Speedy Claire`s Mini Scottish Adventure (sponsored by Ambre Solaire and fixer-peg.co.uk)

Originally Posted by the white rabbit

What a great trip and well done! Keep wanting to get up to Scotland again sometime. I lived near Elgin when I was a boy and my Dad's best friend was the then gamekeeper at Tomintoul.

wow, what a small world... would be a beautiful place to live but very bleak in winter i`d imagine.

Originally Posted by Speedy Claire

wow, what a small world... would be a beautiful place to live but very bleak in winter i`d imagine.

It is a small world, I used to be based at Kinloss, nr Forres, not too far from Elgin, winters could be a bit hard work, part of my job was to keep the runways clear of ice and snow in the winter so the nimrods could operate search and rescues missions, one night it was so cold the diesel was freezing up, we even had a tanker with an aircraft jet engine strapped to the front used for clearing large sheets of ice off the runway, quite a site , fantastic part of the world though, making me want to go back now

I skirted around Forres on my way to Elgin, and my ex brother in law used to be based at Kinloss on the nimrods. His wifes brother was also there but was sadly killed when the Nimrod went down in Afghanistan a couple of years ago.

The A96 is a nice stretch of road between Nairn and Elgin.... quite open and I think I only counted one speed camera. Well I hope to god there was only one lol

Claire, great read and wonderful pics, sounds like you had a wonderful time on your mini Scottish adventure . Foxy xx

WOW! Just read the epic tale, and I'm so jealous, I'd love to do something like that on my own. And Scotland too, my brother lived in Rhu, by Helensburgh and I fell in love with the area.

When's the next trip then?!

Originally Posted by Lou M

WOW! Just read the epic tale, and I'm so jealous, I'd love to do something like that on my own. And Scotland too, my brother lived in Rhu, by Helensburgh and I fell in love with the area.

When's the next trip then?!

I was thinking about Ireland next year maybe..... If anybody fancies doing a girly long weekend or two before then tho I`d be up for it. I`m quite happy to go to Scotland again and I could stretch it to a week

Originally Posted by Speedy Claire

I was thinking about Ireland next year maybe..... If anybody fancies doing a girly long weekend or two before then tho I`d be up for it. I`m quite happy to go to Scotland again and I could stretch it to a week

Claire you had such a great adventure and a girlie long weekend sounds great. Count me in

Originally Posted by foxyinleather

Claire you had such a great adventure and a girlie long weekend sounds great. Count me in

We can see how many other girls would be interested and then decide on a location that suits us all? I`ve got some time off in early September if anyone can manage that?

Brilliant thread Claire. Trully inspirational, was great to catch up with you after me wimping out of the GMII. The pics and story are quality. Hopefully catch you soon. rhino

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Excellent pics and write up

And yeah, Loch Carron from that point with the right conditions does take your breath away, I have a very similar pic from a few years back

Originally Posted by Speedy Claire

For Scotland tho I took 5 vest tops (in case it was hot), a couple of longer sleeved tee shirts (in case it was cool) and my thermals (in case it was cold) then just a couple of fleeces, and a waterproof thin coat. Wasn`t really that much but just seemed to take up a lot of room

An easy way to reduce the amount, ditch the extra T's and fleeces and just take one or two sweat shirts, you're only likely to wear them whilst riding and only you knows how many times you wore the same top and the addition of a waterproof top also gives you one more layer just in case