As I have been busy with a lot of TR7 and non TR7 related things lately, I haven’t got ‘round to update my weblog with a little write up on the International Auto Ecosse and a walking holiday in the Dales and the Lake District. As ever the International Auto Ecosse was a top event, with lots of fabulous driving roads covering a fair bit of Southern Scotland.
We entered Great Britain by ferry through the port of New Castle, in the week before the event. This enabled us to spent a few days walking the Yorkshire Dales, enjoying the lovely scenery and the rather fine weather: But first we had an extended lunch stop in the lovely little town of Richmond
After lunch and a leisurely stroll through the town we headed deeper into the Dales, to our final destination for the rest of the week: the small village of Kettlewell
lurking behind one of the many barns in the Wharfe Dale.
On the Friday before the IAE we headed a bit further south to Kelbrook and The Old Stone Trough. Here we met up with several of the Club Triumph entrants for the IAE. There was some beer and a BBQ involved. And there was some tinkering on the cars.
Next day saw a rather early breakfast at the Old Stone Trough, after which everyone headed North to Longtown for the start of the International AutoEcosse.
But as ever there were always people willing to help with unnecessary advice π
The event itself was again a very nice drive over some great roads. Especially chasing the Heeley’s in their Opel Nova over the (rather deserted) Trossachs was absolutely brilliant. No pictures of that as my navigator was unable to keep the camera steady π
After the IAE we headed down south again, this time for the South western part of the Lake District. Again to relax and do some more walking. Which meant crossing the Lake District diagonally. Some lovely roads there. It’s a shame that they are far too crowded, especially in the heart of the Lakes. But there were some quieter bits, like this stretch of Kirkstone Pass.
Which is always nice in England.
seen from St Mary Magdalene's Church, Broughton-in-Furness
And I found the old workshop in Broughton-In-Furness, where my DHC’s exhaust manifold was repaired many, many years ago.
It was still in business, and it still looked as I remembered it!
heading for home.
Edited on the 31st of May 2022: As it is 10 years ago that I started on this Club Triumph organised touring event, I decided to freshen up the pictures of this driving and walking trip, using the original digital “negatives”. Also added a few extra pictures and edited the text where necessary.
2 comments:
bonjour ,
tr7 as no more secret for you and your "photographie" world is on the same great direction.
Ecosse is one of last magic place in europe and you prove it.
Good summer 2012
Tr7 Driver
Thx Patrick, Scotland and the North of England indeed are very beautiful.
And that the weather was rather fine certainly helped a lot there :-)
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