Org'ers Applecross Photogenic Society... (O.A.P.'s?)

Share photo's and video from the weekend. Feel free to add here....

I managed to leave my camera at home,fully charged up - D'Oh!

From left to right at Eilean Donan Castle this morning.....
Me (looking sozzled at 11am??!!), peterco, seggons, coopz, Mrs Combatfred, Mr Combatfred, Pete, Lissa, punyXpress.

And the only decent video I managed to take was everyone leaving the Castle today. Listen out for the backfire at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy2orUIq6aw

Boarding the good ship MV Coruisk....and a chance to dry out. This wouldn't be the one and only time for the poor soggy bikers amongst us. I did often wish I was on a bike, but this trip made me appreciate comfy seats, aircon and heaters more than ever.



....and not forgetting CombatFred.





The view from the Bealach Na Ba, the mountain pass through the glen to Applecross is stunning, breathtaking, awe-inspiring even. See the awe on the faces of the orgers in this photo....just beyond the mist.



Moments after this shot, we crested a bend to see a few SV.orgers parked up, off their bikes, head in hands. The gut feeling that yet another bit of bad luck had come our way was dispelled when a lone GPZ'er was seen crawling out the ditch, clutching his arm and looking at his wrecked bike just off the verge. A lucky escape for him. We all stop to check he was ok, but the bike not so.




One last pic before we parted company at E.D.C. The locals went west, the rest went south. PunyXpress (naked curvy) nearly went the wrong way, back to Skye with Johnny....did you think we didn't notice!



Would you believe that 40miles, and less than an hour up the road from the pic above, a triumphant Johnny and me do the customary lunge at each other in the scorching sun at my place. Go figure!

B@st@rds!

So you saved the best weather until we headed home

Can't view the video on this steam powered PC. And you've beaten Smeggons to it

Shame the weather was so pants, as some of the views cannot be described. Only a photo can do it a small amount of justice.

Really wished I could have been there, bl00dy exams
Some of us have been to that castle before too
Sorry if this is off topic, must have been on the same route as you last October.

Hi its johnny here heres all my photos on this weekend what a weekend!! eh? one word sums it I think and its *EPIC* ^.^

Us all up the view point.


Some of the troops gathering for battle *a bit too early for some* ... myself incuded!


The toops bikes ^.^


What a haggis sould look like


David getting ontop of some little sv issues bothering him LUNGE!


Well what can i say i had to get at least one photo of my bike at some point in the ride lol!



Seggers looking like he's pose'n for a PG tips ad.


And finally the long goodbyes *p.s david i dident know you loved skye so mutch as to follow me hehe *

Originally Posted by wulfie

David getting ontop of some little sv issues bothering him LUNGE!

Is that an SV graveyard? Where you just bury one part of your beloved bike before cashing the rest in for scrap?

Great pics, shame about the weather

[Quiff Wichard]

weather poor- much fun had however I guess.. lovely pics.. glad you all safe..

gee this org place is a good place to be.

[Binky]

Nice pictures. As always, dissapointed i couldn't come along, but then you can't make every ride.

I heard you had fun, despite the weather. That video made me laugh with Puny's back fire.

Hello!

Quick introduction for those of you who weren't there, I'm Coopz, Haggis's friend
(although I was referred to as "cripple" for much of the weekend!).

I binned my gixxer last August and am still suffering the consequences. I only
really came along so that Haggis could still make it after his own misshap the
other week! Bet you didn't know he had his own personal chaufeur!

(I can drive, it's only walking and things like that that I struggle with! We were
both almost in tears watching the bikes disappear off into the distance as we
were stuck in traffic in the car! Have some sympathy for us two invalids!)

Here's some of the pics I took on my phone, I took a few on my camera too
which I will put up if I can find the cable!

CombatFred's Busa (My best pic I think!)




The photographer (Seggons) has become the subject!





From a different angle, this time also showing the cripple wagon!


Johnny (Wulfie)'s Monster



Carlsberg don't make backpacks, but if they did, they'd look like this! Probably
the coolest backpack in the world!


Panoramic view of everyone around the table at Eillandonan. (I know there's already
been one posted but this one's from the other side of the table and is a much bigger
image- click the image for full size, and you'll probably have to click again to zoom the
image out to actual size. It's wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide!)



Ready to set off from Eillandonan Castle (where us 3 Skye boys said our goodbyes).


And an hour later when we were back home...

Blinded-by-the-sun lunge!!



It was really good to meet everyone who went along, you guys really are a great bunch!
I'll be back on to say hi soon, so for now I'll just finish off by saying take care and ride safe!

(You don't want to end up like me with my unfashionable leg-piercings from August till April!)

(They printed my letter in that issue, you might have read it! )