MarcB
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What a weekend its been and I'm totally shattered.
I now finally have a LY 197 F1 R27 sitting outside my house after hours of driving and being awake.
So I have been chatting with the seller of the car for a couple of weeks and I finally made the move this weekend to go get the car with the other half. The car was located on the Isle of Lewis off the tip of the Scottish cost at the bloody top.
So Friday morning at 4am me and the mrs set off for a 5 hour drive from Edinburgh to Ullapool in heavy fog, We then took the 10.30am ferry from Ullapool over to Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis that was a 2h 45min job.
Arrived on the Isle of Lewis and met the owner and then went to the owner house, spent a while there going over the car and talking it for a drive and then doing all the paperwork and checking this.
By this point its 3pm and we have been awake for 12 hours and so tired so then left to head to get an early dinner and head to our hotel for a early night.
Once again up at 4am to catch the 7am ferry back to mainland UK from the Isle of Lewis to Stornaway and then a 4h 30m drive home to Edinburgh with the car, The car drove perfectly and could not fault it.
Being sent a picture of the car the night before we arrive.
10.30am ferry from Ullapool to Isle of Lewis
The last picture the old owner took before we took it away
The car parked up at the hotel on the island
Saturday morning boarding the 7am ferry from the island to the UK mainland.
Arriving back into Ullapool
Picture on the last leg home just outside Edinburgh on the M90
So its now Sunday I have spent over 4/5 hours today cleaning as much as I could.
The door checks where attacked along with the boot and all the rubbers where scrubbed, As its on an island the sand was all over the car and it was a mess.
This was a few pictures from first thing this morning before I started and it was too dark to take others once I had finished.
I still have the full inside to do and get clean along with finishing the outside.
I now finally have a LY 197 F1 R27 sitting outside my house after hours of driving and being awake.
So I have been chatting with the seller of the car for a couple of weeks and I finally made the move this weekend to go get the car with the other half. The car was located on the Isle of Lewis off the tip of the Scottish cost at the bloody top.
So Friday morning at 4am me and the mrs set off for a 5 hour drive from Edinburgh to Ullapool in heavy fog, We then took the 10.30am ferry from Ullapool over to Stornaway on the Isle of Lewis that was a 2h 45min job.
Arrived on the Isle of Lewis and met the owner and then went to the owner house, spent a while there going over the car and talking it for a drive and then doing all the paperwork and checking this.
By this point its 3pm and we have been awake for 12 hours and so tired so then left to head to get an early dinner and head to our hotel for a early night.
Once again up at 4am to catch the 7am ferry back to mainland UK from the Isle of Lewis to Stornaway and then a 4h 30m drive home to Edinburgh with the car, The car drove perfectly and could not fault it.
Being sent a picture of the car the night before we arrive.
10.30am ferry from Ullapool to Isle of Lewis
The last picture the old owner took before we took it away
The car parked up at the hotel on the island
Saturday morning boarding the 7am ferry from the island to the UK mainland.
Arriving back into Ullapool
Picture on the last leg home just outside Edinburgh on the M90
So its now Sunday I have spent over 4/5 hours today cleaning as much as I could.
The door checks where attacked along with the boot and all the rubbers where scrubbed, As its on an island the sand was all over the car and it was a mess.
This was a few pictures from first thing this morning before I started and it was too dark to take others once I had finished.
I still have the full inside to do and get clean along with finishing the outside.
