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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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11/03/2017 14:29
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Ooooooh, great fish & chips in Ullapool.
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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12/03/2017 14:22
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2nd night's accommodation now sorted in Ullapool, more details later Ullapool accommodations divvied up between Eilean Donan and Broomvale Guesthouses, again pretty reasonable rates incl breakfast, the most important of noshes
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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13/03/2017 13:56
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I'm google mapping it as we speak You don't need to get there that fast....
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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13/03/2017 16:59
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Yep I 2nd that terrific and the guesthouses are practically next door to each other. Yes but how far away are they from the pub? It's OK I know my way around Ullapool Simon
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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Third night accommodation now sorted in Spean Bridge, two places again, the Aonach Mor Hotel and Inverour Guest House. Will tie all together soon in a new post. So we have a tour!
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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14/03/2017 11:03
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Ok, first night's accommodation for Thursday 27th July reserved at Royal Hotel Thurso.
Not quite our original intended location but at this moment everywhere has booked up fast and it's the Glasgow Fair so we did pretty well to get everyone in the same place.
Doubles are £80 B&B, 6 reserved Singles (2 reserved) are £50 B&B, 2 reserved
Friday's should be done tomorrow, most likely in Ullapool. Can you believe I spent my formative years drinking beer in Thurso, and the Royal hotel was one of the locations that used to be on the pub crawl route. Scarey.
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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15/03/2017 09:02
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Here's the summary of the accommodation
1st night B&B (Thursday 27th July) reserved in Thurso.
Royal Hotel: 6 Doubles/twins @ £80 2 Singles @ £50
2nd night (Friday 28th) B&B reserved in Ullapool,
Eilean Donan Guesthouse £80 per double room Broomvale Guesthouse, having two single rooms and a double for Rosso+1 that is happy with dogs
3rd night (Sat 29th) accommodation reserved in Spean Bridge,
Aonach Mor Hotel (3 doubles, 1 single) £35 per person Inverour Guest House (3 doubles/twins @£95, £85 and £80, 1 single @£45)
We've tried to keep costs down while finding places within walking distance at this late stage which aren't fully booked already.
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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15/03/2017 10:22
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Should be ok with the Royal Hotel. It wasn't yesterday I was 17.
Well done with all the bookings.
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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17/03/2017 10:15
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Could I make a suggestion to stop off at Kylesku bridge & perhaps have a meal/snack at the Kylesku hotel. Beautiful scenery, photo opportunity, truly jaw dropping stop off sites, rated by some to be the best in Scotland. Anyone who hasn't been in this part of Scotland before will be glad they stopped. Just to add the hotel is rather special, look it up.
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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01/04/2017 11:09
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Thursday 27th to Sunday 30th July as a core period, similar to last year George has kindly offered to scout round for accommodation. Projected itinerary Day 1, up East Coast - 1st major rendezvous at House of Bruar coffee stop, drive to Lybster, north of Helmsdale. Option for those that want to take a jaunt to John o' Groats. Day 2 along North Coast westwards, then south - drive to Unapool area (if o/night accommodation allows) along the north coast via Strathy, Tongue, Durness and Kinlochbervie Day 3 down West Coast - drive to Invergarry area via Ullapool, Achnasheen and Dornie Day 4 - return home/extend trip for those that want. Example mileages and times involved: Motherwell- Forth Road Bridge.....37M.......0h.50m FRB- Lybster................................234...........4.40 Lybster- Strathy..............................42...........1.00 Strathy- Durness.............................51...........1.30 Durness- Unapool...........................35...........0.52 Unapool- Achnasheen....................78............1.40 Achnasheen- Dornie.......................35...........0.50 Dornie- Invergarry..........................41...........0.53 Invergarry- Ft. William..................24............0.35 Ft. William- Edinburgh................132............3.15 Ft. William- Motherwell..............129............3.05 Names.. 1.Edinburgh 2.dante giacosa +1 3.George +1 4.Paulie3 +1 5.Rosso +1 6.driley +1 7.Bill+Robina 8.jimboy Question marks over Countrycruising MCMike Skeandubh jimbob13 We need to commit quickly or accommodation will sell out. Edit: Sorry Jim, just needed confirmation....I too will need to have mine back! This does look tempting and I'm off work then too. Just got to try and convince myself I want to do another tour in the Coupé
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Re: 2017 North Scotland tour...
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01/04/2017 15:40
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From home - THE TOUR - and back home = 1,400 Miles In four / five days
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