2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 Well,,,me an John spent last weekend tourin round Scotland. Up the West coast,,,,Accross the Top,,,,Down the East coast. 1248 miles in total,,,,,, milage isnt that big i suppose but thats because it takes time to do this route. Ya cant just fly along from one town to the other,,,, the roads dont let ya. We were sittin on the bikes for 9 an 10 hours a day,,,by the end of it all we were both feelin the pain. We had a good aul time doin what bikers do best ! Here's some pic's for ye. Loch Lomond Loch Lomond Tarbet hotel on loch lomond Loch Lomond Loch Lomond Loads more on the way,,,,, providing photobucket speeds the fuck up !!!
2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 Vally on rd to Inveraray Inveraray Castle,,, i wouldnt pay 10 quid to go in so took pic from outside ! Inveraray Bay Inveraray car park Inveraray Town
2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 Inveraray Bay Vally and Loch Awe Steps up for a piss Rail ling runs along side rd to LochAwe Village
2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 Loch Awe Village, view of rd,,, old road aparently fell into lake so they built this new one out on pillers Oban Town Oban Bay Oban Bay Boats
up.yours Posted July 19, 2012 Posted July 19, 2012 well done ,the both of you? lookin forward to meeting up with you both.
2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 This is takin forever so ill do the rest 2moro
2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 Sgorr Dhearg Mountain,,,1024 meters above sea level Bellachulish Bridge Roy Bridge Campsite Roy Bridge Campsite
Moderator Airhead Posted July 19, 2012 Moderator Posted July 19, 2012 Fantastic Pat...good on you both, looks like the weather was better than down here too
2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 Glen Sheil Vally to isl of Skye Lochcarron rd to Applecross Hills and Vallys on rd to Applecross,,,,,bloody lovely in real life,,,,,a must see for everyone Hills and Vallys on rd to Applecross Hills and Vallys on rd to Applecross
2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 Hills and Vallys on rd to Applecross Hills and Vallys on rd to Applecross Hills and Vallys on rd to Applecross Applecross Town and Bay Applecross
2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 Rd to Shieldaig Village Rd to Shieldaig Village Bridge towards Kinlochewe Village Loch's towards Kinlochewe Village
2 Wheels Posted July 19, 2012 Author Posted July 19, 2012 From here we went to Ullapool, camped the nite,,,,next day on to Durness, thats the top left of Scotland,, no pics as we had rain that mornin for 2 hours or so. Bloody nothin up there anyway,,,,,,, no breakfast to be got or more importantly no fuel to be got !!! So we kept goin till the village of Tongue,,,, no fuel there either,,,, both our tanks gettin very low,,,,thankfully my bike will do 280 mills on 25 quid of fuel,,,,, we managed to syphin a litre of fuel outa mine an into John's bike to get us to the next village where we were promised there was fuel. So off we went to Bettyhill,,, free-wheeling down hills to try an get there. By the skin of our teath and no more we got there,,,,,,, the pressure was off now that we had full to the neck tanks of petrol. Next stop was John O Groats. Pic's 2 moro evenin
2 Wheels Posted July 20, 2012 Author Posted July 20, 2012 John O Groats,,,,,tourist car park and tourist wee shop John O Groats,,,,,the boat that leaves for the Orkney Islands John O Groats John O Groats Hohn O Groats,,,,,looking West
Matthew Duncan Posted July 20, 2012 Posted July 20, 2012 aye, bonnie scotland ! me and some of my mates are planning doing all the way round the coast (ish) just scotland, can do england someother time . .
2 Wheels Posted July 20, 2012 Author Posted July 20, 2012 Somewhere from Wick to Brora,,,, nice roads Dornach Bridge towards Inverness Ske Resort on Carn Ealasaid Mountain,,,,,on the A939,,,,,this is another beauty of a place to ride, 43 deg steep climbs up an down the mountains. Same Ske Resort
2 Wheels Posted July 20, 2012 Author Posted July 20, 2012 Walked up the top of the hill to stretch the legs,,,,,ist evening now and cold on top of mountain,,,, could see for miles and miles You can see the road sweeping over the top and round the mountains.
2 Wheels Posted July 20, 2012 Author Posted July 20, 2012 Left the mountains now headin for Pitlochry,,had breakfast there then slowly heading for Killin,,,,am goin home the day so loosing intrest as i know my trip is nearly over. This is Loch Tay on rd to Killin Loch Tay From here i went to Tyndrum,,,,to the kinda famous Green Welly,,,,had coffey there and dossed round for an hour,,,,killing time as i headed for the boat at Troon.
2 Wheels Posted July 20, 2012 Author Posted July 20, 2012 Stopped again at top of Loch Lomond,,,, this trike was parked up This plonker was there making noise an annoying everyone,,,,so i jumped on me bike for the last time and landed in Troon to check in.
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