Hi all,
Planning something a bit different for April – a group of enthusiasts are planning a Land Rover gathering, charity camping weekend up by Loch Ness and have invited us to join them – we have agreed to go to this and are now helping to organise. The weekend will be based at Loch Ness Shores campsite (
www.lochnessshores.com) right on the side of the loch at Foyers, and will run from Friday 22nd to Monday 25th April, although you can arrive and leave anytime, whatever suits. You can obviously bring your own tent or caravan, but if wanting to go “up-market” the site also has wigwam pods for hire. To book, please call Donald and Lynn Forbes at the campsite directly on 01456 486333, stating that you are booking for the Land Rover Event – Donald & Lynn have agreed to donate a portion of their fees to the charity which is Maggies Cancer Charity (
www.maggiescentres.org) . The organisers of this had a road run in the Angus Glens last year which some of our members participated in and raised £1,200 – this year we are aiming higher with a full weekend of activities.
Format for the weekend – this will be a social weekend with plenty of walks in the vicinity, bbq’s , campfires on the shore of the loch and banter, fishing from the lochside, and a charity raffle. There is a drive-out planned for the Saturday, taking an interesting route up to the Black Isle and hopefully some dolphin spotting; for the Sunday we are in the process of arranging some off-road driving – more specific details for both of these will be published once arrangements are confirmed.
If wishing to take part, please book directly as above, and also put a post on here so we have an idea of how many (and who) are going to this. Watch out for more details.
