JimC64
Senior member
I was pleasantly surprised when Rich (Ashanti) made good on his long time threat to revisit Scotland, only been threatening for the past 2 years or so lol
It gets better as Martyn (Flatcap), Jim (JimboV8 ) and Steve (#Steve) decided they'd come along too, coupled to this Colin (Coling) and Danny (Pegasus3710) said they'd come too, should be quite a few days.
Ashanti, Flatcap, JimboV8 and #Steve are coming up on the Friday late afternoon, looking to arrive around 5pm maybe there or thereabouts and staying at The Premier Inn Cumbernauld G67 1AX
Plan is unless anyone has any other ideas to have a dinner at The local Stonehouse Pizza and carvery in Cumbernauld, around a mile away from the premier inn, called Broadwood Farm G68 9AD around 6.30pm
Congregate at mine on Sat morning say around 8.30am for a cooked breakfast ( bacon, egg and tattie scone rolls or full Scottish lol ) then go for a run through the Scottish countryside, keeping fingers crossed for the weather of course.
Looks like we'll have a good cross section of XJ's and a lone XKR in attendance
JimC64 - 2016 XJ X351 Portfolio LWB 3.0D
Ashanti - 2006 XJ X350 Super V8
Flatcap - XJ X350 Super V8
#Steve - 2010 XJ X351 V8 Portfolio
JimboV8 - 2012 XKR V8
Coling - 2011 XJ X351 5.0 V8
Pegasus3710 - 2014 XJ X351 Portfolio 3.0D
After breakfast I thought about a run if everyone's up for it, a few miles under the belt and see some beautiful Scottish scenery (weather permitting)
Option 1
Leave home and head for Glen turret distillery, a nice place for a quick pit stop, photo opportunities, comfort break etc. Afterwards head along the A85 St Fillans to Lochearnhead, then down through Strathyre and into Callander, perhaps a quick pit stop there. Then onwards and back via the outskirts of Stirling and home, probably around 4 hours, dependent.
Option 2
After breakfast, leave and head for Glen turret distillery, a nice place for a quick pit stop, photo opportunities, comfort break etc. Afterwards head along the A85 St Fillans to Lochearnhead, then head for
the Green welly stop, turn around and head back down via Crianlarich and down to Luss, by Loch Lomond and have a stop at the Duck Bay Marina for a coffee etc. Once done take the A82 down through Dumbarton and onto Glasgow and home.
This would be a wee bit longer, perhaps 5 hours or so dependent on stops etc with some fun roads
Saturday evening open to any ideas or suggestions
Either find a local hostelry for food and ale etc, or back to my house and order a large Chinese / Indian etc. There's more beer, wine and spirits than you could shake at stick at and it's all free. I'm around 2 miles or so from the hotel and 10 minutes £3 in a taxi.
Sunday, meet for coffee / chat etc and then disperse.
If anyone has any particular ideas / suggestions etc please feel free to chime in
4 weeks yesterday
Jim
It gets better as Martyn (Flatcap), Jim (JimboV8 ) and Steve (#Steve) decided they'd come along too, coupled to this Colin (Coling) and Danny (Pegasus3710) said they'd come too, should be quite a few days.
Ashanti, Flatcap, JimboV8 and #Steve are coming up on the Friday late afternoon, looking to arrive around 5pm maybe there or thereabouts and staying at The Premier Inn Cumbernauld G67 1AX
Plan is unless anyone has any other ideas to have a dinner at The local Stonehouse Pizza and carvery in Cumbernauld, around a mile away from the premier inn, called Broadwood Farm G68 9AD around 6.30pm
Congregate at mine on Sat morning say around 8.30am for a cooked breakfast ( bacon, egg and tattie scone rolls or full Scottish lol ) then go for a run through the Scottish countryside, keeping fingers crossed for the weather of course.
Looks like we'll have a good cross section of XJ's and a lone XKR in attendance
JimC64 - 2016 XJ X351 Portfolio LWB 3.0D
Ashanti - 2006 XJ X350 Super V8
Flatcap - XJ X350 Super V8
#Steve - 2010 XJ X351 V8 Portfolio
JimboV8 - 2012 XKR V8
Coling - 2011 XJ X351 5.0 V8
Pegasus3710 - 2014 XJ X351 Portfolio 3.0D
After breakfast I thought about a run if everyone's up for it, a few miles under the belt and see some beautiful Scottish scenery (weather permitting)
Option 1
Leave home and head for Glen turret distillery, a nice place for a quick pit stop, photo opportunities, comfort break etc. Afterwards head along the A85 St Fillans to Lochearnhead, then down through Strathyre and into Callander, perhaps a quick pit stop there. Then onwards and back via the outskirts of Stirling and home, probably around 4 hours, dependent.

Option 2
After breakfast, leave and head for Glen turret distillery, a nice place for a quick pit stop, photo opportunities, comfort break etc. Afterwards head along the A85 St Fillans to Lochearnhead, then head for
the Green welly stop, turn around and head back down via Crianlarich and down to Luss, by Loch Lomond and have a stop at the Duck Bay Marina for a coffee etc. Once done take the A82 down through Dumbarton and onto Glasgow and home.
This would be a wee bit longer, perhaps 5 hours or so dependent on stops etc with some fun roads

Saturday evening open to any ideas or suggestions
Either find a local hostelry for food and ale etc, or back to my house and order a large Chinese / Indian etc. There's more beer, wine and spirits than you could shake at stick at and it's all free. I'm around 2 miles or so from the hotel and 10 minutes £3 in a taxi.
Sunday, meet for coffee / chat etc and then disperse.
If anyone has any particular ideas / suggestions etc please feel free to chime in
4 weeks yesterday
Jim