So then, some GMIII piccies you say?

Here we go then, hope you're all sitting comfortably! I'm not putting them all up but just the best ones

At an empty Hawes, 8am!


me being stupid


Forth Road Bridge


Quick lunch stop on the way up, mmmm homemade pasta


We were the first to arrive at the campsite so we dumped the kit and pitched the tent, went off for another bit of a bimble, found this fella


Then the orgers began to arrive and the fun began




Quedos being naughty...


Don;t think the gixxer was with us but heyho




The spooky pub, definitely not a safe haven from the eeeeevil midges


Luckypants demonstrating how to us a knife and fork to MattSV


"Oi where you going with that cake?"


the combats


The Drovers do AMAZING puddings


The Quiffster


Speedyclaire doing her best to do an impression of a regal Scouser....a what you say?


The lovely Quiff and Mand


Claire's midgey-up-the-nostrils prevention device...


Stuartyboy and Quedos having a moment


So that was the first night.

Now for the rideout on the Saturday.

Haggis' steed


Pete and Lissa's Duke...


YC and our steeed


Pete acting cool....as a cucumber....


The Quiff kneesliders


LP wishing his was this colour


Pingi


The combat's answer to Lissa's Larry sheep


Quedos' pep talk


Andybrad in his baby bouncer


Stuartyboy


On the road!








The Quiffs


Like this one




And then....of all the bikes to breakdown, we have a slight issue...
Yes the headlight "fell" out...screws vibrated loose...


...so what did YC do to fix it?...DUCT TAPE of course!




Northwind


scenic shot






Gerbrox


Matt SV's


LP


Davenumbers


Stuartyboy


Fenjer


Pete and Lissa


Andybrad


not sure..


not sure again sorry


Indy photo


quiff caught in the act


Quedos


Sunny


At Killin


Back at Tyndrum....now is Claire a giant or is this just Lissa's normal size?


#shock horror# YC in the same photo as a copper....!








That was the morning ride and the lunch stop...


At Glencoe

Now for the afternoon rideout



NB: i took this just as we were pulling away from traffic lights, no Pete is being deliberately holding up the car




Bloke not with us but cool paintjob!


At Glencoe
Davenumbers
























Kilted Ginger then had to act as the traffic director...


...but needed to make himself more visible...


















Bus driver to LP: "Do they still let people your age on the road?"



At Ballachulish












A gaggle of bikers




And then it all got a little bit confusing!


So I just took some more piccies haha


some hellyboppers




Crowding round to find Stuartyboy's imaginary oil leak


The lads thought they'd make the most of the break


At Inverary, BlueFlame's ginger bike


YC: "Eh...yer what? Nope mate still don't get ya...it's your Scottie language"

BF: "Ayeeeeeeeee....eh....yer what?...Bloody Yorkshire folk..."


Haggis


Who's that pretending to be a gnome in the background there?

Then a few of us decided to stay at Inverary for tea while the others headed back to the campsite






Our gorgeously filthy bike


Duck tape holding up very well!








Back at the campsite..the antics begin

Quiff in his daft hat


Quiff, meet Murphy! (Ralph's black Labrador...)


I mean how could he be scared of this?


Might have had something to do with Ralph and KG making the dog bark on command and hence scaring poor Quiff to death lol!

Claire fending off the midges


So this was Quiff trying to make himself less visible to Murphy...


Don't know who's softer!








These lads weren't drunk...at all!


This is just cordial....honest 'occifer!


"Idgosdfjasifhancva sfhaiosdh safdha dhfdu"






MattSV, the ninja!


KG eavesdropping at the door of the loveshack


Trying to board up the psycho b1tch in the end chalet....




Going home

So Sunday then. We were left to our own devices so we went for a bimble to Oban, then the road to Lochgilphead...turning off to go through Ford. Cracking run and the weather wasn't too bad either










Onto a single track road




Then we got back and decided, being skinflints, we weren't going to pay another night at the campsite having found a lovely spot up the road to pitch up the tent, the Falls of Falloch









What a gorgeous place you may think....yes gorgeous WHEN THERE IS A HOT SUN SHINING AND A BREEZE....

come back later at dusk and try put a bloody tent up....
SEEEE the midges!


Things got bad...

So the next morning....feeling a bit dejected after being eaten alive we joined Pete and Lissa, Davenumbers and Ravingdavis on the way up to Skye. We didn't fancy getting the Corran ferry so we went the long way round, up to the Skye bridge.



got caught on the way up though, like the waterproofs?



So at Skye then (not many left now haha)

Stunning place






Bumped into the Quiffs and the MattSVs again










Ooooh errr


Portree


YC offroading...who needs a KTM? hehe


Hooded crows, love em






Glenbrittle, gorgeous campsite....7 miles of single track to get to it mind but fantastic, worth it.


The midgey massacre, think we should rename the rideout haha


Awwwww




thought we'd pass the time...












the campsite


The Rat, so many functions, see, drying rack!




Dunvegan castle












And the wobbly mirror...


AND THAT'S ALL FOLKS!

Think I might lie down now

[DarrenSV650S]

I hate you two Lucky barstewards

Loads of good pics there. I like the riding ones, they're cool

Thanks for taking the time to post all those pictures ... gives a real feel of the trip.

Hope you all had a good time.

[pookie]

thats a great story..looks like a lot of fun by all !

[maviczap]

Reminds me how much I like Scottish roads, long time (25years) since I ventured up that far.