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Daily Record, Friday, May 2, 2014
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Maggie Barry
enjoys a spin in
one of the HERO
whisky tour
vintage cars with
Patrick Burke
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Vintage stuff with classic cars on the whisky trail
A WONDERFUL string of classic cars
took to Scotland’s roads this week
and Road Record’s Maggie Barry
caught up with them at Cameron
House on the banks of Loch Lomond.
HERO – the Historic Endurance Rally
Organisation – had 53 cars taking part
in its Scottish Malts Reliability Trial
and Tour, with visits to some of
the country’s top distilleries along
the way.
The 1022-mile tour started at
Gleneagles before going to Cameron
House and the start of some tough
driving up towards Skye, then the
Highlands and Speyside, before
heading south again.
Included in the itinerary were time
trials and tests but with the glory,
too, of the fantastic Scottish scenery.
HERO boss Patrick Burke said: “We
Record writers’
double success
at eco challenge
Maggie Barry and Bruce Booth take podium spot
AWARD-winning Road
Record writers have done
it again.
Faced with the challenge of
driving the most economical
40-mile route around Edinburgh,
racetrack writer Bruce Booth
and motoring editor Maggie
Barry surprised even themselves
with a podium finish.
The Fuel Efficient Driving
JJACCOLADE Maggie and Bruce
Experience has now become a
firm fixture of the annual
GreenFleet Scotland show at the
from Ingliston, they have to
Royal Highland Showground.
make it to five checkpoints as
This year, on Saturday, April
far out as Rosslyn Chapel and
26, its doors were flung open to
then back via Lauriston Castle
the public for the first time.
to their starting point.
But on Friday, the show was
Nine teams competed this
set aside for the professional
year in brand new Peugeot 208s
fleet managers and drivers and
specially leant from the maker
teams of two who line up against for the competition, with the
each other to drive the greenest
RAC using their telematics
route around Edinburgh. Starting technology fitted to each car to
monitor driver behaviour, good
practice and fuel efficiency.
The Daily Record team took
second place with an average
mpg of 72.3 on roads that
included city centre streets and
the city bypass.
They were beaten only by
drivers from the storage and
archive company Iron Mountain.
Bruce Booth said: “We did our
best but reckoned that some of
the guys who drive for a living
would be far better at this kind
of thing than us, so we were
both amazed and delighted to
hear our names read out.”
Maggie Barry added: “We
didn’t think we stood a chance
but I guess along the path of our
working lives, some tips must
have rubbed off.”
The boss of RAC Telematics
Greg Donovan presented the
duo with their trophy.
Now Brian’s on a highway to thrill
JJROCK CAR For Brian Johnson
FRONTMAN with AC/DC and
massive petrolhead, Brian
Johnson, is hosting a new
show that fuses his two great
loves – rock and cars.
In Cars that Rock, he will
discuss and drive iconic
motors, including a Bugatti, a
Ferrari and a Mini.
The new series begins on
Thursday, May 8 at 9pm on
Quest, Freeview channel 38.
For a quick preview, go to
www.roadrecord.co.uk
love coming to Scotland because it is
always so beautiful and the hotels are
absolutely wonderful.”
Drivers came from as far afield as
Argentina to participate. Those
without cars can make use of HERO’s
arrive-and-drive rental scheme.
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