Confirmed Sunday 9th April Run

9th April SV Ecosse Run

Basic Run Route: Meet behind Old Inns Shell Garage @ Roadchef Restaurant

Start Roadchef Restaurant (Off A80 behind Shell Garage)
Pickup B802 from Cumbernauld to Kilsyth, then turn onto A891 to Lennoxtown and Strathblane.

Head onto A81, head north to Aberfoyle (A821). Stop in main car pack for ice-cream / coffee /etc. The brave / loonies can use the A821 Dukes Pass to get to Kilmahog. The alternative route to avoid the twisty Dukes Pass is the A81 Port of Menteith road.
There is a pub at the end of the Dukes Pass near Kilmahog, where a marshall can stop and wait for slower riders, etc.

*** Newbies beware the Dukes Pass – blind sharp bends come out of nowhere. TAKE YOUR TIME, DO NOT TRY AND PLAY CATCH UP WITH FASTER RIDERS***

Pick up the A84 at Kilmahog, haul ass north to Lochearnhead. Pick up the A85, head north to Mid Lux. (There is an esso garage called Lix Toll here if you need fuel). At Mid Lux, turn right onto the A827, and head for Aberfeldy along the side of Loch Tay.

Head south down the A826 to Milton. At junction, turn right down the A822 all the way down to Gilmerton. Turn right down the A85 and head into Crieff town centre. (Plenty of parking here if peeps want a coffee break). Pick up A822 southbound which takes you past Strathearn Tyres in Crieff. Stay on A822 all the way (14 miles) back to the A9.

*** The boring dual carriageway / motorway / wind-down section ***

Finish up at Stirling Services on the M9. It’s then easy to head either east to Edinburgh, or west via the M80 back to Glasgow for the westies.

Total trip distance for run – 135 to 150 miles. Meet at Cumbernauld 10am for sharp 10:30am start.

A map plus general directions will be available on the day.

sounds good tae me mate

Bring on the weather to make it great!

Nice one Jimmy.

[carelesschucca]

yay lets go out and play this one's for Blueflame

yeah this ones for grant.i know he would be there if it wasn't for his recent'mishap'so lets make it a good one folks .btw nice one jimmy

Time and date is in the diary

Now that jimmy has sorted the route who is gonnae sort the weather

cool got sitter sorted. what sort of time are you expecting to get to arrochar? maybe if grant is up to it he could do one of those route finder thingys

Nutty, if you need any maps / directions done then let me know before friday

I always use Autoroute which serves me well (although some dont like it)

Can do the route and print for all going on the run if need be

let me know

[dirtydog]

best do her a map anyway mate, even though she'd still be able to get lost

Originally Posted by scooby2102

Nutty, if you need any maps / directions done then let me know before friday

I always use Autoroute which serves me well (although some dont like it)

Can do the route and print for all going on the run if need be

let me know

what about the aberfeldy run ??if i rem u+i came back via carbeth ,we got lost en route and got seperated from the rest...btr make a couple of maps with autoroute methinks