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West Coast Road Run (2003) |
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This
video by the Western Isles Transport Preservation Group (WITPG) is available for sale. Filmed in Lewis and Harris in 2002, when the West
Coast Road Run visited the Western Isles for the first time, the video
is a must for commercial transport enthusiasts and those who will
appreciate the beauty of the natural island backdrops that the vehicles
travelled through during their brief tour of the isles.
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In
September 2002 some of the finest surviving examples of UK commercial
vehicles from the 1950s, 60s and 70s rolled off the Tarbert ferry amid
glorious sunshine, with an appreciative group of motoring enthusiasts
waiting to greet them on the quayside. Some
of those on the quay had already entered into the spirit of the occasion
by earlier taking a nostalgic trip from Stornoway to Tarbert aboard one
of the old MacBraynes Circle buses that were once so familiar along the
entire west coast of Scotland.
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Up to 20
commercial vehicle makes and models drove off the Harris ferry,
including familiar old marques such as Albion, Commer, Foden, Seddon,
Scammel, AEC, Leyland, Atkinson, Austin and International.
By any stretch of the imagination, the 6th West Coast
Road Run offered an impressive procession of vehicles that once
regularly graced the highways and byways of Britain. After
effortlessly negotiating the taxing Ardhasaig Brae, the motorcade
continued north, stopping off at the Carloway Broch, the Callanish
Stones and the Gearrannan blackhouse village before later driving on to
Stornoway. |
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This
superb video is now available
for £12 (UK) plus P&P by contacting: |
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Roddy John MacDonald
Roinabhal
118 Cross Skigersta Road
Port of Ness
Isle of Lewis
Scotland |
Tel. 01851 810280
roddy@witpg.org.uk |
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