top marks brian rule no. 3 , definatly, as 2012 one on the way to applecross we ended up at gailoch,(!!??) before we realized we had missed the applecross junction so we ended up last at appleceoss tho things like that make for good storys. and the wife will agree with rule 5 as on the catch up to applecross on the humpy twisty coast road , which was made for subaru driving, the mrs lost her brekkie then could not face dinner what ever you expect it to be like on your first fling, forget it. it is far better as 2012 was my first fling and i have never had so much fun and met so many great people in one place . it was awsome