new off-road centre for scotland

[Hubber]

Nortrak, scotlands new off-road pay and play.
anyone know anything about it?
i know its just opened however wondered if anyone had any gen ?

[jasper110]

never heard of it, where is it?

[Hubber]

http://www.nor-trak.com/mainweb/new_page_2.htm

[jasper110]

thanks, will look into it.

[Hubber]

thanks, will look into it.


your welcome :D

[jamesetta]

The site is 2 miles south of Inverbervie on the A92 (Aberdeen -Dundee coast road ) The next event is 29th May 10-5pm £26 for the day ..It opened up last weekend ..

[Hubber]

The site is 2 miles south of Inverbervie on the A92 (Aberdeen -Dundee coast road ) The next event is 29th May 10-5pm £26 for the day ..It opened up last weekend ..

Have you been there, or at least do you ken anything about it ??

[jamesetta]

Hubber .....I have spent the last 2 years setting it up.. .. so fire away ..I can answer you as both an enthusiast off roader and as the owner/manager

[Hubber]

Hubber .....I have spent the last 2 years setting it up.. .. so fire away ..I can answer you as both an enthusiast off roader and as the owner/manager

Is it ok for shiny trucks to have a go without getting damaged?
how did the first weekend go?
wishing you all the best as its good to see scotland getting something :D

have many other questions but tis a bit early right now :D

[Hubber]

Me thinks this could be good for a few of us to meet and have a good day out
:D :D

[jamesetta]

The weekend went well 90% of visitors I had never met before ..(a good sign) I was suprised at the many LWB double cabs that appeared ...L200,Ford Rangers ..ect

The site can provide terrain to suit all 4x4s ....and the novice driver....we have a number of special challenging areas to suit the more experienced..

However I can not say that the course is completley non-damageing ..that would be stupid .....I have designed it to cause as little or no damage to 4x4s....But i cant be responsible for the way the 4x4 is driven ........

We have had Disco 3s new Rangeys and a group of P38s....and several Freelanders ....and they all had a great time ..the most never having used low box ....


www.nor-trak.com (http://www.nor-trak.com/) check out nortrak juniors

[Hubber]

I'm trying to arrange a trip for a few of us to come up and play :D
can you advise on any local camping sites and hotels?

[jamesetta]

I will pm you later today ...We have a number of camp sites in the area ..I may be able to to a deal for you ...Let me know what facilities you require ......


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forum users will get the 10% club discount ......

[Newsreader]

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forum users will get the 10% club discount ......
:thumbsup: Thanks very much jamesetta :)

[Hubber]

Cheers mate :D :D

[Ye110w]

Hubber .....I have spent the last 2 years setting it up.. .. so fire away ..I can answer you as both an enthusiast off roader and as the owner/manager

Jamesetta - any reason you don't mention the cost of a day's playing on the web site? Or did I not look hard enough???

Looks like a good site. Pitty we're over 3 hours away (used to live near Perth which would have been much better), although we've family in Aberdeenshire, so may visit you next time we're up there (and try to get them to bring their RAV4 along too!!!).

Have you let the Scottish Off Road Club know you've opened? PM me if you want contact details for them.

Good luck with the site.
Cheers.

[jamesetta]

I have made a contact in S.O,R....thanks anyway.............as for the price on the web ......we forgot ....update site soon .... but it is still only £26 for the day ...unless you are forum member ...you get a massive......




10 % DISCOUNT

[RallyDisco]

Mark, I found the thread! Cool.

OK, disregard that thread I started on the Gen Discussion.

I will be there on 29th May.

Who's coming?

Cheers

Kev

[rod at aberdeen]

Hi folks.


Iv been on Nortrak a few times now and would say its excellent. There is something for everyone from the Shiny vehicles to the die hard off roaders, its great.

Will be going to the next open day so if anyone is up for it will be cool would like to put some faces to the names.

Rod.

[Hubber]

There are a few of us down here that are hoping to go, however need to wait till the holidays are over just in case trucks that are needed for holidays get broke :(
but we will get there :)

[RallyDisco]

Rod,

I think I saw you last week at the junc of Union St / Union Terrace. Can't be many LR's around like yours. I was in my 300 Disco, waiting to turn right from Union Tce onto Union St: Full length roof rack with spots along the top.

