New997buyer
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T8 said:One day I'll do it too. Sadly, probably not in a 911.
lofi said:T8 said:One day I'll do it too. Sadly, probably not in a 911.
Why not, you have me worried about you?
DynoMike said:Ps, as you were in Scotland did you drop in to see Wiz :?: :dont know:
New997buyer said:Okay, just got back yesterday so here's my first post regarding my NC500 trip :driving:
Getting There and Back
I live in London so just getting there and back is 1,100 miles However I got a bit lucky in getting some extra time added to the start of it as I'm on Garden Leave having been headhunted. Sheer luck but I thought I'd take it.
This let me 'bolt on' some time with friends, family and sightseeing on the east coast before arriving in Inverness for the start.
Doing this made the time feel less 'dead' and by being fortunate enough to break the journey up I was able to find some lovely roads. So here's the first installment:
Whitehaven to Glenkinchie Distillery via Duns
I headed from outside Whitehaven where I have family and headed onto the M6. The A595 to Carlisle was traffic filled and slow so I was delighted to be onto the M74 after what felt like an age.
I turned off the M74 onto the A7, then the A698 after Hawick to connect me to the A68 running north.
I then took the A1065 to Duns where I visited The Jim Clark Rooms. This was a long time ambition having found and visited his crash site earlier in the year when myself and the other S.H.I.T.S. visited Hockenheim (the 'H'....).
I then followed the A6112 onto the A1 before stopping at Glenkinchie Distillery, which I accessed via the B6355, A6093 then a couple of single track ones.
After that I headed for Fife to see more familly, enjoying as much scenery as I could before getting caught up in the usual Edinburgh Ring Road snarl up.
But apart from the road to Carlisle and the Ring Road this was a superb way to travel north. I went to bed a happy man :grin:
More to follow......... :thumbs:
New997buyer said:Okay, just got back yesterday so here's my first post regarding my NC500 trip :driving: