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Subject: [Leica] Highlands PAW 05
From: john at mcmaster.co.uk (John McMaster)
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2020 17:08:35 +0000
References: <LO2P265MB1247B570C386EE6912DB6FD3F9030@LO2P265MB1247.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM> <38c184b5-2407-2f34-74b4-5dac8d0bdda7@iol.ie>

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
>
>



In reply to: Message from john at mcmaster.co.uk (John McMaster) ([Leica] Highlands PAW 05)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] Highlands PAW 05)