Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Sold the 4x4 in NZ five years ago :-( SLK 2.5 diesel, pokey enough with acceptable fuel consumption.... It has some traction control, wasn't able to provoke it much on gravel or wet roads ;-) john -----Original Message----- From: LUG [mailto:lug-bounces+john=mcmaster.co.uk at leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Douglas Barry Sent: 12 February 2020 15:41 To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] Highlands PAW 05 Magnificent landscapes there, John. And there I was thinking you were a 4wd man, and I see a Merc - plenty of fun taking rwd on those roads. SLK 2 litre? Douglas On 04/02/2020 17:14, John McMaster wrote: > Went for a bit of a drive around the Highlands, 750 miles in three days. > Mostly to do them before they become un-drivable with tourists (and > midges) as I probably did nearly half that mileage on single track roads > including the pass over Bealach na B? > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bealach_na_B%C3%A0) ..... So I went over > the north to Durness and down to Ullapool, staying just south of for a > night. Then Gairloch and Applecross coastal routes to Skye, up around > Duntulm peninsula and spent the night in Greshornish. Finally back along > southern Skye road and as weather was bad (I had the roof up!) went down > the side of Loch Ness to Inverness and home, part of the way through > falling snow. Got some strange looks driving with the roof down at this > time of year ;-) > > https://johnmcmaster.com/PAW/2020/05 - captions say roughly where they > were taken, made sure the S(007) GPS kept up with me. > > C & C welcome > > john > >