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September 25th: Bore da Cymru!

  • by David
  • Posted on September 25, 2020October 16, 2020
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I never did get all those jobs I mentioned back in June finished. Some were never started but Riley Blue was fitted with its sump guard and we did manage get away in it. Not […]

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June 16th : High Summer

  • by David
  • Posted on June 16, 2020July 22, 2020
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We’d planned a Scottish tour for the end of March / early April to visit the Isle of Skye and drive the western part of the North Coast 500 that we hadn’t been able to […]

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April 14th : Time passes

  • by David
  • Posted on April 14, 2020
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Riley Blue and crew took part in a few autumn events including the Lincolnshire Sausage Rally on October 5th with the Lincolnshire Cooper Club. Starting from the International Bomber Command Centre at Lincoln, the route […]

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August 13th: A New Chapter

  • by David
  • Posted on August 13, 2019August 13, 2019
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Time to put our epic LeJoG adventure pages to one side though they’re still to be found, under ‘LeJoG 2019’. We have more roads to explore, more countryside to see, more people to meet and more […]

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July 9th: Riley Blue gleams!

  • by David
  • Posted on July 9, 2019
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I’ve finally managed to take Riley Blue to Craig at Nobles Detailing in Leigh Street, Sheffield to be valeted following its return from John O’Groats and what a superb job he has done. Thank you […]

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June 24th: We have a winner!

  • by David
  • Posted on June 24, 2019August 11, 2019
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With all the entries for our ‘Guess The Distance’ Competition checked against the actual mileage driven as verified by Google Timeline we can declare the winner but first, these are each day’s distances: Thursday, May […]

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June 14th: Our 2019 fund raising campaign closes tomorrow.

  • by David
  • Posted on June 15, 2019June 15, 2019
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Donations have continued to arrive via our Just Giving pages and in cash from friends, neighbours and colleagues since we returned from Scotland however our 2019 fund raising campaign will end at midnight on Sunday, […]

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May 18th – 19th: Scottish Riley Enthusiasts National Weekend

  • by David
  • Posted on May 26, 2019
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The SRE National Weekend is an event we’ve attended a few times before: always a warm welcome, always very enjoyable, always very well organised.This year it was based in Peebles and although we’ve visited the […]

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May 17th – Day 7 + 2: We are in Peebles.

  • by David
  • Posted on May 18, 2019May 18, 2019
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Last night we stayed at Craigroyston House in Pitlochry where our hosts Vaughan and Susan were very interested in our trip. Both they and our fellow guests (from Scandinavia) took several photos of a fly-splattered […]

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May 15th – Day 7: Mission Accomplished!

  • by David
  • Posted on May 15, 2019May 26, 2019
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We arrived at John O’Groats mid-afternoon to the sound of bagpipes playing ‘Scotland the Brave’; somehow it seemed an appropriate tune. We left The Birches, our B&B in Dingwall, just after 9:30 and nipped to […]

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