From paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk  Thu Jun 26 08:02:39 2008
From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk (Paul Hunt)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:02:39 +0100
Subject: [Mgb-v8] A bit of a run
Message-ID: <012f01c8d797$27dfa1a0$0200a8c0@Three>

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.

From motorhead45 at juno.com  Thu Jun 26 10:27:36 2008
From: motorhead45 at juno.com (Greg A Myer)
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:27:36 -0400
Subject: [Mgb-v8] A bit of a run
Message-ID: <20080626.122736.-80120899.0.motorhead45@juno.com>

Paul,
         Sounds like fun !
Will you be posting any pictures on your site ?
http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/
You have a nice selection of info there.
                                   Thanks, Greg Myer

MGB GT V8 project ( Buick 215 / T5 5 speed / Dana 44 w/ 3.07 posi )




On Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:02:39 +0100 "Paul Hunt"
<paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> 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).

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From paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk  Fri Jun 27 03:09:19 2008
From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk (Paul Hunt)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:09:19 +0100
Subject: [Mgb-v8] A bit of a run
References: <20080626.122736.-80120899.0.motorhead45@juno.com>
Message-ID: <009d01c8d836$d29087a0$0200a8c0@Three>

Indeed, there are some of the walk itself at
http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/bn08.htm

PaulH.
  ----- Original Message -----
  Will you be posting any pictures on your site ?

From wkube at augustmail.com  Fri Jun 27 15:41:45 2008
From: wkube at augustmail.com (Wayne Kube)
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:41:45 -0500
Subject: [Mgb-v8] A bit of a run
References: <012f01c8d797$27dfa1a0$0200a8c0@Three>
Message-ID: <000f01c8d89e$99625590$0201a8c0@DBHKTHD1>

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 at blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "V8 list" <mgb-v8 at autox.team.net>; <mgs at autox.team.net>; 
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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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From motorhead45 at juno.com  Sat Jun 28 08:39:02 2008
From: motorhead45 at juno.com (Greg A Myer)
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:39:02 -0400
Subject: [Mgb-v8] A bit of a run
Message-ID: <20080628.103903.-396379.0.motorhead45@juno.com>

Nice pictures Paul.
I just saw a travelogue about Wales on the 
local educational channel. A Rick Steves show.
He's an American who tours Eurpoe and tells
us what's the best way to go about it.
Anyway, he went up Snowdon.
That also looks like a beautiful area, so your
next year's trip will be more than worthwhile too !
My last hike in the mountains was at the British V8 Meet in 
Townsend, Tennessee summer before last. 
Maybe I'm working too much.
Time to head for the hills.
Thanks for sharing your trip with us.
                                       Greg

On Fri, 27 Jun 2008 10:09:19 +0100 "Paul Hunt"
<paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk> writes:
> Indeed, there are some of the walk itself at 
> http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/bn08.htm
> 
> PaulH.
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   Will you be posting any pictures on your site ?

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From paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk  Sun Jun 29 09:06:07 2008
From: paul.hunt1 at blueyonder.co.uk (Paul Hunt)
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:06:07 +0100
Subject: [Mgb-v8] A bit of a run
References: <20080628.103903.-396379.0.motorhead45@juno.com>
Message-ID: <00ce01c8d9fb$2054b4a0$0200a8c0@Three>

Ah, we climbed Snowdon (Wales, 2nd highest) a couple of years ago - that was a
story in itself.  The 3rd peak (that's next) is Scafell Pike in England, one
of many fell (hill) walks in the confusingly-named Lake District.  As a boy I
had heard someone describe the ridge-walk to Snowdon as pretty spectacular as
it falls away very steeply both sides.  In my innocence I imagined there was a
path that fell away both sides.  On the day our leader asked which route we
wanted to do so I said the ridgewalk, he raised an eyebrow, asked everybody
else who said they were happy to do it (also innocents).  From the Llanberis
Pass the route to the ridge starts off flat then gets ever steeper until it is
vertical, which was bad enough (for us once-per-year walkers).  But then on
the ridge there is no path, just the ridge!  The one side is sheer falling
away very steeply for hundreds of feet and proper mountaineers territory, the
other side does have small foot-holds but still falls almost as steeply.
Pretty scary, but we did it.

http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/ww06.htm

PaulH.
  ----- Original Message -----
  Anyway, he went up Snowdon.
  That also looks like a beautiful area, so your
  next year's trip will be more than worthwhile too !

From m1garandusa at verizon.net  Sun Jun 29 09:41:03 2008
From: m1garandusa at verizon.net (James J.)
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:41:03 -0400
Subject: [Mgb-v8] A bit of a run
In-Reply-To: <00ce01c8d9fb$2054b4a0$0200a8c0@Three>
References: <20080628.103903.-396379.0.motorhead45@juno.com>
	<00ce01c8d9fb$2054b4a0$0200a8c0@Three>
Message-ID: <4867AD0F.4010402@verizon.net>

Being of nearly all Welsh genetics, I had always hoped that my "mother" 
language would come more easily to my tongue and ears than some.  But 
alas, no.  I've tried.  It sounds like the speaker's tongue has been cut 
out, and it looks, on the printed page, like it was written FOR a people 
whose tongues have been cut out.  None the less, it's a beautiful land, 
from what I've seen (especially your pictures), and I'd like to visit.
James (Davies) Jewell

Paul Hunt wrote:
> Ah, we climbed Snowdon (Wales, 2nd highest) a couple of years ago - that was a
> story in itself.  The 3rd peak (that's next) is Scafell Pike in England, one
> of many fell (hill) walks in the confusingly-named Lake District.  As a boy I
> had heard someone describe the ridge-walk to Snowdon as pretty spectacular as
> it falls away very steeply both sides.  In my innocence I imagined there was a
> path that fell away both sides.  On the day our leader asked which route we
> wanted to do so I said the ridgewalk, he raised an eyebrow, asked everybody
> else who said they were happy to do it (also innocents).  From the Llanberis
> Pass the route to the ridge starts off flat then gets ever steeper until it is
> vertical, which was bad enough (for us once-per-year walkers).  But then on
> the ridge there is no path, just the ridge!  The one side is sheer falling
> away very steeply for hundreds of feet and proper mountaineers territory, the
> other side does have small foot-holds but still falls almost as steeply.
> Pretty scary, but we did it.
>
> http://www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/ww06.htm
>
> PaulH.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   Anyway, he went up Snowdon.
>   That also looks like a beautiful area, so your
>   next year's trip will be more than worthwhile too !
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