We would like to finish by thanking all those people who made this a most enjoyable and memorable trip.
We travelled approximately 3,200 miles (5,300km) in the Speed 20 in 7 weeks. As did Alan and Noeline in the 12/60 and David and Kaye in the Firefly, a huge endorsement of David’s preparation of the cars. And, of course, all the Alvis (approximately 15) who travelled to the Shetland Car Show and then the Register weekend in Perthshire did similar mileage with, as far as I am aware, only minor problems. No doubt many of the other cars and motorcycles which made the journey to Shetland did similar mileage.
We used approximately 1,100 pounds worth of fuel and averaged 16mpg, a figure that I considered quite reasonable given the size of the car and relative ease with which it climbed the many hills we traversed. Our worst mileage was 12.8 on the day we climbed into Ben Lawers and through Glen Lyon and spent a fair while in first and second gear, our best was 21.8 when cruising along relatively flat “A” roads at about 50mph.
As many of you are aware, this is our second trip in search of the Puffin for Maritta to fulfill one of her "bucket list" ambitions, neither has been particularly successful (and of course it hasn’t been the sole purpose of the trip either, by a long way). So we present below our meager attempts at photographing this elusive creature (most of the photo’s taken by Kaye as she was the only one who could see the little fellow.)
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