Highland Charge - COMPLETED!

Intro

Thank you for logging onto our blog!   This website is dedicated to recording the events and experiences of Highland Charge 2014, which was completed on Sunday 27th April 2014.  In the following pages you will be able to share some of a phenomenal experiences - as as the convention, its in reverse order!

As you will read elsewhere we elected to take our Mitsubushi iMiev, liveried for WAVE 2014, on tour round UK to promote the WAVE ideals - and to raise funds for Help for Heroes.

Route

The route we followed can be found here:   Highland Charge Route

Dates/ Stops

Here is a summary of the dates and stopping places on the trip:

8 Apr 14	Tue	Wokingham	Milton Keynes
9 Apr 14	Wed	Milton Keynes	Silverstone
		Silverstone	Fleetworld 2014
		Silverstone	Doncaster
10 Apr 14	Thu	Doncaster	Edinburgh
11 Apr 14	Fri	Edinburgh	E-Cosse Stakeholders Forum
12 Apr 14	Sat	Edinburgh	Lossiemouth
16 Apr 14	Wed	Lossiemouth	Stornoway
17 Apr 14	Thu	Stornoway	Tarbert
18 Apr 14	Fri	Tarbert	Benbecula
19 Apr 14	Sat	Benbecula	Barra
20 Apr 14	Sun	Barra	Oban
21 Apr 14	Mon	Oban	Islay
23 Apr 14	Wed	Arran	Edinburgh
24 Apr 14	Thu	Edinburgh	Setup - Exhibit
25 Apr 14	Fri	Edinburgh	GreenFleet 2014
26 Apr 14	Sat	Edinburgh	Evolution 2014
27 Apr 14		Edinburgh	Scotch Corner
28 Apr 14	Sun	Scotch Corner	Wokingham

Total Distance: 1857 miles.
Duration:              21 days

Number of Charges:  Incredible number!

Number of Failed Charges:
          Highlands               :  1 (Kingussie)
          Scottish Isles          : 0 (Arran brought online before needed)
          England (N.bound): Wetherby Rapid - detour by York
          England (S.bound) : Northampton N & S Rapids (Caused <0 range by IKEA M-Keynes)
                                         : IKEA Milton Keynes (Needed 2 hours on 13 amp plug
                                              + diversion to M-K Coachway
                                         : Toddington N & S Rapids
                                         : Chargemaster Luton Rapid (Needed to run lean to next Rapid)
                                         : Nissan Maple Cross Rapid (Needed to take direct route to
                                             Heston Services arrived with rang of 2 miles!

Ferry Crossings: 9 (All Caledonian MacBrayne)
 

From	To	Date
Ullapool	Stornoway	Wed 16 Apr
Lererburgh	Berneray	Fri 18 Apr
Eriskay	Barra	Fri 18 Apr
Barra	Eriskay	Sat 19 Apr
Lochboisdale	Oban	Sat 19 Apr
Kennacraig	Port Ellen	Sun 20 Apr
Port Ellen	Kennacraig	Tue 22 Apr
Claonaig	Lochranza	Tue 22 Apr
Brodick	Ardrossan	Wed 23 Apr