Highlanders Rideout. - Sunday 4th cancelled/postponed!

Just dipping my toe in the waters here! Tell me what you think.

We really have to arrange a Ecosse Posse (Northern Division) rideout sometime.
The numbers are growing gradually now and the icicles ar eat near melting point on the bike.

There are regular Central Belt rideouts, but they're a bit too far off for the lot of us to tackle in a day.

We're also a bit more spread out and just arriving at an equi-distant meeting point is a challenge!

Any takers?
Destinations and route suggestions welcome.

My own idea was meet in Garve. To Ullapool for snacks/lunch, then Aultbea, Gairloch, Kinlochewe. Maybe adding in the Torridon, Sheildaig, Lochcarron loop. Then head back our separate ways.
The short run is 130miles Garve to Garve.
The biggie is more like 140 Garve to Lochcarron.

These are some of the best biking experience roads Britain has to offer, and it's in our back yard. Of course any other members/non-members are welcome to boost numbers.

[buckstone]

Are you back on the road then ? Let me know the scoop if you get something organised - we could get everyone else to head up our direction (just in case it rains !!!!).

Remember me and the 2 guys in Leeds have a ferry / hotel space free for the trip to Trouville in France at the end of May. You're welcome to come along if you can get the time off - boat from Hull on the Friday and boat back Monday night (bank holiday). It's about £70 for the the boat and the same for 2 nights in a decent hotel - no point in slumming it !!!!

Sounds like a plan to me. Garve also sounds good.

Any dates in mind?

I am heading down to the easter egg run but I think you are working if I remember rightly Haggis?!

Buckstone:
Been out for a couple of scoots round the island in the last week.
That rumbling you heard wasn't distant thunder y'know!

The bike's not completed but it's definitely roadworthy, handling needs fine-tuning and I'm a bit rusty too. Nothing a few more laps won't solve.


As for suggested dates, I would think Sunday's are likely to suit more peeps.
Just lets all focus our minds and pick a dry one. If a different day suits you guys, just say so. I have a weird day-off cycle, but it's flexible to some extent.

Yeah I think I could manage something.........everything is so bloody far from where I live
Sunday sounds like a good day

BUMP!!!

Just resurrecting this before it falls off the page.

Is there any particular weekend that suits most folk? What about route/distances etc?

For me, any coming Sunday will suit except possibly the 14th May and i think the 28th was the other.

I don't see need for a poll, as there's only a few of us.
Make you suggestions here.....

What about last weekend of month??

oh wheres Garve lol?

Last wkend in May, that's the 28th. I don't think I'll be able to get an early start that morning.


What about the week after? The 4th June.


Garve is west of Dingwall by about 15miles. About 105miles from both of us roughly so it seemed a good meeting place.

Re-checking the route, I think the smaller loop is better, and no need to knacker ourselves anyway.

Otherwise we'd have fuel stop problems on a Sunday. With it being over 140miles, that's getting close to max tank range.

Yip that sounds all good to me, so we have two, any more takers??