Anyway. I will be heading down after dropping my oldest lad off at Makro for his work, starting at 10am. If anyone is travelling down from Aberdeen, anyone interested in meeting at Makro's car park?

Kev

[shanno_2k]

If we get enough peeps to go is it buy 1 get 1 free lol

You guys looking to go next saturday or sunday ??? plus any 1 else going from Fife


Geoff(Shanno_2k)

[rod at aberdeen]

Hi Kev



Yeah it was me. I am sure I was eyeing up your Disco same goes not many with the rack and spots. Anyway hope to see you next week.



Rod

[rod at aberdeen]

Hi Geoff.


It will have to be the Sunday thats the next open day. Hope to see you there.

Rod.

[Ye110w]

Due to last minute change of circumstances for this weekend, we are now planning to make the trip up North for Sunday's pay 'n' play at Nor-Trac :D !

Hope to meet some of you there, we'll be in a errrr..... Yellow 110!

Cheers.

[Hubber]

Due to last minute change of circumstances for this weekend, we are now planning to make the trip up North for Sunday's pay 'n' play at Nor-Trac :D !

Hope to meet some of you there, we'll be in a errrr..... Yellow 110!

Cheers.


hope fun is had by all
good luck :D
and remember some pictures

[shanno_2k]

Hi Geoff.


It will have to be the Sunday thats the next open day. Hope to see you there.

Rod.



Hi Rod sorry m8 away to stirling on sunday but if you guys are there in the near future let me know.


ps....Yellow you have road works on the forth road bridge this weekend so give yourself plenty of time for traveling


Geoff

[jamesetta]

Well anyone from the forum comming tomorrow (29th May)...make yourself known to me ...Faces to names ect.

...............Steve

[Ye110w]

Hi Rod sorry m8 away to stirling on sunday but if you guys are there in the near future let me know.


ps....Yellow you have road works on the forth road bridge this weekend so give yourself plenty of time for traveling


Geoff

Yup, headed up to Aberdeen today. 60 minute delay on Forth Bridge, so diverted by Kincardine (only adds about 20 mins to journey time).

Aiming to be at Nor-Trac at around 10am.

Cheers.

[jamesetta]

Ye110w where are you staying to-nite ?.................

[Ye110w]

My folks live near Inverurie. So were are here tonight, and they are looking after the kids for us tomorrow.

Cheers.

[jamesetta]

It was just a thought if you were "lost " to-nite .....anyway I will see you tomorrow,,,,:)

[Ye110w]

Thanks. Will see you tomorrow.

Cheers,

Ross.

[Hubber]

Thanks. Will see you tomorrow.

Cheers,

Ross.


remember some picts :D

[RallyDisco]

Well, what can I say, except FANTASTIC! A truly cool day was had by my two kids & myself. EXCELLENT site indeed. Portaloo (so no hiding behind the bushes, burger van, brilliant scenery, brilliant courses for first timers, seasoned off roaders & the gung ho experts. I think there was only 2 or 3 places I feared to take my Disco for risk of losing my front spoiler.

Was a pleasure to meet Rod, Steve (Jamesetta), Ye110w and plenty others not on this forum.

An off road site like this is long overdue in the North East of Scotland and I'm pleased to say, the organisers have exceeded. WELL DONE Steve, Katy & Crew.

I am no David Bailey, but here are a few pics from my camera:

Cheers for now

Kev

[Hubber]

Great picts, well done :D

[Ye110w]

RallyDisco has pretty much summed it up. We too had a great day out, well worth the long journey North to the site.

The site is well laid out and organised. Very friendly welcome from Steve, Katy, Jarrad and Rod. And a superb bacon roll from the burger van at lunchtime!

Tracks to suit all tastes, and several bomb holes for the "brave" (which we avoided because of our long wheelbase!).

Already arranging the babysitters for our next visit!

RallyDisco's pics are great. Haven't had a chance to download mine for the camera yet, but will post them as soon as I do.

Great to meet everone, and looking forward to the next visit.

Cheers,
Ross and Jane.

[rod at aberdeen]

Pleasure to meet you guys to and good pics Kev.

