anyone going to the snowman rally on 23rd feb?be good to go up convoy i thought unless some has alredy arranged sumthin

cheers kev

 

Depends on my car situation by then, so really don't know at the moment.

 

Yeah, hoping to make it this year, give us a shout nearer the time, can meet up somewhere like Inverurie/Huntly.

 

I'm the radio controller for stages 4 & 5 so I'll be up on the Friday night (no idea where the stages are yet though).

 

Hoping to head up to Inverness. Could meet at Inverurie. Give me a shout nearer the time.

Cheers,

Steve

 

will do,we are hoping to go up om the friday aswell same as last year stayed at travel inn saw scruitineering then few bevvies,any one any ideas of the best stages?we went to inverness last year,must say wasn't very good,freezing though but not as good as i was told it was


cheers kev

 

2 Years ago we did every stage 690 miles during the day, I was shattered when I got home at midnight

Never really noticed any of the stages to be particularly good or bad, the one up near Tain sticks in the mind as you get into the stage beside a tight corner with a ditch on the outside edge, so lots of cars siding off into it.

 

thats alot o driving that! i've always fancied doing all the stages but my trouble is i get fed up driving so if i was to do all that miles i would be so browned off that i wouldn't be able to enjoy the race i even offered my mate to use the car but he refused, i mean refusing to drive a scooby wots at all about??????????....any way i'm looking forward to it this year as we are making a weekend of it ;D



cheers kev..

 

would love to go, but 1400 mile round trip is too much!

Anyway, some advice from a ex-regular Snowman competitor - go to the after rally party at the Mercury Hotel (Thistle or fitever it's called). It's the ONLY apres-rally party to go to and usually keeps going till 5am or so.

have fun

 

BTT

Anyone got anymore details.
Things like stage details/maps etc, there is a guide available, but only from locations near Inverness

 

I am heading up and I have a programme. First stage is Millbuie 10.12 which is up the A9 to Munlochy B9161. Straight thru Munlochy and over the xroads. Follow road to Culbokie , the right to Killen. Casr park is 1 mile on lh side. This is a very fast stage made up of long 120mph 6th gear flat out straights and 90 bends at the ends. This is also the last stage at 16.03.

Anybody want to know where the other stages are , let me know

 

ken if you buy a copy of rally news all the stages and maps are in there along with the entry list.unfortunately i am not going to make it now as i have to keep the kids as the missus is workin


cheers kev ( a very unhappy chappie )

 

SS1 Milbuie 10:14
Service Blytheswood 10:47
SS2 Scotsburn 11:36
SS3 Tarlogie 11:54
SS4 Carbisdale 12.42 (No spectator parking)
Service Shin Quarry 13:06
SS5 Balblair 13:34
SS6 Morangie 14:26 (start of 3 plus finish of 2)
Service Blytheswood 14:35
SS7 Easter Brae 16:05 (reverse of 1)

 

I've had a request for people to get involved with marshalling on the rally.

If anyone is interested, can they please e-mail dmackenzie@tidewater.co.uk or ring Donald on 07876 656479 . He'll be more than happy to discuss stages, times etc etc if you want more info etc.

John

 

I should be there, albeit as a pasenger in a silver FRST, so if you see me knee deep in mud trying to push the thing out of a field give a hand (or at least try not to laugh too much )

I've got to get the train up tomorrow evening, I'll be relying on UK public transport for the first time in years

 

Well, I had a thoroughly good day at it, even if there was a little bit of the white stuff around

 

At least you got to see some rally cars - some of us spent 7 hours in a car park!

 

Bu66er, if I had realised that was you GM I would have popped over and said hello, we were in that carpark before heading up to stage5, and noticed the scoob sitting there.

Must say it didn't look like the most exciting of jobs, although there did appear to be plenty of eating going on

A couple of miles up the road you missed:




We did try our best to get it back out, but he picked a bad spot to park.

 

errrrrr, might have been

Now you mention it, I saw a Fester parking up over to our left - once you'd left, I remembered you were out in one and wondered if it was that one