Had the pleasure of Beinn Dearg ( Torridon ) today. With a forecasted
High over the North West this appeared to be the place to go and we
were not disappointed. A pleasant walk in from Coire Mhic Nobuil car
park, first through woods then open hillside. A good path leads almost
to the bealach under the Horns of Allligan. a good steep pull up the
west ridge and soon the crest of the ridge was gained. The views from
Stuc Loch na Cabhaig are brilliant, specially over to Skye, and with
Liathach filling the foreground the panoramas were stunning. We then
made our way to the Corbett summit along the narrowing ridge but the
best bit comes after Beinn Dearg cairn has been reached. A sharp
descent and then some great scrambling on the little pinnacles and
narrow twisting platforms. all too soon we were at the East end of
the ridge on Carn na Feola with the most beautiful view up between
Baosbheinn and Beinn an Eoin. we then took the recommended descent
South from the last summit and found ourselves having great fun on the
ledges and terraces as we picked and scrambled our way down the
mountain.

Why expensive? On top of the £40 diesel to get there, I had an
additional £60 and 3 points from the Northern Constabulary. Seemingly
hurrying to get to one of the most beautiful parts of Scotland is no
excuse !

--
Cheers
Graham

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> Beinn Dearg

The scramble is rather good.. with a very committing step. My overall
impression of the hill was taht its not as fearsome as its reputation,
and that it was a rather easy ascent. Views amazing, its the place to
see Liathach.

>
>Why expensive? On top of the £40 diesel to get there, I had an
>additional £60 and 3 points from the Northern Constabulary. Seemingly
>hurrying to get to one of the most beautiful parts of Scotland is no
>excuse !


Where did they get you?

Richard Webb

"RJ Webb" <usenet@sub3000.com> wrote in message
news:41685e60.1392296@usenet.plus.net...
> > Beinn Dearg
>
> The scramble is rather good.. with a very committing step. My
overall
> impression of the hill was taht its not as fearsome as its
reputation,
> and that it was a rather easy ascent.
Agreed. You quickly make the ridge with just one sharp pull. Found
the descent much more challenging. i imagine it would be a much
tougher propostion in winter or poor visisbility.


> >Why expensive? On top of the £40 diesel to get there, I had an
> >additional £60 and 3 points from the Northern Constabulary.
Seemingly
> >hurrying to get to one of the most beautiful parts of Scotland is
no
> >excuse !
>
>
> Where did they get you?

Heading North on the A835 just past the last Dingwall roundabout (
Maryburgh, Conon Bridge ) coming along the long straight. Sheet 26
538 568. 82.2mph.

Cheers
Graham

>> Where did they get you?
>
>Heading North on the A835 just past the last Dingwall roundabout (
>Maryburgh, Conon Bridge ) coming along the long straight. Sheet 26
>538 568. 82.2mph.
>
>Cheers
>Graham
>
>
Got flashed this morning in Liberton... As usual at that point I was
looking at the speedo not the road! and was hovering around 30mph..
could have been a hair trigger.. If so, that was an expensive
trigpointing session.


Richard Webb

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:10:38 +0100, "Graham Ingram"
<graham.ingram@REMOVEtiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>> Where did they get you?
>
>Heading North on the A835 just past the last Dingwall roundabout (
>Maryburgh, Conon Bridge ) coming along the long straight. Sheet 26
>538 568. 82.2mph.

Had you been going 2.8mph faster it's likely that you'd be making a
court appearance.

"C L Imber" <cliff.Imber@nospam.tumble.net> wrote in message
news:6akim0l6dsc3j39jabl4r3rq2v9gprep3q@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:10:38 +0100, "Graham Ingram"
> <graham.ingram@REMOVEtiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >> Where did they get you?
> >
> >Heading North on the A835 just past the last Dingwall roundabout (
> >Maryburgh, Conon Bridge ) coming along the long straight. Sheet 26
> >538 568. 82.2mph.
>
> Had you been going 2.8mph faster it's likely that you'd be making a
> court appearance.

Is there some sort of standard miles over limit for fixed penalty v
court ?

