The annual HERO Land’s End to John O’Groats Reliability Trial for
cars built before 1986 takes place this weekend. Over 70 cars
will start the 1450 mile event, containing around 14 Tests and 33 Regularity
Sections, from Land's End on Saturday morning (8th Dec.) at 07.30 Hrs and will
reach John O'Groats around late afternoon on Tuesday the 11th.
The event
comes into Scotland after an overnight halt at Slaley Hall on Monday morning heading
up through Hawick towards Callander then on to Fort William and beyond.
Perhaps the
best place to see it passing though is the Forrestburn Hillclimb (you can actually
see the venue from the M8 Motorway at the Shotts turn-off) where the crews take
part in a Timed Test up the Hillclimb track from about 3.30pm onwards.
Entry list
as ever is varied and evocative of times past with cars from the 1930s, 50s, 60s,
70s and early 1980s taking part with crews from all over Europe -maybe their
last chance before Brexit, eh?
Oh, and if
you do fancy a trip out to Forrestburn on Monday afternoon, wrap up warm. It's
so cold there that you won't see any Eskimos, they tend to shelter at lower
altitudes during their annual migration to warmer climes! And one more thing.
If you do meet up with the crews at a halt try not to get too deeply engaged in
earnest conversation. This is a competition and they have a time schedule to
keep - otherwise you might get clobbered with a starting handle.
There's a full
route and timetable here: https://bit.ly/2SxAba6
Full entry
list here: https://bit.ly/2zO9ZB8
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