My lovely, shiny new Yeti has just returned from Orkney.

The drive from Edinburgh to Orkney saw me running pretty fast, though not quite fast enough to trigger speed cameras. I got 47.2mpg with two of us in it and the rest of the car filled with luggage / food / presents etc.

Here is a shot of "her" sitting at the end of the rather rough track of Hobbister Nature Reserve in Orphir, Orkney. We had a good walk over the area before driving back out. We were well past the official car park, which is over roughish track, but beyond that is real 4x4 territory. Where we parked was better, below it was definitely "tractors only", and above us a stretch of very rough gravel and mud through which the SM went without a hiccough.

The looks on the faces of the folks in the car park as the Yeti sedately ambled up the gravel and mud section and across the car park to the softer road on the way back was wonderful! I think our SM had a lot of questions being asked.

Edited 18 August, 201015 yr by ColinEdinburgh

My lovely, shiny new Yeti has just returned from Orkney.

The drive from Edinburgh to Orkney saw me running pretty fast, though not quite fast enough to trigger speed cameras. I got 47.2mpg with two of us in it and the rest of the car filled with luggage / food / presents etc.

Here is a shot of "her" sitting at the end of the rather rough track of Hobbister Nature Reserve in Orphir, Orkney. We had a good walk over the area before driving back out. We were well past the official car park, which is over roughish track, but beyond that is real 4x4 territory. Where we parked was better, below it was definitely "tractors only", and above us a stretch of very rough gravel and mud through which the SM went without a hiccough.

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The looks on the faces of the folks in the car park as the Yeti sedately ambled up the gravel and mud section and across the car park to the softer road on the way back was wonderful! I think our SM had a lot of questions being asked.

Excellent! The kind of place the Yeti was made for.