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FrazzleTC · Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 11:54 pm Post subject: Monte Historique at Dumfries

This evening I went to see the Monte Carlo Historique stopping at the Dumfries checkpoint outside the Cairndale hotel. Here are a few photos.

smiffy220 · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:03 am Post subject:

Great pics mate, must have been a good evening with all that machinery to look at!
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Rick · Site Admin Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22779 Location: UK

That looks like a lot of fun, thanks for posting the photos Smile

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JohnDale · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:39 pm Post subject:

Well done with the pics young man, it appears somewhat frantic with everyone making haste to get through the checkpoint. Some of the club members were at the start in Glasgow & then had a classic run to Loch Lomond - unfortunately I was unable to attend. Much better night than the last one which had horrendous weather. Thanks for the posting,JohnDale.
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Riley Blue · Joined: 18 Jun 2008 Posts: 1751 Location: Derbyshire

Excellent pics. More info about the Monte Historique here:
http://www.rallye-monte-carlo.net/rmch/rmch_main.php?page=2011/100_ans_rallye.php&lng=en

doug · Joined: 12 Aug 2008 Posts: 128 Location: s. w. scotland

Thanks for posting, excellent photos. Got any more? Watched some of the cars pass through Ayrshire last night and could not get any good photos of them unfortunately.

There are more here, pinched from the Scottish Classic Car Club forum gallery.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottish_classic__car_clubs/sets/72157625917612306/

FrazzleTC · Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 8:50 pm Post subject:

Here are a few more photos. I have some more elsewhere, some of which were just taken on my compact, so I'll upload some more later.

Scotty · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 883

I hope you don't mind Fraz, but not wanting to start another thread on the same subject I thought I might add a few of the images I took outside the old RSAC HQ building in Blythswood Square earlier in the evening.

Your images are excellent, and thank you for sharing, mine however don't match your quality, but at least give a wee taste of the start -

Scotty.

FrazzleTC · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 6:35 pm Post subject:

Nice pics. I really wanted to go to see the start in Glasgow, but due to other commitments, the best I could do was to go to Dumfries in the evening. Looks like it was very busy at the start!

Scotty · Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 883

I'm delighted to say the Glasgow start had a real buzz of anticipation about it. The images I took were about 5'ish, so the crowds hadn't really started arriving, but from about 6 onwards you couldn't move anwhere near the RSAC building. It was a pleasure to watch so many interested people getting enthused about such a historical event returning to not only Glasgow, but Scotland as well.
What I particularly took pleasure in was the number of families who were spectating, lots of dads and sons and I don't mean grown-up ones, 10, 12, 14 year olds ......... and mums and daughters too. There was a full range of ages there and that to me also means the next generation of enthusiasts are in the making. Perhaps it even raises the question the classic vehicle movement should consider making our hobby more accessable by having occasional events in city centres - would it work I wonder?

Another aspect of the evening that did surprise me was the number of European entrants there are, especially French ones - its a long journey for them to start here only to return to not far from where they left (does that make sense?). That said, I can understand why they would come, who wouldn't if they had the chance, I certainly know I'd travel to somewhere far from where I lived if I could choose my starting point.

All in all an excellent evening. Very Happy

FrazzleTC · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2011 8:40 pm Post subject:

Yes, I noticed that were a lot of entrants from Europe, they all seemed very enthusiastic about the run through Britain, and were happy to talk about their cars in the brief period they were stopped.
Also, I agree, there did seem to be a few young people there latterly, and I think that town centre/ city centre events could be a very interesting concept which should perhaps be explored by a few clubs. I'd certainly be prepared to take part in such a thing.