Speed, Bonny Boat…
…on the wings of the morn, over the sea to Skye, tra la.
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Author: Sid and Doris
The Comforts Of Home
When we were doing some damn’ fool adventure, probably involving sleeping on a damp floor in a draughty hut, Sid once remarked “You know the comforts of home? They’re at home.” We muse on this from time to time.
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A long story – the 1959 Ford Country Squire
In which Sid and Doris acquire a suitable car for an American road trip.
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2020 Year In Review
Well, that was a funny old year, and it is easy to write it off as Death By A Thousand Cancellations.
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The Shipping Forecast and the Geometry of the UK
Doris suddenly realises that the UK is not square, and it is not triangular.
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This’ll Not Be The Thistle
On the 2nd October this year we were due to set off driving the Mini to St Andrews to do the Highland Thistle, a classic car rally organised by our friends at Rally The Globe.
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Hermann’s Grand Tour Experience
We did realise as we set off that this would be a “vehicle dependent expedition“.
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Views on Touring in a Time of Covid
A post where we muse on what worked well and what didn’t.
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The Grand Tour In A Time of Covid
Sid and Doris have decided that now would be a good time to go to all the places that you wouldn’t usually dream of visiting in peak tourist season. Will Sid and Doris be the only people there, or has everyone else got the same idea? Watch this blog for details!
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Hermann Zer German
For the Grand Tour our car of choice is the mighty Hermann (full name: Hermann Zer German). He is a 1967 Mercedes SL250, known as Pagodas because of the hard top shape.
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