Scottish Rally

I had never completed the Scottish Rally before, nor therefore the Tri-nations Challenge which involves finishing the National, Welsh and Scottish rallies in the same year. Because the Scottish Rally takes place on the second weekend in September when school has just started back (and being a teacher) it is difficult to get up to do it, but luckily it is possible to complete the Touring Award in the month before that, so we decided to have a go at that.
To achieve the award it is necessary to travel from receipt point to receipt point according to the grid provided, visiting at least 20 points and 1000 miles. After visiting friends and six Round Britain Rally landmarks on the way north, we started at Berwick upon Tweed on Saturday 16th August and finished at Dromore south of Stranraer on Wednesday 20th after visiting 25 receipt points.
The best thing about the rally is the scenery you pass through and the roads you discover along the way - my favourite was the road from Oban down to Tarbet. The weather was distinctly variable with couple of rainstorms, including a very heavy one coming across Glencoe which drove us into a b&b in Tyndrum for shelter. Apart from that we camped.
All the receipt points were service stations at which we had to get receipts - we got used to asking for a receipt for a couple of Snickers! Not all the information was accurate though - one of the stations had closed down, a couple had changed name and one ddn't even sell petrol, so it was not always obvious where to go to.
We finished the rally in time to catch the ferry to Ireland for the next part of our summer rally tour.