Cheers
Graham

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:41:12 +0100, "Graham Ingram"
<graham.ingram@REMOVEtiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>"C L Imber" <cliff.Imber@nospam.tumble.net> wrote in message
>news:6akim0l6dsc3j39jabl4r3rq2v9gprep3q@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:10:38 +0100, "Graham Ingram"
>> <graham.ingram@REMOVEtiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >> Where did they get you?
>> >
>> >Heading North on the A835 just past the last Dingwall roundabout (
>> >Maryburgh, Conon Bridge ) coming along the long straight. Sheet 26
>> >538 568. 82.2mph.
>>
>> Had you been going 2.8mph faster it's likely that you'd be making a
>> court appearance.
>
>Is there some sort of standard miles over limit for fixed penalty v
>court ?

I think there is a certain amount of description, both by different
police forces and individual officers. Generally, if speeding by a
margin of +10%, (or +15mph on motorways) above the limit you will be
unlucky to get a ticket. Similarly, if speeding by +25mph, you will
be lucky to get away with a fixed penalty ticket instead of a court
summons.

Note: If you are caught speeding in Wales, and you are given a
ticket, you are given two copies - in English and Welsh. This can be
very amusing if you present the Welsh version with your licence,
insurance and MOT at an English police station.

The message <2st70uF1m2jfhU1@uni-berlin.de>
from "Graham Ingram" <graham.ingram@REMOVEtiscali.co.uk> contains these words:

> > Had you been going 2.8mph faster it's likely that you'd be making a
> > court appearance.

> Is there some sort of standard miles over limit for fixed penalty v
> court ?

Don't forget that there is always a getout clause. If you can persuade a
Government Minister (preferably the Home Secretary of the day) to be a
back seat driver the chances of you actually being fined are miniscule.

--
Roger Chapman so far this year 69 summits
New - 47 (Marilyns 13, Sweats 5, Outlying Fells 35)
Repeats - 22( Marilyns 7, Sweats 16, Wainwrights 16)

The message <6akim0l6dsc3j39jabl4r3rq2v9gprep3q@4ax.com>
from C L Imber <cliff.Imber@nospam.tumble.net> contains these words:

> On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:10:38 +0100, "Graham Ingram"
> <graham.ingram@REMOVEtiscali.co.uk> wrote:

> >> Where did they get you?
> >
> >Heading North on the A835 just past the last Dingwall roundabout (
> >Maryburgh, Conon Bridge ) coming along the long straight. Sheet 26
> >538 568. 82.2mph.


The polis had pulled a car in that area on Saturday morning about
0900hrs - or was that you? (missed the beginning of the thread).

--
Cheers,

Compo.

>
>The polis had pulled a car in that area on Saturday morning about
>0900hrs - or was that you? (missed the beginning of the thread).
>

Saw a car pulled on the A90 near Queensferry on the way to Ben Cleuch
on Saturday.. only as well as Polis the Excise were there too....

Richard Webb

"compo" <compo@norabattys.stockings> wrote in message
news:2004101112265082004@norabattys.stockings...
> The message <6akim0l6dsc3j39jabl4r3rq2v9gprep3q@4ax.com>
> from C L Imber <cliff.Imber@nospam.tumble.net> contains these words:
>
> > On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:10:38 +0100, "Graham Ingram"
> > <graham.ingram@REMOVEtiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > >> Where did they get you?
> > >
> > >Heading North on the A835 just past the last Dingwall roundabout
(
> > >Maryburgh, Conon Bridge ) coming along the long straight. Sheet
26
> > >538 568. 82.2mph.
>
>
> The polis had pulled a car in that area on Saturday morning about
> 0900hrs - or was that you? (missed the beginning of the thread).

Could well have been, ( silver Merc.) pulled at 8:30 and back on the
road by 8:50 so it could have been the next victim if you were closer
to 9. Done the docs to the local station now so just a £60 cheque to
post to Dingwall tomorrow !
Cheers
Graham

On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:41:12 +0100, "Graham Ingram"
<graham.ingram@REMOVEtiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>"C L Imber" <cliff.Imber@nospam.tumble.net> wrote in message
>news:6akim0l6dsc3j39jabl4r3rq2v9gprep3q@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 09:10:38 +0100, "Graham Ingram"
>> <graham.ingram@REMOVEtiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> >> Where did they get you?
>> >
>> >Heading North on the A835 just past the last Dingwall roundabout (
>> >Maryburgh, Conon Bridge ) coming along the long straight. Sheet 26
>> >538 568. 82.2mph.
>>
>> Had you been going 2.8mph faster it's likely that you'd be making a
>> court appearance.
>
>Is there some sort of standard miles over limit for fixed penalty v
>court ?

30mph according to folklore. You must have been close to an indicated 90,
which is pushing it a tad on an NSL A-road ;-)

--
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