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CLASSIC car owners will be heading north to John O’Groats in January 2020 to take part in the annual Monte-Carlo Rally.

John O’Groats is again the starting point for the two-day heritage run which will link up with the Historique and Classique rallies, which next year see British entrants motoring out of Glasgow on the evening of January 29.

Article credit: John O’Groat Journal Website

The heritage drivers will leave John O’Groats on the morning of January 28 to go to Aberdeen, where they will stay overnight before continuing on to Glasgow.

Organisers would like cars on the heritage run to represent those that would have taken part in the Monte-Carlo rallies from the 1940s through to 1981.

Glasgow is the only British starting point of seven European cities including Athens, Milan and Barcelona. On the evening of January 29 the competing crews will set off from the start ramp in front of Glasgow City Chambers in George Square for the 1300-mile drive to the south of France.

The Historique class is being run for the 23rd year and is restricted to car models which competed in the Monte-Carlo rallies between 1955 and 1980. It will run over eight days on open public roads with the cars and crews undertaking a series of 14 demanding test stages in the mountains of southern France.

The Classique event is for older cars from as early as 1911 to 1965 and follows the same route to Monte-Carlo but does not include any test stages, the goal simply being to finish in Monte-Carlo after checking in at a series of control points on the way.

Picture credit: Robert MacDonald / Northern Studios.

For more information about staying at John O’Groats, please visit the Together Travel website.

To read this article on the John O’Groat journal website, please click here.

Liverpool visitor attraction, Royal Liver Building 360 (RLB360), which has already welcomed thousands of people since opening in April, is bringing the Liver Birds to life with the launch of a new mobile phone app.

Using different forms of multimedia including augmented reality (AR), there are markers located around the attraction which activate the app to further enhance the visitor experience.

People using the app also have an opportunity to further explore not only architect W.A Thomas’s connection to the city with a google maps linked guide to his other buildings but also to go out and find Bella & Bertie’s extended Liver Bird family.

The app was created by experiential design company Holovis, the people behind the immersive audio-visual experience which visitors can watch in the room behind the clock faces as part of the 70 minute tour.

Chris Brown, Director, Marketing Liverpool said:

“This is a great idea and adds another element to what is already proving to be a popular visitor attraction for tourists and people living in the city region.

“With tours now running later into the evening, it also gives even more people the opportunity to visit one of the city region’s must see attractions.”

Chris Devaney, Operations Manager for RLB360, said:

“We’re really pleased with all the positive feedback the RLB360 tower tour has been receiving from our visitors and we’re proud to already be ranked in the top 10 things to do in Liverpool on TripAdvisor.

“It’s been a fantastic opening three months and the launch of the app is just one of the exciting announcements we’ve got coming up this summer.”

The app can be downloaded on Android & iOS from the respective stores by searching “Royal Liver Building 360.”

Tickets and information about Royal Liver Building 360 are available from rlb360.com or across social media @rlb360.