RV8
at the Castle of Mey on the Caledonian Tour of Orkney
Marion
Quarrington's RV8 parked by the Castle of Mey in Caithness in the north of Scotland.
Castle
of Mey
The second photo alongside is of all the tour participants lined
up outside the Standing Stones Hotel in Stenness on Orkney.
Posted:
150817 & Updated: 150818 |  |  | Marion
Quarrington has been on the Caledonian Centre's Tour of Orkney and has sent
in a photo of her RV8 in Woodcote Green outside the Castle of Mey saying "there
were 27 cars on the tour, of which nine were RV8s with two in Woodcote Green,
two in Nightfire Red, two in BRG and one in Le Mans Green. The other RV8 in Woodcote
Green was a last minute substitute
car so was not listed in the route book." Marion says "I
was anticipating the length of the tour itself to be about 1,100 miles, and in
fact I did 1,075 miles (Stirling to Stirling). In total the journey to and from
home was a smidgen under 1,900 miles, and I averaged 30.5 mpg throughout the entire
trip." That's a good rate of consumption for a near 4 litre
V8 engine. Marion mentioned that she had the hood down for most of the time, only
putting it up overnight.
The 2015 August Tour of Orkney was the
Caledonian Centre's first tour to Orkney. It started from Stirling with two route
options - either a six day or an extended eight day trip. The tour returned via
the west coast and back to Stirling. The eight day tour from Stirling had an overnight
stop in Tain on route to the ferry at Gill’s Bay, followed by three nights
on Orkney and then via the west coast with overnights in Tongue, Loch Broom and
Fort William before returning to Stirling. The shorter six day route returned
via Tain for an overnight before heading to Stirling.
The Castle of
Mey is located in Caithness, on the north coast of Scotland, about 6 miles
west of John o' Groats. In fine weather there are views from the castle north
to the Orkney Islands. The Queen Mother first saw what was then Barrogill Castle
in 1952, while mourning the death of her husband, King George VI. Falling for
its isolated charm and hearing it was to be abandoned, she decided to renovate
and restore it and created the beautiful gardens you see today. For almost half
a century she spent many happy summers here and shorter visits at other times
of the year. |
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