Scottish Tour

04 Jun 2016

Philipburn Country Hotel, Nr Selkirk, Scottish BordersTD7 5LS

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This year’s event will in fact venture into England, to visit the site of the Battle of Flodden Field, which took place in 1513, and is one of the most celebrated battles in Scottish military history.

As last year, the tour will start and finish at the Philipburn Country Hotel, TD7 5LS, outside Selkirk, with the day’s route covering around 110 miles. The lunch break will be at the Blue Bell Inn (TD12 4SH) on the A692 near Crookham, five miles south of historic Coldstream.

The morning route will head east out of Selkirk, around the southern side of Kelso and along the northern side of the Cheviots to the battlefield, and then to the Blue Bell Inn for lunch. The afternoon route will then head back to Selkirk through Coldstream, around the northern side of Kelso and through Gattonside to enter Selkirk from the north-east.
 
As an innovation this year, participants will be offered the choice of either a Route Book as in previous years, an OS map marked with the route, or the route described in ‘standard’ VSCC Navigation Rally clues, by way of an introduction to novices to the Club’s Rally events. The route itself will be the same for all entrants so each can choose which form of instructions they want. The route will not be timed so we will remain within the rules of the event permit, but there will be an enhanced competitive element introduced for our annual Tour next year.
 
On the following day, the Borders Vintage Car Association hold their annual Motoring Extravaganza at Thirlestane Castle and all participants of the VSCC Scottish Tour are welcome to attend this event.

The Tour is open to all cars made before 1st January 1941 and the route will include some of the best Vintage driving in the country with open roads, spectacular views of the Cheviot and Eildon Hills, and with little but usually courteous traffic.

The Tour provides the opportunity to learn more about the history of the Scottish Borders, where the English regularly attacked the Scots in Medieval times, through Edward I to Henry VIII, until the land-grabbing ambitions of the English were finally tamed when James VI of Scotland came south to succeed his maiden aunt Elizabeth I to become James I of England & Wales. For further details, please contact Alisdaire Lockhart on 01750 22155 or alex3098@btinternet.com.
Entry Fee: £28.00
Includes tea and coffee at the start and finish, provided by the hotel, with lunch at the Blue Bell Inn at £15.00 per person, payable in advance with your Entry Fee. There will also be a ‘Tour Dinner’ at the Philipburn Country Hotel in the evening, priced at £28.00 per person for three courses, and payable on the night.
 
Opening Date for Entries: NOW         Closing Date for Entries: Wednesday 1 June

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For entrants coming from England, access to Selkirk is easy up the A7 from the top of the M6 or along the A69 and then the A68 through Carter Bar from the A1 at Newcastle.
Entrants choosing to use the event as the basis of a weekend in the Scottish Borders can stay at the Philipburn County Hotel, a Best Western hotel, at a special B&B rate on either Friday, Saturday or both nights.  Details of all the hotels and B&B accommodation in the Scottish Borders can be seen on www.bestoftheborders.co.uk.
Please volunteer to the Competition Department on 01608 644777 ext 4 or email callum.pharo@vscc.co.uk

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