National Rally 2021

Crieff Hydro Hotel, Perthshire: 9th – 11th July 2021 Ferntower Road, Crieff, Perthshire, PH7 3LQ

If you’re planning to come to the Rally events, but not stay in the hotel, then please email [email protected]

Hotel Booking To make a booking get in touch with Laura and her team in bookings on [email protected]. Once you’ve booked your accommodation you don’t need to book in advance for breakfast or dinner as we’ll have a special area dedicated for Rally members. But, if you’ve not yet made a booking please do so as soon as possible as the hotel is almost full.

Booking Spa, Swimming and Riding The Hydro has over 60 activities on-site, but in particular we have a large Beauty Therapy & Spa area. To book Spa treatments, swimming and riding activities you will need to book in advance, so please take the time to look at the website www.crieffhydro.com

Booking Trips ahead You need to book all the trips in advance. All about Covid. Sorry. Once you have purchased your tickets for any of the trips, please email [email protected] with the details, so that we know who is coming on each one.

Meals with Wheels On the Saturday evening dinner in The Melville, we’re planning to have a small display of cars in the room. We can probably manage 20 cars. If you’d like your car to be part of this display, please email [email protected].

Kilt Hire Quite a few have enquired about Kilt Hire. I shall be wearing tartan on Friday, Saturday and Sunday evening. If anyone would like to hire traditional Scottish dress, then please contact House of Tartan on 01764 656 671. They are in Crieff High Street. https://www.houseoftartan.co.uk/

Programme of Events:

Thursday 8th July 2021 For those of you arriving on Thursday, we’ll host an 1881 Gin Experience at 6pm in the Drummond Room followed by dinner at 7pm in the Strathearn Suite.

Friday 9th July 2021

Morning – We’ve arranged to visit Scone Palace on Friday morning and the Earl and Countess of Mansfield have given permission for Rally members to park out the front of the Palace.

For the Guided Palace Tour and Gardens admission the cost is £20.00 per adult and for the Garden only £10 per adult. www.scone-palace.co.uk

Tickets must be purchased in advance from their website. https://www.scone-palaceshop.co.uk/pages/tickets

Afternoon – We’ll visit The Black Watch Regimental Museum in the afternoon and they’ve confirmed that Rally members will receive a discount of 20% on Museum entry tickets. The normal cost is £9.00 per adult or £6.90 for concessions and STAR members will receive a 20% discount. www.theblackwatch.co.uk Tickets must be purchased in advance. Please email [email protected] to purchase tickets.

Timings for the trip to Scone Palace and The Black Watch Regimental Museum are: 10.00 Depart Crieff Hydro for Scone Palace 10.45 Arrive Scone Palace 13.00 Depart Scone Palace for The Black Watch Regimental Museum 13.15 Arrive The Black Watch Regimental Museum 14.15 Depart The Black Watch Regimental Museum for Crieff Hydro 15.00 Arrive Crieff Hydro

From 4pm – 6pm for anyone who wants to, there will be the opportunity to visit my cars and garages at my home Easterleigh, which is on the Crieff Hydro Estate, 200m from the front door.

Evening – We’ll host an 1881 Gin and Glenturret Whisky Drinks Reception at 6pm and then have dinner at 7pm in the Strathearn Suite. Afterwards we hope to have a Ceilidh band playing for those wanting to try some Scottish country dancing, if Covid allows.

Saturday 10th July 2021

Annual General Meeting at 9.45am Meet for the AGM, tea and coffee on hand.

Scenic Run leaving at 11.15am A scenic run to the Falkirk Wheel including a boat trip and talk from one of the Falkirk Wheel engineers. The Kelpies can’t accommodate us, so we’ve replaced it with a scenic drive around Perth and Kinross before returning to Crieff Hydro. https://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/falkirk-wheel/ Timings for the scenic run are: 11:15 Depart Crieff Hydro for The Falkirk Wheel 12:15 Arrive Falkirk Wheel, car parking has been reserved 13:00 Rotation boat trip booked with a talk from an engineer. Free time after the boat trip for lunch and walk round 14:30 Depart Falkirk Wheel for scenic drive to the Queensferry Crossing, Kinross, Glendevon before returning to Crieff. 16:30 Arrive Crieff Hydro

Falkirk Wheel Tickets must be booked in advance directly with [email protected]. We have booked a rotational private trip at 1pm. £13.50 per person with a talk on the boat, engineering and guide. The time of 1pm is fixed so we need to be there on time. In the evening we’ll have our Meals with Wheels dinner in The Melville. Dress to impress – black tie or tartan whichever you prefer and afterwards we hope have a Ceilidh band playing, if Covid allows. There will also be our photographers Trevor and Gillian on hand for the evening. They are very good, experienced and creative photographers and have taken shots of many people including Susan Boyle. You’ll be able to purchase photos afterwards for £10 per picture.

Sunday 11th July 2021

We’ll have a car display on the Crieff Hydro estate in the morning and for anyone who wants to, there will be another opportunity during the car display, to visit my cars and garages at Easterleigh on the Crieff Hydro Estate, 200m from the front door.

For those members who want a local trip out, there’s the option to visit Drummond Castle & Gardens which is only five minutes’ drive from the hotel. At the moment it’s only the gardens that are open and tickets must be booked in advance. The cost is £10 per adult. https://www.drummondcastlegardens.co.uk/

In the evening we’ll have our prize-giving and dinner, again dress to impress and we’re aiming to have live music performing.

Monday 12th July 2021

Time to head home or continue to Peebles, Glencoe or Dundee. www.peebleshydro.co.uk www.islesofglencoe.co.uk www.ballachulish-hotel.co.uk www.kingshousehotel.co.uk www.tayparkhouse.co.uk

They’re all well worth a drive.