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Post by Alec on Jun 29, 2014 19:34:55 GMT
Its now 50 days since leaving home, so a few stats :-
Mileage 3300 miles
Fuel Used 450 litres Diesel
Fuel Cost £613.89
Av. MPG 33.39 mpg
Highest MPG 36.6 mpg
Lowest MPG 31.33mpg
Recent MPG 35.4 mpg
All brim to brim
Engine Oil NIL
Steering Fluid 450 ml..............yes I have a leak !
Water (engine) 2 cupfuls
Hab Batteries NIL
Van Battery NIL
Fairly happy with the cost of fuel, less than £100/wk I can just about manage that.........
..........Alec.........
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Post by Alec on Jun 29, 2014 20:40:44 GMT
A short VID of a Pipe Band at the parade in Stirling the other day....(click pic)....  .......Alec.......... |
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Post by Firefox on Jun 29, 2014 21:22:48 GMT
Its now 50 days since leaving home, so a few stats :- Mileage 3300 miles Fuel Used 450 litres Diesel Fuel Cost £613.89 Av. MPG 33.39 mpg Highest MPG 36.6 mpg Lowest MPG 31.33mpg Recent MPG 35.4 mpg All brim to brim Engine Oil NIL Steering Fluid 450 ml..............yes I have a leak ! Water (engine) 2 cupfuls Hab Batteries NIL Van Battery NIL Fairly happy with the cost of fuel, less than £100/wk I can just about manage that......... ..........Alec......... Nice Mpg, you were doing 1 or 2 better than me. Normally we would get 35 on long motorway routes, but it shows the effect of going up and down the hills in lower gears and dodgy A roads with passing places. |
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Post by Alec on Jun 30, 2014 22:59:03 GMT
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Post by onion on Jul 4, 2014 15:37:11 GMT
Hi Alec just wondering where yr at been few days from hearing from u , I'm,going to be heading down to corbridge for fest on sat but pos leaving Thursday , hope ur doing well & everything's ok ching Ching
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Post by Alec on Jul 5, 2014 8:43:04 GMT
Hi John,
At Luss today, may give you a call or call in Tuesday, sounds like Corbridge should be good, have to see if I can get tickets.
.........Alec.......
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Post by onion on Jul 5, 2014 9:57:16 GMT
Hi mate there's a pub in corbridge that dose motorhome parking I think gaz&angie are going there for a day , if u can get a ticket all the better it's on sat/sun I was wanting down for Friday , if u what u can leave from here with me Ching Ching
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Post by Alec on Jul 8, 2014 8:28:56 GMT
Last week......... Went to Leith to see that expensive hospital ship which the government spent all my taxes on......  No wards here..........   Overnighted here........  Before...  After...  Toured through Sir Walter Scott country.......  Camped near this Arch in a picnic spot outside Lauder....  ..........Alec........... |
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Post by stonedaddy on Jul 8, 2014 9:26:12 GMT
Once again great photos Alec. If the convoy is definitely over we going to miss those. You have had a great trip Which started at Penrith On the 10th of May and now ending on July the 8th. You sure stretched it out, great stuff.
.... Tom ....
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Post by Alec on Jul 8, 2014 22:08:05 GMT
Last weekend visited Luss on the bank of Loch Lomond for the Highland Games there, here is VID (click centre of pic) of the pipe band, piping the Clan Chieftan and family through the streets of Luss before the games....  and here is some games action (click pic again).....  ..Alec........... |
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Post by Alec on Jul 10, 2014 9:11:48 GMT
Couple of days ago passed Newark Castle on the edge of the Clyde at Port Glasgow.......  Yesterday after teaming up again with the Onion (no babes!) again, we set off to New Lanark, a 19th. century workers paradise set in the lowlands south east of Glasgow....    No thats not Robert Owewn. A few pics of the school in this histrorical village.........    You will notice that Brampton and Glasgow do not exist!!!!!!!!!  Short VID in a spinning mill.........  ...........Alec.......... |
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Post by Alec on Jul 10, 2014 9:37:21 GMT
Before leaving this World Heritage Site of New Lanark, caught this fella catching fish....  and this guy checking up on one of his babes........VID.......  haha...........Alec.......... |
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Post by stonedaddy on Jul 10, 2014 10:05:41 GMT
Once again great pics Alec. Didn't that worker on the loom look like onion  . You could even hear him above the noise of the machinery. .... Tom .... |
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Post by Alec on Jul 13, 2014 21:27:49 GMT
Just to wrap this up......... Onion and I escaped from Scotland on thursday last week............  After a pleasant tea and biscuits at Gaz and Angies place, Marymc joined us for a final overnight at The Errington Arms near Crowbridge.  After 9 weeks of convoying I'm on my way home...............................................................................................................................................I think. ............Alec.................... |
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Post by Neva Aglenn on Jul 15, 2014 18:39:12 GMT
Just wanna say thanks for all the Pics from Your Odessey M8!!!
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Post by robmac on Jul 15, 2014 18:55:47 GMT
Yeah, great pictures Alec. Thanks mate.
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Post by Rubbertramp on Jul 15, 2014 20:39:06 GMT
Thirded that! Thanks Alec.
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Post by Alec on Jul 15, 2014 21:54:44 GMT
Thanks guys for your appreciation, makes it all worthwhile.
Many late nights on flaky connections.
After liking all last year's pics of one of my favourite countries, I wanted to show again what some people are missing.
...Alec....
....Alec....
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Post by Neva Aglenn on Jul 15, 2014 21:55:25 GMT
Showed Jo some of these pics.............'Aw! Can We go to Scotland? October?...' RESULT! (I'd better set off Tomorrow!!!!!)
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Post by stonedaddy on Jul 16, 2014 7:58:27 GMT
I agree with all the above great pics Alec.
.... Tom ....
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. You could even hear him above the noise of the machinery. 
Hi we nearly always freecamp - old age pension gives loads of leisure time but too little money to pay camp site fees. 
The van has solar panel, large water tank So we are pretty self sufficient. Jon
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