A National 3 Peaks Rally?

[Joester]

Hi, I'm new the forum, but have been fond of the magazine for a number of years.

I'm putting some feelers out to see if I can find some classic car owners that are also fond of hill walking (or indeed some hill walkers that are fond of classic cars).
My idea is to stage what I think will be the first 'proper' National Three Peaks Rally, hopefully raising plenty of money for Mountain Rescue, but mainly to have a great time.

For those not familiar with the National Three Peaks Challenge, it is to summit Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon (the highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales respectively) within 24 hours.
For keen hill walkers, the hardest part is the driving (or rather, to deal with being driven), so I had the idea to make the most of that part, too!
By 'proper', I mean that there have been a few events that have used the term 'rally' - but they rally MPVs and minibuses.
- My idea is to use a fleet of cool cars to shuttle the walkers between their objectives.

The criteria for the cars are that they must be one or more of:
- Recognised Sports (or supercar!).
- Recognised Classic
- Roofless, Convertible or Cabriolet*
- Over 20 years old

(* In this case, the car must be open-topped whilst travelling, unless a dispensation is given by consenus!).

By 'Rally' I mean a gathering of vehicles that travel a set route together, not a race (for obvious reasons).

So far we have a Vindicator Sprint, an MX5, a Rover SD1, two Toyota Supra MkIII's and someone threatening to hire an AC Cobra for the purpose.
I'm encouraging my walking buddies to treat themselves to older cars so as to qualify, but aside from this I'd really love to broaden the list this to include all sorts of different cars (and not just to dillute the Supras!).

There are, of course, plenty of details, logistics and 'rules' to be figured out, but at the moment I am just trying to get the ball rolling so we can gather momentum via enthusiasm.

Would this be of interest to anyone?
I'm happy to hear all constructive advice and comments about the idea.

Cheers,

Joe

[Joester]

Hi,

Follow this on Facebook, just search for 'Three Peaks Rally'.

Thanks!