D-Day invasion and B-24 Liberator anti-submarine patrols.

5B1789EE-180A-4D6F-AC52-0E860071E611.jpeg
Nice bit of history OP..
You may find this photo of interest. It is a clipping from a 2008 issue of Aeroplane magazine that I keep in my Band of Brothers box set. 20180911_181535.jpg

Very interesting. Has the cleared landing strip now been covered in rubbish once more?

Diamond Gaz · Post by **Diamond Gaz** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 7:28 am

Photo from last week, taken somewhere on the West coast of Scotland, whilst I was doing the NC500.

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Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 12:08 pm

Glen Torridon this morning

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patriot66 · Post by **patriot66** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 4:21 pm

Great photo Colin

About 15 years ago I had an interesting experience in the car park at the foot of the big gloomy mountain on the right, Liathach. My cousin and I had a great day climbing to the summit and returned to the car about 4pm soaked through and very tired. Unfortunately the car keys and alarm fob for my 328i Touring were shall we say also a little damp

It was now going dark, pelting down and we couldn't unlock the car. No phone signal either

My cousin Matt then suggested we try to dry the alarm fob over his gas stove. It took us a very long 2 hours huddled under our coats gently BBQing the fob before we successfully unlocked the car and thankfully drove to our hotel in Ft.William. Nowadays I always put my keys in a plastic bag....just in case !

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:25 pm

Cheers Simon

Good tip, here's another couple from today:

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mr wilks · Post by **mr wilks** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:34 pm

Looks a great trip Colin & a lot less rain than last year on Skye

Some good pics for the photocomp

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:39 pm

mr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:34 pm Looks a great trip Colin & a lot less rain than last year on Skye
Some good pics for the photocomp

Cheers Andy, holding back one or two pics for a shot at Octobers comp

Joneeboy · Post by **Joneeboy** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:10 pm

Marlon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:25 pm Cheers Simon Good tip, here's another couple from today:

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Are you driving the NC500, Colin?

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:52 pm

Joneeboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:10 pm
Marlon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:25 pm Cheers Simon Good tip, here's another couple from today:

Scotland - 1 (3).jpg

Scotland - 1 (4).jpg
Are you driving the NC500, Colin?

No - we are driving around Wester Ross with Kinlochewe as a base, although I believe some of the roads are included in the NC500

buzyg · Post by **buzyg** » Wed Sep 12, 2018 11:07 pm

Marlon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:52 pm
Joneeboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:10 pm
Marlon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:25 pm Cheers Simon Good tip, here's another couple from today:

Scotland - 1 (3).jpg

Scotland - 1 (4).jpg
Are you driving the NC500, Colin?
No - we are driving around Wester Ross with Kinlochewe as a base, although I believe some of the roads are included in the NC500

Clearly having fun. Keep the great pics coming?

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:21 am

Joneeboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:10 pm
Marlon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:25 pm
Are you driving the NC500, Colin?

Turns out we are on part of the NC500 - the bottom left Wester Ross loop:

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bmwaddict · Post by **bmwaddict** » Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:07 pm

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Joneeboy · Post by **Joneeboy** » Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:23 pm

Marlon wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:21 am
Joneeboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:10 pm
Marlon wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:25 pm
Are you driving the NC500, Colin?

Turns out we are on part of the NC500 - the bottom left Wester Ross loop:

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Unbeknown to me at the time, I drove about a third of the NC500 back in 86, a year after I got married, in my wife's 1ltr Vauxhall Nova..that was a beast!

Marlon · Post by **Marlon** » Fri Sep 14, 2018 10:14 am

Joneeboy wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:23 pm
Marlon wrote: ↑Thu Sep 13, 2018 10:21 am
Joneeboy wrote: ↑Wed Sep 12, 2018 10:10 pm Are you driving the NC500, Colin?

Turns out we are on part of the NC500 - the bottom left Wester Ross loop:

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Unbeknown to me at the time, I drove about a third of the NC500 back in 86, a year after I got married, in my wife's 1ltr Vauxhall Nova..that was a beast!

Looking at the map as you say, if you are traveling around the coast of Scotland there are so few A Roads that you are travelling parts of the NC500 whether you know it or not. We are already planning next year's Scotland trip, possibly a fortnight with the second week higher up, so taking in the second half of the NC500 if travelling clockwise

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