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What a nice day to visit the west coast :biggrin2
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Impromptu west coast visits tend to bring out the best weather
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Dave wrote:What a nice day to visit the west coast :biggrin2

Thanks for the invite....
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willian wrote:
Dave wrote:What a nice day to visit the west coast :biggrin2

Thanks for the invite....
Not my planning this time
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Haha, what route did you take?
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willian wrote:Haha, what route did you take?
For me it was:

Alford
Aboyne
Braemar
Pitlochry
Tyndrum
Glencoe
Fort William
Newtonmore
Aviemore
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A stunning day, great company, even if someone forgot their bike and too a car…well almost a car, it did have four tyres that were in touch with the ground (most of the time) :log :2up :2up

There was masses of traffic from Pitlochry to Fort William
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Great route :)
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Dave wrote:A stunning day, great company, even if someone forgot their bike and too a car…well almost a car, it did have four tyres that were in touch with the ground (most of the time) :log :2up :2up

There was masses of traffic from Pitlochry to Fort William

Less painful to get out of than the bike at the end of a long run ;)

Not great for forward visibility though, the curvature of the earth is enough to block forward view :log
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Just back from the outer Hebrides (Harris and Uist) was scorching up there!!
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Left home this morning, it was a cold & wet 10 degrees with a sea mist. When I returned home it was a cold & wet 10 degrees with a sea mist. In between, I rode through a sunny Dunked then Killin and had a fish and chip lunch outdoors on the quayside at Oban. The run home was via Ballachulish, Glen Coe ( at 22 degrees), Loch Earn and Perth. 340 lovely miles. I feel that I might almost be fighting fit for a wee run to Estergom and back in July to attend the WIMA International Rally.
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Zzzz wrote:Left home this morning, it was a cold & wet 10 degrees with a sea mist. When I returned home it was a cold & wet 10 degrees with a sea mist. In between, I rode through a sunny Dunked then Killin and had a fish and chip lunch outdoors on the quayside at Oban. The run home was via Ballachulish, Glen Coe ( at 22 degrees), Loch Earn and Perth. 340 lovely miles. I feel that I might almost be fighting fit for a wee run to Estergom and back in July to attend the WIMA International Rally.
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I had a wee run up to Inverness on Saturday to test ride a GS. It was such a lovely day I ended up heading back via Loch Carron, Eilean Donan Castle, Invergarry, Spean Bridge, fish'n'chips in Aviemore then up over the lecht again and then home.

I had to stop at Eilean Donan Castle to take the liners out of my kit as it was roasting (when I left Aberdeen it was foggy, damp and cold).

I think it was around 390 miles not including the test ride. Fantastic weather and roads.

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