Lavinia's Road Trip for Reclaim Life

And that’s a wrap on Day 16. This morning, Lavinia, Harry and Paul departed from Edinburgh. There was a good view of Edinburgh Castle from the Braid Hills Hotel before they left. From Edinburgh they travelled south, crossing over the border, back into England and made it down to Berwick-upon-Tweed in good time. A shorter journey today which was much appreciated by all.

The sun came out in Berwick around 3pm and it started to warm up a bit. Paul took the opportunity to do a bit of fettling whilst they waited for the YHA to open. Unfortunately there were not many people about today but fingers crossed more people are around for this evening’s community talk.

Day 15 of Lavinia’s Road Trip for Reclaim Life officially marked two weeks on the road for Lavinia, Harry and Paul and started off with a well deserved rest at the hotel in Dundee. After a bit of a later start, Lavinia was up and running like a dream.

The day’s journey took Lavinia, Harry and Paul out of Dundee, over the Tay Bridge, along the A92 and into Fife. In the afternoon they drove along the Queensferry Crossing Bridge, running parallel to the Forth Bridge, with 100-year-old Lavinia still keeping up with the moderns! Parking up in Queensferry, Lavinia attracted lots of interest with Harry and Paul chatting to passersby about Reclaim Life and handing out leaflets. Then it was a little further on to Edinburgh, the night’s stopover point. Another great day on the road!

A quick round up of Day 14 of Lavinia’s Road Trip for Reclaim Life. Lavinia, Harry and Paul started off in Elgin, having travelled down from Wick the day before along the very scenic A9. On Day 14 they travelled even further south, 150 miles to Dundee.

There was a bit of a false start in the morning as they needed to stop to replace a broken HT lead, but otherwise it was a good day driving south, down the Scottish coast, with some beautiful scenery and clear blue skies.

In the evening, Harry and Paul stayed in the Queen’s Hotel where Winston Churchill often stayed between 1908 and 1922 when he was the MP for Dundee.

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After breakfast and a quick chat with a few of Lavinia’s admirers in Wick Harbour, it was time for Lavinia, Harry and Paul to get back on the road. Day 13 of Lavinia’s road trip meant heading south along the Scottish coast down, along the very scenic A9 to Inverness. In the afternoon, they turned east to join the A96 into Elgin and made it there in good time.

Once they had arrived in Elgin, Lavinia, Harry and Paul met up with fellow Sunbeam, Talbot and Darracq member, Ian Murray, to have a chat and a look at his collection of pre-war cars. All in all a great day!