Drop your TV-remotes, and grab your polishing cloths!
It's time to warm the highland tarmac again with the wheels of Coupé FIATs!

Join us on a whizz-round tour from Stirling to Blair Atholl for lunch on Saturday 19th April.

We start at 09:30 at the Highland Gate Pub in Raploch for a quick cuppa and tyre-kicking session, before departing via Blair Drummond and Lochearnhead on the A84. Going over the Glenogle Pass, we journey to the Falls of Dochart as we pass through Killin, before following the spectacular lochside of Loch Tay down to Kenmore. From here we follow the River Tay through Aberfeldy and then over the Tummel at Logierait to Ballanluig. A quick blast on Scotland's Route 66 (the A9) sees us to our lunch destination of the Atholl Arms Hotel in Blair Atholl for 13:00.

Dig out your Type 175 and join-the-family for the first communal-drive event of the year!

Names below - we need them soon for lunch-numbers-reservation!

1. Edinburgh
2. dante giacosa +1
3. paulie3 +1

Count me and a +1 in!

Names below - we need them soon for lunch-numbers-reservation!

1. Edinburgh
2. dante giacosa +1
3. paulie3 +1
4. TwelveTeaVan +1

Names below - we need them soon for lunch-numbers-reservation!

1. Edinburgh
2. dante giacosa +1
3. paulie3 +1
4. TwelveTeaVan +1
5. Rosso +1 (Abarth standing in)

like a rolling snowball...

Ha, bravissimo!

Names below - we need them soon for lunch-numbers-reservation!

1. Edinburgh
2. dante giacosa +1
3. paulie3 +1
4. TwelveTeaVan +1
5. Rosso +1 (Abarth standing in)
6. Mark 124 Abarth

Names below - we need them soon for lunch-numbers-reservation!

1. Edinburgh
2. dante giacosa +1
3. paulie3 +1
4. TwelveTeaVan +1
5. Rosso +1 (Abarth standing in)
6. Mark 124 Abarth
7. Gary
8. AN Other+1
9. AN Other
10. Scott1law +1

the prep continues, behind the scenes...

Route-handout-paperwork cut to the size-format of previous 'tours, so as to fit in the radio /ashtray recess behind the gear-lever

Plus, we've got a sticker again for this meet-up; I'll be collecting them early next week.

Looking good everyone and shame I'm unable to join you . Fingers crossed for the weather

Thanks G_Man;

a bit like Coupe ownership; we'll have to take the rough with the smooth and hope for an 'okay' day!

there certainly won't be any grit on the roads...

documentation in the bag, and we may have a wandering would-be owner dropping in to see us at the start!

so; no 'f' ing & blinding, in front of the new blood, please

Great effort with all the paperwork and discs DG

TwelveTeaVan, you have a PM (flashing white envelope next to your forum name at top right of this page)

Looks like we're just avoiding the rain folks, safe journeys everyone!

see you all,

at the Highland Gate Pub,

Raploch, Stirling at 09:30, team

Nice and dry here, arrived early so we're in the pub having a drink.

Well!

what a terrific day out!

Despite a few key people dropping out at the last minute, some new faces appeared who were most welcome and we had a great cohort of eager drivers to share the coffee & tarmac with!

The odd cyclist and camper-van aside, the roads were dry and trouble free, the cars without issue and weather actually broke into sunshine during lunch.

The venue locations were terrific and our Raploch start gave unparalleled carpark space for us to hookup together. Some of the catering organisation was a bit blurry at both venues, but the company made up for it- It's a sure sign things are going well, when you massively overshoot your leaving times, and realise suddenly you've spent two hours on lunch!

Our turnout included;

Edinburgh
Paulie3 & Mrs-to-be
Rosso & Mrs & (club mascot) Nero
Dante Giacosa & Mrs
Abarth-124-Mark and his brother Baz
TwelveTeaVan & his father
and newbie-to-the-cause; Connor and his Da' Colin

Connor is a prospective owner will hopefully be joining-the-family soon himself (and this forum! *cough*). He got-in his first (albeit brief) stint behind the wheel, and also rode-shotgun with Edinburgh on the first stage upto Killin. It was terrific to get to meet him and his Da'

Here is a first-wave of some pics, in no particular order...

here's some more footage, of the first stage upto the Falls of Dochart at Killin...

and here's some stuff from our lunch spot at Blair Atholl...

ratstab- some of this footage is blurred!

Thanks for sharing your story, it looks fun.

Nice of Simon to lay on that meal at his home for you.

yes, it would be nice, if our CEO could step forwards to say a few words...

*cough*...

looks like you had a great day out guys