Sounds like a blast! Wish that I could be there. It's been years since I
was in Scotland for a few days.
Wayne Kube
Plano, TX
'79 MGB V8 3.9L
Logan 1925
n5wmk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "V8 list" <mgb-v8@autox.team.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>;
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Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 9:02 AM
Subject: [Mgb-v8] A bit of a run
> Drove up to Scotland and back last weekend in the V8 to climb Ben Nevis -
> highest mountain in the UK. 867 miles averaging over 34mpg (UK gallons).
> Fair do's 3/4 of the mileage was motorway covered at a steady speed of 75,
> but
> 200 miles was single carriageway doing plenty of overtaking. About 7
> hours
> each way. Google reckoned the distance was 822 miles, so the odometer at
> least is overreading by about 5.5%, which is about par for the course as
> 0% to
> 10% is the allowable range in the UK. Took the indicated mileage to
> 99387,
> but that is the 2nd time around, with one rebore and probably crank grind
> about 100k miles ago I reckon. Used no water and only a couple of
> millimetres
> of oil on the dip-stick.
>
> Weather lovely in Scotland on the Saturday and all the way back on the
> Monday,
> absolutely dire for the climb on Sunday - cloud base just above sea level,
> howling gale, horizontal rain, freezing cold (we were in snow at the
> summit),
> and visibility just a few yards. Overdue for a bad one, the previous five
> climbs had all been good weather. By world standards Ben Nevis isn't
> particularly high at 4403ft/1344m but the base is at sea-level so you
> climb
> all of it! Came across hundreds of '3 peaks' challengers on the way down,
> attempting to climb the highest peaks in Scotland, England (Scafell Pike)
> and
> Wales (Snowdon) including travel between them in 24 hours. We are doing
> our
> own '3 peaks' - Snowdon a couple of years ago, Ben Nevis this year, and
> Scafell Pike in a year or so :o)
>
> PaulH.
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