American in Scotland

[STi_Bandit]

Imy, the hotel i can see from my work's window i would say a 30sec walk :-), Can get you a wee map its not hard to find, however parking could be a nightmare round this area.

Bandit

[micra_wrc]

.... however parking could be a nightmare round this area. Bandit

Martin,

thats what I was thinking []  Are there any Brewers Fayre type places on the outskirts of that area?

Prefer to find somewhere that is easy for me to get to and park.

I got an email from Jacob with his mobile number.  Will try and get in touch with him to see if we can meet up on Thursday evening

[STi_Bandit]

Theres fountain park, or i think thats the name of it, has a largeee underground style multi storey, mmmm subarus multi storey,

that or the other end of princess st is the omnie centre again with multi storey car parking, certainly the omni centre has more eating facailities.

Yes i know i want to blip the throttle in the multi storey :-)

Other wise yes we would have to come out of edinburgh city centre to a place that could accomodate us.

Out of intrest how many people are actully coming along to get an idea of numbers to cater for.

Bandit

[micra_wrc]

me []

and probably the Squirrel.

thing is, not sure whether Thursday night suits Jacob - i've left a voicemail on the mobile number that he emailed me.

assuming that he is, it might be good if we can arrange time and location.

how far from the M8 is his hotel? 

Thinking about whether we can fit a wee run into this too... yes, I like challenges lol

[STi_Bandit]

your probally talking from hermistion gate 30mins depending on what time in the evening your coming through, least most of the traffic will be coming out of edinburgh rather than going into.

Bandit

[micra_wrc]

Martin are you coming to this?

makes a change that you know where you are going and I dont LoL

[STi_Bandit]

Depends if i head in the right direction :-)

Yeah ill come along, always an excuse to fire up the boxer engine. Thurs eve is cool for me any idea what sort of time as i could maybe meet you at hermistion gate

Bandit

[micra_wrc]

hermiston gate is cool for me.

time.......... i guess it wil be around 1900 by the time I go home, pick up my scooby and drive down the M8.

will speak to Squirrel check if that time suits him and mibbe see if he is aware of any nice roads near there where we can have a wee hurl in and park up for photo shoot.

[ally-b]

I should be free on Thursday evening .

Let me know what you are doing and I'll head through with you - Squirrel has my number .

Al

[dave_morgan]

your probally talking from hermistion gate 30mins depending on what time in the evening your coming through, least most of the traffic will be coming out of edinburgh rather than going into. Bandit

30 mins !?!  Are you walking it Martin !?! []  It's only about 5 miles from Hermiston Gate, and I'd have thought 15mins would cover it, tops (as long as it's not 9 in the morning of course!).

Thursday night should work well for me, but I don't know 'in town' venues well enough to suggest anything suitable. My suggestions would be Stables, Fairmile Inn and Steading, but probably not the best to get to from Haymarket!

 

[micra_wrc]

dave,

do you know of any nice roads around there where we can go for a run and show Jacob how the scottish scoobies rumble?

[STi_Bandit]

Only road i can think of is the road out to temple, which is a good jaunt :-), hey who wants to look at the two wr1's at nobles, as a wee teeser also. would be shut in the evening but you could still look at all the machines on the forecourt

[micra_wrc]

or........ we can try and work in somewhere to stop for food []

[STi_Bandit]

As dave says, i think its the faiemile inn just beside hillend ski slope does nice food and has a reasonabliy sized park, or maybe flouterstone inn, will look tonight imy, can discuss on messenger if your on :-)

[micra_wrc]

cool, will get u on MSN tonight Martin

a wee list of folk so far....

Thurs 28 Sept - 1900

1 - imy

2 - squirrel

3 - sti bandit

4 - ally-b

5 - kart-man

[Dougie C]

Martin, what about the road from Penicuik to Gorebridge then turn right on the A7 and head up the Moorfoot Hills you get a lovely view of Fife?

Dougie

[craigwrx]

I will also come along, maybe jimster will to, will ask him ... will pick the convoy up as you pass my location on the M8.

Craig

1 - imy

2 - squirrel

3 - sti bandit

4 - ally-b

5 - kart-man

6 - craigwrx

[Dougie C]

Only road i can think of is the road out to temple, which is a good jaunt :-), hey who wants to look at the two wr1's at nobles, as a wee teeser also. would be shut in the evening but you could still look at all the machines on the forecourt

Martin

I couldn't see the WR1 that usually is on the forecourt mate when I passed to go to Tesco's today!

Dougie

[st3ph3n]

Might make it through. Can't usually get a parking place at work on a Thursday though. I will have a think.

[micra_wrc]

yeah, you take your time and think about it stephen......... at the moment we have 3 classics and 3 newages for the photoshoot (if we manage to get one done).  Thats assuming Jimser comes along and I'm not sure what Kart-man will be driving []

wonder if more classics than newages will turn up lol

[spooks]

[]

 

[irish al]

We would of come along to this but we have to go a wee run to perth on thursday night.

Al

[JMelt4]

Hi everyone,

First off, I got your message Imy....I'll be able to call tomorrow morning....

But as is, Thursday sounds great.  I would love to meet up before the sun goes down to get some nice pictures of your cars.  Do you guys say GC8, GD8, etc. to talk about the old school impreza, bug eye, etc.?  And my girlfriend Molly and I would love to get dinner, have a few pints, go for a ride or two   Maybe pints AFTER rides?  Also, what is the best scottish beer?  I have been really digging all the local ales around England...

Also, does anyone actually have a WR1?  That would be unbelievably cool to see.  We don't get fancy STi's like that in the states, infact, we're quite lucky to get anything at all.  I will regale you all with tales of the SHIT cars we get and so forth....you all might not know how lucky you are!  Our imprezas weren't offered with turbos until 2002!

Alright, I'll be in touch with Imy and ready for action on Thursday.....thanks for the awesome hospitality and be prepared for an American accent! 

-Jacob

[thefastone]

If your looking to see a WR1 theres one in Inverness... thats if we can get him out that is...

And on the Ale side if things, If its ale your looking at there is a great selection of scottish ones mate, Any of the Isle of Skye ales, or, the Champion Beer of the UK last year I think Was Deuchars IPA, I'm a big fan, and its pretty easy to get a hold of.....  but there is LOADs to choose from...  []

[Gee Wr1]

If you want to see a WR1 in the flesh & on the go ( not on a forcourt) you'll need to come up North to Inverness & i'll take mine out for you to see & have a run in over the best twistys in Scotland []

There was pics up on NASIOC of mine a while back []

Dale i'll have more time for meets,runs etc very shortly as nearly finished renovating my old house for sale, thats whats keeping me busy at the mo []

 

Gee