Day 4 – Dundee to Inverness
In which Sid and Doris go past Glamis, Braemar and Balmoral castles to drive the wild Cairngorm road to the capital of The Highlands.
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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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Day 3 In Dundee
In which Sid and Doris discover jute, jam, journalism and Antarctic heroism which irritatingly does not start with J.
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Bothy McWeevil – The Borders and Fife
As we crossed the border into Scotland, the Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Challenge officially opened.
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Day 2 Hexham to Dundee
In which Sid and Doris go international and start touristing.
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Day 1 Bishop’s Stortford to Hexham
In which Sid and Doris witness a miracle.
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Going touring in a Mini, obviously
In which Teal, the Mini, is prepared for a mighty journey to Orkney, the Hebrides, Mull and back.
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The Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Challenge
Tourist farming is an important economic activity in many of the communities we will be visiting on this journey. In recognition that you sometimes have to make the best of the hand that life has dealt to you, the Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Awards
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Thistle Map
Unusually for us, we have planned every night, every route and every ferry crossing before leaving. But we are confident that the Bothy McWeevil Thistle Garden Challenge will add surprises and delights every day…
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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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