Shameless plug for the last MR traveller north of the border in a couple of weeks. A final fling if you will. Locj Tummel SC is left at Pitlochry off the A9 on the south bank of the loch. New clubhouse and a great stretch of water to play on. Dont be square be there!

Hoping to be there with a real oldie!!

Just to cover my back I should have mentioned that the oldie in question is the boat NOT the crew!!!

defo going there  lock up the sheep

Apparently the sheep are really looking forward to the visit and are bracing theselves!!

Megan/Colin - have a look at your merlin email for some info I sent you

Not about sheep I hasten to add but an accommodation deal

THis appeared else where and I am just cutting and pasting 

Notice of Race

Loch Tummel Sailing Club Annual Regatta
20th and 21st September 2008
Loch Tummel Sailing Club

1. The Loch Tummel Sailing Club Annual Regatta will be held under the
burgee of Loch Tummel Sailing Club on Saturday 20th and Sunday 21st
September 2008.
2. Racing will be governed by the Racing Rules of Sailing, the
prescriptions of the
RYA, the rules of each class participating, the Sailing Instructions and
this Notice
of Race.
3. Entry is open to dinghies, Flying Fifteens and Yeoman dayboats.
4. Races will not start before 1300 on Saturday 20th September, there
will be no more than 2 races each day, and the series shall be no more than
4 races.
5. Scoring will be by means of RRS Appendix A. Handicap races will be
on the Average Lap Racing basis.
6. The entry fee will be £25 per double hander, £20 per single hander.
Entries will be accepted during the event.
7. Camping will be permitted at LTSC for an additional fee.
8. Competitors should be aware and accept that relevant personal
details will be held as a computer record.
9. A copy of this Notice of Race will be available on
http://www.lochtummelsc.org.uk Any amendments to this NoR will be posted on the
website at least 7 days prior to the event.


AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANT

Just a couple of points for any one planning on going to Loch Tummel.
Bring your own alcohol as the club doesn't have a bar and the nearest pub is about 10 miles away and allow plenty of time to drive the last ten miles from Pitlochry along the south side of Loch Tummel it is single track road and can easily take half an hour or more if traffic is busy.

Bar is 6 miles from club but if you rent a caravan or chalet at Tummel Bridge the bar is 40 staggering steps. The north road (turn off after Pitlochry heading north) is wider but longer distance. See you there.

With this event starting next weekend - 20th and 21st September a timely reminder that those of the English persuasion should really have started off by now!!  Seriously though do come along - I will be there with my Avon Skin So Soft for anyone who requires it to deter the midges should the weather be so unkind.

Or sign up for Aberdeen Universitys Midge Repellant Trial, as annnounced on the Today Programme, but do go to Loch Tummel to feel the tangle of the isles.

Looks like a lovely weekend forecast at Loch Tummel - sunshine and 8-10mph wind though local conditions will prevail I have been told and of course superb scenery - but certainly the chance of a midge!! See you there.  Also a deliberate flag up to the top of the list.

Courses at Tummel tend to have plenty reaches in them as the loch is long and narrow, so 10mph suits me fine.Lets hope it blows from the west or the east down the loch rather than across it...

Looking like south west according to XC weather

Range of conditions over the weekend from flat calm to blowing a hooley!!  111 survived intact and will fight another day.  No doubt Hamish will get the results posted at some point as he has the details - and he was first Merlin!!!  Great weekend - fantastic scenery.