Escorting a small cartoon dog to Oonyakistan (again)

Tractorpilot

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So it was that time of year…

Migrate north for summer – to Oonyakistan

Endless fuel stops required for Tractorpilot. The combination of overenthusiastic throttle and standard tank size meant a couple more stops than Muttley’s Adventure would have needed on it’s own.

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Loch Lomond – where the real scenery starts.

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On the Corran Ferry nr Fort William

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Arrival at Stein to pitch camp

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McMutters pitching Heather's tent

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Some of the earlier arrivals

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We pitched in easy staggering distance of the Proff's Wobbly Box in case we needed restorative doses of Tea or Wobble Juice.

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The Ceilidh starts

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Men in skirts - no surprises there then...

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Thunder appears to have done something terrible to his Sporran - the crowd look on in shock and horror.

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The band played on.

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Black Bob

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Thunder was soon back in full swing

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Sir James spurned the traditional Sgian Dubh replacing it with a light sabre.

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The Band

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Forry, Mrs Ronno, Barbara and others

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Woody, St.Eptoe, Ming etc

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St.Eptoe (Neil) does Blue Peter impressions with a box and some sticky back tape. Ming slightly amused

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Staggering back from the taxi to the camp site we noticed how carefully centralised Muttley's baglux cover was on his tank

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Saturday after the winds and rain of the night was dull and overcast

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Better head for the pub then

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After the pub - still overcast

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Time for a snooze before the Cheesy Disco

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Jamie heads for the disco

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Unsurprisingly the girls were up to dance first

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The lads took a little longer to get going

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Various Cheesy Disco shots...

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Don't take that picture

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or that one

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Back to the disco

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what are you looking at?

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The evening was rounded off raffle tickets and proper game of bowls using pound coins

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with players trying to get closest to the bottle to win it

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This was the winning pitch

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A loser

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Another loser...

I lost three times before giving up.

Enough for now - will post another thread of the grand tour to Tongue and back to Worcester in a day or two.
 


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