DUKES PASS RUN, THIS EVENING 4PM OR 6PM, THURSDAY 16/4/

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Post by cstrachan » Fri Apr 17, 2009 8:20 am

Liam wrote:Read this thread at 6pm.
Headed straight to Dukes pass from Glasgow in an attempt to finally meet some fellow Lotus owners since moving back up north!
Closest I got was a wave from a Yellow VX220- was that you cstrachan??
Great night for a drive though Glasgow-Aberfoyle-Dukes Pass-Doune-Glasgow.

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Probably was, Should have been a lotus in front of me though, but they never wave :D Was a great night for it even if I did go the wrong side of Loch Tay.
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Re: DUKES PASS RUN, THIS EVENING 4PM OR 6PM, THURSDAY 16/4/

Post by H8OAG » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:00 am

Have they sorted the potholes on the south Loch Tay road between Killin and Ardeonaig yet?

You could lose tanks in them.....!

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Re: DUKES PASS RUN, THIS EVENING 4PM OR 6PM, THURSDAY 16/4/

Post by woody » Fri Apr 17, 2009 9:48 am

kenny wrote:Well it took best part of two hours to get the bloody car door open so no show from me, hope you had fun.

I thought Dom said you'd got stuck in the door?

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Re: DUKES PASS RUN, THIS EVENING 4PM OR 6PM, THURSDAY 16/4/

Post by mckeann » Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:47 am

That was a good wee run. Its been a while for me, but it all started to come back. I had my mate Paul with me as a pax, who managed to get some photos. Me and Craig had a nice run out to aberfoyle, then decided to go out to inversnaid/stronachlacher. I had never been this road, but saw it on the BBC program of britains best drives. TBH. its far too narrow, far too many blind crests, and FAR too many potholes. We went most of the way along anyway, until we caught a bus, and decided to just bail out then. Paul did reckon the scenery was fantastic, but i literally couldnt take my eyes off the road for even a second. Wont be doing it again.

Dukes pass was as good as always, although it could do with a few repairs in quite a few places. Remarkably free of traffic. In fact, dont think anybody got in my way, and only about 5 cars came the other way. Very nice.

Would have been a nice run up the side of loch lubnaig, if it werent for the horse box doing 30 mph, and the 4 cars behind who had no intention of overtaking, but god dammit,t hey werent for letting any elises filter. At this point, kevin and pete joined us in the queue on the way to the rendezvous with Fergus. Eventually i nailed the 4 cars, then the horsebox, more as a statement of annoyance than anything :lol:

Met up with FD, and had a brisk run along the north side of Loch Tay. The last 5-10 miles before you get to aberfoyle are excellent, very flowing, hardly needing to touch the brakes.

Stopped in Aberfeldy to let the misdirected Craig catch up :lol: , then had a brilliant blast from aberfeldy down to crieff. Stopped for chips (excellent) then a quick run out to comrie, then the back road out over the moor twards braco. FD took a different turning to what i expected, but i dutifully followed. The first part was your typical dusty farm track, and i wouldnt recommend trying to follow someone on it, cough cough cough. Then we got onto the A823 glendevon road, and had a good run at that, with next to no traffic. Split up at Yetts of muckart, and i headed all the way down the 823 past knockhill and into dunfermline, dropped paul off at kincardine, then home via the petrol station. 230 miles of fast driving at 30mpg. Credit crunch tastic

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Re: DUKES PASS RUN, THIS EVENING 4PM OR 6PM, THURSDAY 16/4/

Post by paul555sti » Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:37 pm

First off a big thanks to Neil for the passenger seat last night :thumbsup . Hopefully i will be able to come along to some more runs in my car in the future but its away for some work and an mot at the moment.

I had my camera with me last night but the combination on Mr Mckeans driving, my cold hands and rubbish camera skills mean that i didn't get very many good shots. :oops:

Not off to the best of starts.

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Hopefully i will make it along to future runs and i will try and get some names next time :oops:

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Re: DUKES PASS RUN, THIS EVENING 4PM OR 6PM, THURSDAY 16/4/

Post by pete039 » Fri Apr 17, 2009 1:54 pm

AS said by all before ,a good run and a bit more fun as it is usually just Kev and myself that go for a blat.

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Re: DUKES PASS RUN, THIS EVENING 4PM OR 6PM, THURSDAY 16/4/

Post by kenny » Fri Apr 17, 2009 2:25 pm

woody wrote:
kenny wrote:Well it took best part of two hours to get the bloody car door open so no show from me, hope you had fun.

I thought Dom said you'd got stuck in the door?
Yes I often get stuck in doors...

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