Loch Ness Classic Car Tour run by Rotary Club of Inverness Loch Ness set for 160-mile run through Black Isle, Easter Ross, Sutherland before returning to Inverness and Loch Ness-side
Classic cars are set to delight onlookers and petrolheads alike when they travel the north Highlands for charity next month.
The annual Loch Ness Classic Car Tour is back again on Saturday, June 7, when enthusiasts will be travelling a 160-mile route through some of the region’s most stunning landscapes.
Organised by the Rotary Club of Inverness Loch Ness, this year’s principal charity beneficiary will be the medical research charity DEBRA, which is looking at ways to deal with the extremely painful and rare genetic skin blistering disorder Epidermolysis Bullosa - commonly known as ‘butterfly skin’.
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“The tour organisers are hoping to raise a sizeable donation from entrants for research into this debilitating condition,” said a spokesperson for the rotary club.
“Entries are building up for the tour which this year takes in a 160-mile route.”
Based, as usual, at the Inverness Ice Centre, the tour sets off from there and travels north through the Black Isle and over the Struie road in Easter Ross to the Kyle of Sutherland before stopping for a lunch halt in Royal Dornoch.
The return leg takes in Easter Ross then over Glen Convinth and returning to Inverness along Loch Ness-side.
The tour will start at 10.30am and the first cars are expected back at the Ice Centre finish from about 3.30pm onwards.
Full information about this year’s tour, including entry and sponsorship forms, is available from the event website at www.lochnessclassiccartour.weebly.com or from event organiser Nicol Manson on 07774 695640 or by email at nicol.manson@btinternet.com.
“Entries will be accepted up until May 30 so there is still ample time to enter and enjoy the magnificent and spectacular scenery on the route as well as supporting a most worthy cause,” added the spokesperson.
