I do always chuckle when things advertised as being 'north' are still a four and a half hour drive away from central Scotland

Hey Jeff, full Scottish live events are hard to come by sadly. We've had it good for a few years when Robots Live came to the National Museum of Flight and Glasgow Comic Con, but the last event was 2015, and as far as I know, they haven't got anything booked up this way for the foreseeable future. Obviously we do have the Robot Wars arena but that's not the same as a 'show up and go' live event.

Most of us Scottish lot who need a live event fix have to go down south, with the most common trip being to the Robo Challenge Featherweight Championship events at the NEC in Birmingham (usually a 10 hour round trip for us). It's far from convenient but the community and the fun to be had more than makes up for it.

In terms of what class to build for up here, I'd say featherweights are best. Every Scottish roboteer I know has at least one and, in the absence of events, they're quite easy to battle on the street with (obviously no spinners, limited axes etc) and Robot Wars may be looking at having featherweights in upcoming series', so there would be a potential opportunity there. The other main classes are heavyweights, but they're a pain to start with (and a pain in the back most of the time!) and the small 1.5kg beetleweights. We've only had one beetleweight event in Scotland, back in 2015, but they're much easier to host/build an arena for and they're lighter and cheaper too, though again most of the competitions for them are down south.