11 (12) Go North and Go Nuts - CC Ecosse Lochs and Glens Tour 2015

[Fubar]

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[Mo1959]

@Fubar Great write up. Kind of wish your dream had been real. Lol

 

[Brandane]

Enjoyed reading that report Mark, great stuff. Well done to you all for completing the tour, and I apologise for bringing the inevitable rain with me for the start of day three. My attraction to that stuff is legendary, and it really is uncanny just how often it happens .

Still the rain has stopped, which might be down to the fact that @Brandane has gone home after about 6 miles

'Scuse me Sir; it was AT LEAST 10!

(wonder what their power output is?)

They're Harleys, so not a lot.

I went to the loo and a midge flew out of my cycling shorts

Must resist; must resist ............

 

[Mo1959]

I did have one bizarre moment when I went to the loo and a midget flew out of my cycling shorts –

@Brandane managed to resist, but I couldn't

 

[Fubar]

@Brandane managed to resist, but I couldn't

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Great report @Fubar, I had missed the mobile phone drying tupperware at Newtonmore.
Better get on with my report, I have wasted some time looking at cat videos today
Ah, you never mentioned that I did not "stop 'n shop" once on this tour

 

[snorri]

That was an enjoyable read Fubar, it brought back memories of tours gone by, thank you.

By now we could see the Dornoch Firth and the mountains of the Black Isle

It would have been the Inner Moray and/or Inverness Firths you would have seen, also the higher hills are beyond (north-west of) the long ridge that makes up the Black Isle.
Perhaps it was thoughts of going around the Dornoch Firth on your next tour that caused that minor slip?

 

[Garry A]

I met one of the co owners of the Newtonmore hostel ( Ali Ogden) in a bothy in the Cairngorms once, nice woman. Cracking read.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Smashing write up @Fubar it sounds like you all had a great time and i hope its not put your daughter off touring again.

As always with the rides you all do up there the scenery looked beautiful.

 

[welsh dragon]

Fantastic report Mr @Fubar. Well done to everyone.

 

[Fubar]

That was an enjoyable read Fubar, it brought back memories of tours gone by, thank you.


It would have been the Inner Moray and/or Inverness Firths you would have seen, also the higher hills are beyond (north-west of) the long ridge that makes up the Black Isle.
Perhaps it was thoughts of going around the Dornoch Firth on your next tour that caused that minor slip?

Ah, my assumption - we were trying to work out the mountains to the west of us.

A wee trip to the Black Isle looks intriguing ...

 

[Fubar]

I met one of the co owners of the Newtonmore hostel ( Ali Ogden) in a bothy in the Cairngorms once, nice woman. Cracking read.

Yeah I think they alternate running the hostel between adventures - nice life.

 

[Fubar]

Great report @Fubar, I had missed the mobile phone drying tupperware at Newtonmore.
Better get on with my report, I have wasted some time looking at cat videos today
Ah, you never mentioned that I did not "stop 'n shop" once on this tour

Very true! Though there wasn't too many opportunities...

 

[summerdays]

I've stayed near Dull, a couple of miles further along that road, and my kids loved that sign!

I loved the write up!

 

[Fubar]

I've stayed near Dull, a couple of miles further along that road, and my kids loved that sign!

I loved the write up!

I didn't put this one in the write up:

I look like a right nobber!