But Scotland is beautiful and you can eat some parts of it as well. Took the truck for it's first real outing with new tyres, tent etc. I haven't go a packing system in there you and I still have some bits and pieces to work out, but it ran well on the way up giving me 20mpg @ a solid 60mph. Which for a loaded vehicle with a rack and tent isn't that bad. OK 40 + would be lovely, but not in this lifetime. One drawback of having the roof tent for shooting is that you can't really keep packing away to use the car to get around. So I did a lot more local walk 'n stalk. On the way back, I took the tyres up to 40psi. I haven't topped the tank up yet but it look on the gauge to have used quite a bit less. So that might put me in the 23 - 24 region. Can't complain at that. We'll see. The 80 is so much better the the 90 in terms of the boot and tailgate. What a useful feature. I even had a snooze on it.
Weather was sh...shocking. Really poor and unpleasant. The damp brought the midges out. Lovely. But we had some fantastic nights sitting out till pretty late on port and Jim Beam. Not a bad sky. Good news is that despite the driving rain, the tent stayed lovely and dry inside and the outside dried very quickly indeed.
Oh and before I forget, that Quest Tristar fridge worked absolutely brilliantly. Actually froze my Camembert! Work just as well off a square wave inverter too. £100? Come on!
OK you had to be there but there was an incredible moon rise. Sorry phone camera pic.
The shooting was frustrating. Cover so deep I couldn't get a shot. Well, I bagged one in the end. And found a new use for a roof tent
Needless to say I went for a play. I found some rock steps which took a bit of getting up. No pics as I was driving! So these are all I have. me and a pile of stones.
Well that was my weekend. Sorry if there no Wildebeast or rhino. But it's all I could stretch to.
Chris
Weather was sh...shocking. Really poor and unpleasant. The damp brought the midges out. Lovely. But we had some fantastic nights sitting out till pretty late on port and Jim Beam. Not a bad sky. Good news is that despite the driving rain, the tent stayed lovely and dry inside and the outside dried very quickly indeed.
Oh and before I forget, that Quest Tristar fridge worked absolutely brilliantly. Actually froze my Camembert! Work just as well off a square wave inverter too. £100? Come on!
OK you had to be there but there was an incredible moon rise. Sorry phone camera pic.
The shooting was frustrating. Cover so deep I couldn't get a shot. Well, I bagged one in the end. And found a new use for a roof tent
Needless to say I went for a play. I found some rock steps which took a bit of getting up. No pics as I was driving! So these are all I have. me and a pile of stones.
Well that was my weekend. Sorry if there no Wildebeast or rhino. But it's all I could stretch to.
Chris