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Last edited by Tim in Scotland on Tue Nov 01 2005 7:49pm. Edited 2 times in total

What a gorgeous location! I don't think I'd get much offroading done if I went there... 

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Superb photos Tim.

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08 RRS TDV8 HSE with the good bits taken off the first RRS

05 RR Sport TDV6 HSE Rimini Red (Rimini Brown at events), Stormer wheels (original 19's for events), PTI, towpack. TV tuner (now driven by an employee)

1923 Ford Model T (serious ground clearance)


FFRR TDV8 Vogue my07 (wife won't let me use it in case I go to Salisbury with VA in it)

plus some other bits n' pieces

This is where I am trying to arrange a get together for RRSport owners 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Due to a foul-up in the gallery by ME here are the pics from today:

The approach road to the Dunkeld Hilton Resort and the LRE



Wildlife on the learners area


Check wheel articulation and testing the TC



The woods close to the centre



Heading out into the hills





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2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
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Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Hi Tim
Looks like you had a great time . I took my sales team upto what used to be the Landrover Off Road centre in Scotland for a team building course a couple of years ago . All I can remember is that we flew to Aberdeen and then we were picked up by the guys who were running the course. I know this was a different place to Dunkeld , but I wondered if you knew of the previous place and if it was still going ?
Regards
Nick.

nickp wrote:

Hi Tim
Looks like you had a great time . I took my sales team upto what used to be the Landrover Off Road centre in Scotland for a team building course a couple of years ago . All I can remember is that we flew to Aberdeen and then we were picked up by the guys who were running the course. I know this was a different place to Dunkeld , but I wondered if you knew of the previous place and if it was still going ?
Regards
Nick.

Hi Tim Thanks for the info. I thought the place up near Aberdeen was fantastic , and it was run by a guy who had been a rally championn and had very close links with Landrover . He appeared in one of the launch videos for the RRS, but i forget his name . He and his team , i think members of his family ran a very good course.

How easy is Dunkeld to get to from the Midlands (down south) ? I have done most of the LRE courses but not the one at Dunkeld .

NIckP, Tim,

I love that area of Scotland having been up there nearly every year since I was a kid. We went to the Hilton for a spot of afternoon tea last August when I was last there and stopped to take a picture of the LRE sign at the end of the driveway! Sad, yes!

Nickp, in terms of driving from here you're looking at the thick end of 7 hours, make it 8 if you stop for lunch. Oh, and when you get to the Scottish border, don't break the speed limits cos McPlod is waiting all over the place in bushes and vans ready to snap your happy mug and send you a McFine. I got done twice in the space of 5 days last year, I was SO annoyed, especially as the first one I could have gotten away with if I have just prodded the juice pedal a little more instead of finding the next layby and waiting to have Mcollar Felt.

Tim, sorry about the wheezy Scottish jokes! L319 D4 HSE

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Nick - M6, M74, A74, M80,M9, A9 to Dunkeld.................. and RR is right it is a long drive, but then you can make it part of a weekend away and stay in one of the local hotels or even at the Hilton resort hotel as you get discount vouchers from the Land Rover Experience to use there. It's an easy drive! I commute from Stirling to Southampton (505 miles from door to door) regularly and not pushing the speed over 70 it takes 10 hours with a stop every couple of hours for my comfort. The TD6 RR could manage the trip on 2/3 of a tank of diesel so the Sport should be even more frugal as I'm getting better mpg all the time in it.

RR I'm not offended by the jokes, I'm an expat of 41 years so it doesn't bother me! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Looks absolutely fabulous Tim, count me ( family ) in for a RRsport meet up there if you ever get round to arranging one.

That reminds me, I have still yet to book my LRE and I only get 3mths to book it so i'll have to get my skates on. But which one?? 
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I've been told that around the middle of England the best one to go for is Eastnor Castle as it is the LR proving ground and test track. And, it's not a 360 mile trip to get there! L319 D4 HSE

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1982 Series 3 SWB

I can secomd that . I have done the One day course at Eastnor in a RRS and it was a fantatstic day .

There is also an LRE at Solihull, within the factory perimeter that I did last year as part of the Home of the Legend outing. They have things there that none of the other LRE experiences have - The Jungle, a Russian summer log road, a flight of 40 stairs to drive down etc these are all part of the secret testing facilities that LR use when testing new models....................... you never know what you might see being tested while you are driving round the perimeter roads within the factory! I saw pre-production RR Sports being built and tested under heavy disguise while I was there - you might get to see the next Freelander being tested. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

The home of the legend tour grabs my attention,
Would make a good day out for the forum members.
Wonder what the cost is. Its out there somewhere. Second V10 Treg on the drive at the moment.