New Year in the Snow
I thought an afternoon drive in the snow clad hills would be a good cure for my Hogmanay hangover.
It certainly cleared my head when at around 2000ft and along way from what could be called a road, a rather large blizzard engulfed me.
Anyway the G did'nt let me down and brought me home in time for dinner and a large Macallan in front of the fire.
Nice pictures, very jealous of the snow, nothing but rain here for 2 weeks.
Might be saving it up for February with a bit of luck;)
Well I hope you've arranged snow for feb!!
Well I hope you've arranged snow for feb!!
Buckets full :0
excellent photos, I envy you the cold, its rained for weeks on end here
I was talking to folk over in Argyll at the New Year about 2 folk who had been done for drunk driving on private roads.. both cases there was no locked gate between them and the main road (plus minor bumps in both cases). With Scottish right to roam laws it seems that you could be done now anywhere except inside your immediate garden.. as someone could be roaming around as you drive back up the hill from the pub/party on private roads. Something that shocked me a little .. having gone to the pub via the forestry roads for my youth.
Anyways.. no real snow down by Aberdeen and just a bit around Green Welly shop..
BB,
As usual you make me envious! I hope you and yours had a good Xmas break and New Year? Just loving the pictures, mind you I think one would need a beefy 500, as then you would not get 'waxing' with the diesel when it gets too cold......
Hope all other Scottish members are fairing well - saw the pictures on TV last night, wish we could have some of that down here - only vehicle on the road would be mine and Aero's G! :)
Keep the pictures coming!
Spider1V
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It seems that the legal classification for a road in Scotland is...
Any way over which there is a public right of passage (by whatever means).
Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 Sect 151(1)
As you point out, the Right to Roam legislation in Scotland means that any one has a right of passage to go virtualy anywhere (on foot, bike or horseback). So if I am driving my vehicle on my land half way up a mountain track, that could be classed as a road for the purposes of Road Traffic Law and I would have to comply with all the relevant legislation that relates to a road.
This could mean that if I decide to drive my off road buggy or Argocat, neither of which have third party insurance, on my own land I could be commiting an offence because the land could be legaly classed as a road because the public have a right of passage over it. I wonder if this could extend to careless or dangerous driving as well.