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Etape Caledonia review: incredible support of locals helped riders weather the storm
A week ago, The Courier's motoring editor Jack McKeown was preparing to swap four wheels for two and take part in the Etape Caledonia. Two punctures and 81 miles later, here's his story. (...)
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Alliance Trust Cateran Yomp sets a challenge for fittest fundraisers
Adventure company boss David Fox-Pitt tells Jack McKeown about the inspiration behind the Cateran Yomp, a 54-mile 'ultrawalk' round an ancient trail in the heart of Courier country. (...)
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Thousands of cyclists heading to Highland Perthshire for the Etape Caledonia
On Sunday more than 5,000 cyclists from all over Britain and abroad will descend on Highland Perthshire. They'll be taking part in the Etape Caledonia, Britain's first-established closed-roads bike race. (...)
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'Stopping it will be the most difficult thing' — Scots company's crucial role in Bloodhound SSC 1,000mph attempt
A Scottish company will make the wheels for the British world land speed record attempt car, Bloodhound SSC. (...)
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Etape Caledonia training — an uphill struggle
On May 13, 5,000 cyclists will descend on Highland Perthshire for the UK's biggest closed road race. Courier features writer Jack McKeown — who hasn't been on a bike since high school — will be among the competitors in the 81-mile Etape Caledonia and here documents his less than trouble-free preparations. (...)
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'There's nothing like the real Lorraine' — TV star back on screen after accident
Lorraine Kelly has returned to her television show for the first time since a horrific horse riding accident two months ago. (...)
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The light fantastic — the Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera
This is not a car for people who don't like attention. It's not a car for people who do like comfort. And it's certainly not a car for people who don't earn telephone number salaries. (...)
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'The worst thing is not knowing' — Perthshire mother describes the pain of missing loved ones
In 2006, Pitlochry couple Elizabeth and Douglas Templeton's son Alan disappeared without trace. Theirs is one of the cases highlighted in a BBC documentary about missing people. Alan's mother tells Jack McKeown why she decided to take part in The Missing. (...)
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January offers chance to cash in on a quiet used car market
The recession has hit car sales hard. Our motoring editor looks at the opportunities for a bargain in 2012. (...)
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Review: Kia Optima
Kia has really pulled its socks up in recent years and now, under former Audi design chief Peter Schreyer, they're producing some of the best looking cars around. (...)
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New Year's Day Dookers part of a long tradition
Hundreds of people will brave the elements to take part in the New Year's Dook at Broughty Ferry, an event that's been run by Ye Amphibious Ancients Bathing Association since 1889. The club features in a new book about outdoor bathing. Jack McKeown found out more about the story of swimming. (...)
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A glimpse into Victorian Dundee
The book Victorian Dundee tells of a city at the height of its prosperity, ten years after it was first published a revised and expanded edition has been published. History professor Christopher Whatley explains what the old Dundee tells us about the new. (...)
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Review: Focus Estate has bags of space
Ford's Focus is Scotland's third-best selling car (the Corsa and Fiesta are No. 1 and No. 2, since you ask) and with good reason — the latest version is terrific. (...)
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Review: Seat Alhambra
The majority of cars that advertise themselves as seven seaters should really be billed as seating two large adults, three small adults and two children. Rarely do I come across one where I'd like to spend more than a couple of minutes in the third-row seats. (...)
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Review: Renault Grand Scenic
Way back in the 1980s, Renault began the trend for people carriers with the Espace; 25 years on, their MPVs remain among the most popular in a now crowded market. (...)
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Review: Kia Picanto
This is the Picanto, Kia's popular little city car. Though it was facelifted in 2008, this is the first fully new model since it was launched in 2004. The old car wasn't at all bad, but this one is much better. (...)
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Review: Vauxhall Corsa VXR Nurburgring
I'm flying along the tarmac in the Corsa VXR Nurburgring, my foot to the floor. I whip through a double bend, using both sides of the road and skidding slightly before regaining control. Then it's a race up through the gears again until the needle says I'm doing 100mph and it's time to brake for the next corner. (...)
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ITO Road Casualties map gives new insight into danger of A9
The full horror of the carnage on the A9 is laid bare in an interactive map showing 10 years of casualties on Britain's roads. (...)
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Everest great Peter Habeler at Dundee Mountain Film Festival
Along with Reinhold Messner, Austrian climber Peter Habeler was the first man to summit Everest without oxygen — a feat few thought possible. Ahead of his appearance at the Dundee Mountain Film Festival on Saturday, Jack McKeown catches up with the great mountaineer — who is still climbing as he approaches his 70th birthday. (...)
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Range Rover remains in a class of its own
With the blanket coverage of the stunning, Scottish Car of the Year Award-winning, Evoque, Land Rover are clearly concerned people will forget they make any other cars. (...)
