Scottish National Rallly 2022

Boxerboy55 · Aug 9, 2022

https://www.nationalroadrally.co.uk/scottish/index.php

I’ve run in the English National Rally a couple of times - got washed out early in 2021.

Now it’s been copied to run north of Hadrian’s wall on 3 + 4 September.

Looks like around 70 checkpoints, though Aberdeen has a bicycle ride to Tomintoul that weekend to blow away a few points I guess.

A treasure hunt without the treasure.

ThreeDawg · Aug 11, 2022

Well of course the NRS has run for donkey's years (virtualy unchanged) courtesy of the Scottish Ariel Owners Club, but they have stopped now so the people that run the English and Welsh rallies have taken over with an app based event. Matrix will be similar to the old event if the maps above are anything to go for apart from the rather puzzling inclusion of checkpoints in England and nothing north of Lairg (apparently there be dragons up there and therefore the far north couldn't be included for health and safety reasons.) I always enjoyed it and have done it a least 15 times, often with my Laverda riding buddies; we made up more than 10% of the entry towards the end.

Anyway, entries are now open - awards from a dead easy afternoon trot to a full on two day job. Thirty quid entry (HOW MUCH!?) may have influenced the fact that there are only three entries so far from north of the border thus far :blast

. https://www.facebook.com/groups/581903783066840/

Boxerboy55 · Aug 11, 2022

ThreeDawg said:
Well of course the NRS has run for donkey's years (virtualy unchanged) courtesy of the Scottish Ariel Owners Club, but they have stopped now so the people that run the English and Welsh rallies have taken over with an app based event. Matrix will be similar to the old event if the maps above are anything to go for apart from the rather puzzling inclusion of checkpoints in England and nothing north of Lairg (apparently there be dragons up there and therefore the far north couldn't be included for health and safety reasons.) I always enjoyed it and have done it a least 15 times, often with my Laverda riding buddies; we made up more than 10% of the entry towards the end.

Anyway, entries are now open - awards from a dead easy afternoon trot to a full on two day job. Thirty quid entry (HOW MUCH!?) may have influenced the fact that there are only three entries so far from north of the border thus far. https://www.facebook.com/groups/581903783066840/

I make it 4 this evening.

Boxerboy55 · Sep 4, 2022

Day 1 complete.

13 hours of tootling. 400 miles including to my start in Stirling with a finish at Lix Toll.

Via a range of checkpoints from Montrose to Dalwhinnie to Oban plus many others.

Sun shone in the M90 for a bit, dry roads most of the day but ended in dark wet roads from Tyndrum to home. Not so funny.

Scrubbed in a new rear tyre after a 2 day jaunt to Ullapool with my lad and had a previous tyre plug let go after around 700 miles. Just managed to get my spare tyre fitted after cruising down the A9 with my heart in my mouth most of the way.

ThreeDawg · Sep 4, 2022

Yep, because of work I could only do a Chrome award, but had a good ride around the north. Bit breezy in Dornoch, but sunny and warm in the west.

Apparently the yellow vehicle is worth 1 to 200 times what my bike is. Pfft...

Matrix needs a bit of a tweak - no coastal route from Ullapool to Gairloch, and nothing north of Dornoch - but the app worked well for me.

Boxerboy55 · Sep 4, 2022

Day 2 started wet at Rosyth, but sun was shining at 3pm in Sanquhar.

A mere 310 miles today, not helped by me having to ride from Jedburgh to Moffat via Lockerbie due to some Lycra Champs closing the St Mary’s Loch Road.

Day 1 yesterday was a whopping 400 miles starting at Stirling and finishing at Lix Toll. The ride home by Loch Lubnaig in the dark and rain was less than fun.

This rally ride was preceded by an unexpected return trip to Ullapool (night in Ullapool) with my lad who had a pass out, clocking over 700 miles.
Complete with another puncture repair.

Gives me 1,212 miles. Not bad for one who “doesn’t get out much”

Boxerboy55 · Sep 4, 2022

The yellow beast ran out of MOT in December 2020

King Rat · Sep 4, 2022

Boxerboy55 said:
The yellow beast ran out of MOT in December 2020

I think it is over 40 years old.....

How does this 'app' thing work then? What if you don't have a mobile phone with internet on it? My mobile phone has buttons to push and no camera.

ThreeDawg · Sep 5, 2022

I think you'd need a smartphone whether or not you have data as the app needs GPS to work. The organisers accept photographic evidence though, so no need to ditch the Nokia just yet.

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