Cheers.

Rod.

[Hubber]

Tis really good to see that peeps are using the scotland pages and showing the rest that we do have something to show and talk about up here :D :D
well done you guys.

[EdinMac]

Hi Hubber

Well in answer to all the questions, the Glentarkie mob proposed a visit to Nor-Trak on Sunday last and off we duly went (SWMBO, meself and an Oz rellie) to combine this with umpteen other things in the far flung north.
Outcome below:-

Well - astounding.
We were the only Glentarkie-ites there!!
Turned up at Stracathro at just about 9.20 expecting to see loads of MoM motors and NOTHING!!
Hum ho.

Bacon, eggs and many other cups of tea later we set off to Nor-Trak.
Now, you got to bear in mind we had a visitor (an Australian this time) so it was three in a 90 and we had promised the Ozzite that we would go see rellies in Stonehaven at some point so it was always going to be a short day for us.
The site - finding it was OK - when the navigator put her goggles on.
Location - seriously picturesque overlooking the water and all - well located - 9 out of 10.
Signposting was not that brilliant but it's early days for them - 6 out of 10.
Introduction to the site - 9 out of 10 - they made sure you understood the rules and were your own worst enemy out there. Congrats on sorting that bit out guys. If you wanted they also offered a guided tour for first time round so you knew where you were going. Good idea given the route does get a trifle confused in one or two places.

Technical aspects of the course - given the size of the site - it's not huge - they had fitted in some very challenging sections / obstacles. The big mud hole at the bottom of the hill I got stuck in twice and gained some minor damage second time round for being a bit over aggressive trying to get out - serves me right. 7 out of 10 on technical. Ozzite thought that was a hoot. (basta*d). Didn't bust a half shaft like the Forfar chap though so I was lucky!!

Enjoyability - good - new site. No idea what was coming up, walked most of the tricky ones first (I recommend it) and still mucked them up but got away with it. Did better second and third time round.

Overall - a friendly bunch - keen to make sure you enjoyed yourselves - 9 out of 10; keen to make sure everyone was OK - they were regularly round the course checking - 8 out of 10; happy to lead you through a section ad show you the route if confused - nice one, 8 out of 10; keen to see you return but not pushy 8 out of 10; good facilities, 8 out of 10.

In short, well done guys and hope the venture prospers and we'll be back when next visiting in Stonehaven.
In total - arrived about 10.40, left about 13.45 - a good session and I would have preferred another hour or so round the site.

Go visit it and support them - we need more sites like this in Scotland.
And you'll enjoy yourself.

Cheers
Ian

[Ye110w]

EdinMac - Did you get any pics of your visit?

Cheers,

Ross.

[Hubber]

Hi Hubber

Well in answer to all the questions, the Glentarkie mob proposed a visit to Nor-Trak on Sunday last and off we duly went (SWMBO, meself and an Oz rellie) to combine this with umpteen other things in the far flung north.
Outcome below:-

Well - astounding.
We were the only Glentarkie-ites there!!
Turned up at Stracathro at just about 9.20 expecting to see loads of MoM motors and NOTHING!!
Hum ho.

Bacon, eggs and many other cups of tea later we set off to Nor-Trak.
Now, you got to bear in mind we had a visitor (an Australian this time) so it was three in a 90 and we had promised the Ozzite that we would go see rellies in Stonehaven at some point so it was always going to be a short day for us.
The site - finding it was OK - when the navigator put her goggles on.
Location - seriously picturesque overlooking the water and all - well located - 9 out of 10.
Signposting was not that brilliant but it's early days for them - 6 out of 10.
Introduction to the site - 9 out of 10 - they made sure you understood the rules and were your own worst enemy out there. Congrats on sorting that bit out guys. If you wanted they also offered a guided tour for first time round so you knew where you were going. Good idea given the route does get a trifle confused in one or two places.

Technical aspects of the course - given the size of the site - it's not huge - they had fitted in some very challenging sections / obstacles. The big mud hole at the bottom of the hill I got stuck in twice and gained some minor damage second time round for being a bit over aggressive trying to get out - serves me right. 7 out of 10 on technical. Ozzite thought that was a hoot. (basta*d). Didn't bust a half shaft like the Forfar chap though so I was lucky!!

