What a cool area for a rally! Some nice narrow roads overlooking the
loch...

Any websites? Watercrossing @ the Calendonian(?, iirc) Falls?

Do they use the clock-in-the-hill for the official rally time? ;-)


Sat, 12 Feb 2005 11:47:30 -0000, "Bob Shearer" <wrongslot@...>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> It's very quiet out there! "They" say that the end of Jan/early Feb
> is the most depressing time of the year, so here is something to
> cheer you up!
>
> Next Saturday Feb 19th sees the running of the first forest rally of
> the 2005 Scottish Championship - The Snowman Rally, based in
> Inverness, Scotland.
>
> As well as being the first of the year, this is also the 50th running
> of the Snowman so it is quite an anniversary. The rally started out
> as a night-time road rally and evolved into a forest stage rally in
> the late 1960's. In the past it attracted such rallying greats as
> Ari Vatanen, Roger Clark, Pentti Airrikala, Tony Pond etc.
>
> For those of you outside the UK, Inverness is in northern Scotland,
> 500 miles north of London and in terms of latitude is on a level half
> way up Hudson's bay in Canada. We are only kept alive by the gulf
> stream ocean current! That said, we are having snow this weekend,
> though only a little, buut there should still be some in the forests
> by next weekend.
>
> Because of the 50th anniversary there will be a small display of
> historic rally cars, including my very own 1965 Hillman Imp, and
> there will be a couiple of historics competing in the rally, but
> running well ahead of the main competition so they don't get caught
> up by all the Subaru Impreza's.
>
> Never mind the competition, some people just turn up for the post-
> event party. The manager of the Thistle Hotel says he will be happy
> if the bar is still open when guests are checking out in the morning.
>
> talk to you soon,
>
> Bob Shearer