Enjoyability - good - new site. No idea what was coming up, walked most of the tricky ones first (I recommend it) and still mucked them up but got away with it. Did better second and third time round.

Overall - a friendly bunch - keen to make sure you enjoyed yourselves - 9 out of 10; keen to make sure everyone was OK - they were regularly round the course checking - 8 out of 10; happy to lead you through a section ad show you the route if confused - nice one, 8 out of 10; keen to see you return but not pushy 8 out of 10; good facilities, 8 out of 10.

In short, well done guys and hope the venture prospers and we'll be back when next visiting in Stonehaven.
In total - arrived about 10.40, left about 13.45 - a good session and I would have preferred another hour or so round the site.

Go visit it and support them - we need more sites like this in Scotland.
And you'll enjoy yourself.

Cheers
Ian



sounds like it was a brilliant time, cant wait to try it out :)

[EdinMac]

EdinMac - Did you get any pics of your visit?



Easy answer is - NO!!

Ever tried holding a 35mm camera when driving? :D

The Ozzite says he has some great shots of the back of my head and there was a chap with a very fancy looking digital thing took some shots and said he'd post a note up when he put them on the web.
Shall watch for them and let you know.
Ian

[rod at aberdeen]

there was a chap with a very fancy looking digital thing took some shots and said he'd post a note up when he put them on the web.
Shall watch for them and let you know.
Ian

That would have been Ali will ask him to post me some photos of your motor and will post em tommorrow.

Rod:D

[Hubber]

That would have been Ali will ask him to post me some photos of your motor and will post em tommorrow.

Rod:D


Now thats helpfull :D

[EdinMac]

That would have been Ali will ask him to post me some photos of your motor and will post em tommorrow.

Rod:D

Nice one Rod - look forward to seeing them.
Ian

:D

[pharis]

Hi Ian

photos of your vehicle uploaded on the Nor-trak 12th June thread.
Hope you like them.

[rod at aberdeen]

Thanks Ali glad you managed my lotus notes is not well.

Rod.

[rod at aberdeen]

Hey mate.

Your pic looks as if your car has been off roading how about a two inch lift on it am aure we could get you through some of the terrain.:D

[Hubber]

Hey mate.

Your pic looks as if your car has been off roading how about a two inch lift on it am aure we could get you through some of the terrain.:D

CRIKEY, HOPE WHEN YOU SEE MINE YOU DINNAE SUGGEST CHANGES :eek:

she would kill me :eek:

[rod at aberdeen]

No just thought Ali's type R would be good off road all that power but dont think he was to keen on me welding my landy wheels to it and somehow sqeezing my old spring in to give it a bit more articulation.:D

[pharis]

Rod
Wouldn't want you putting your old shockers on it either.
Only 2 wheel drive, no low box, no difflock, so not much use.
Can just about get up the path to nortrak anything else i need a tow.

I've put together a little web site from with pictures from the 12th.
Very likey to get changed from time to time.

Please check it out and let me know what you think.
http://www.aoos51.dsl.pipex.com/nortrak/

Ps If you want anything as a print, email me and it can be arranged.

[rod at aberdeen]

Yeah but would still be fun to do Ali it would improve the looks of you car no end you know it always should have been black.

Rod.

[pharis]

Nahhh
Just fine as it is.

[Hubber]

No just thought Ali's type R would be good off road all that power but dont think he was to keen on me welding my landy wheels to it and somehow sqeezing my old spring in to give it a bit more articulation.:D


:D :D :D :D

[EdinMac]

Hi Ian

photos of your vehicle uploaded on the Nor-trak 12th June thread.
Hope you like them.

Nice one Ali - we now appoint you official fotograffer for Nor-Trak.

:Mexicanwa

Thanks for that.
Ian

[pharis]

Nae bother
have a look at http://www.aoos51.dsl.pipex.com/nortrak

Another couple of shots of you there, but only parked at the caravan.
Plus a few of the other photos I took.

[Hubber]

love looking at all the picts :)

[pharis]

Hopefully have more pics after next open day.

[jamesetta]

next open day 26th June ....

[Hubber]

remember to post all the picts :D