I'm £350 better off and it brings me no joy...

[GrumpyGregry]

... because next month's trip to cycle the Hebrides is off and the £350 is my refunded deposit and rail fare.

 

[fossyant]

Bummer

 

[Saluki]

Oh no. What's happened for the trip to be off?

 

[Beebo]

You can send the £350 to me if you like, if it will make you feel better.

 

[Moodyman]

I'd be pleased to get out of that one. I mean who'd pay £350 to ride up there where the weather is rather unpredictable.

Use the dosh to go South - a last minute ferry to France or Spain beckons.

 

[Paulus]

[QUOTE="Moodyman, post: 3219226, member: 9137"

Use the dosh to go South - a last minute ferry to France or Spain beckons.[/QUOTE]

I like your thinking Mm. Thats where I would head for.

 

[snorri]

Bank it for a longer holiday in the Islands next year.
France or the Western Isles? No competition there

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Oh no. What's happened for the trip to be off?

Company running it didn't get enough takers, for the first time in umpteen years appaz, to make money out of it so they canned it.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Use the dosh to go South - a last minute ferry to France or Spain beckons.

Nah. Going to Spain, Sitges, this month.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Bank it for a longer holiday in the Islands next year.
France or the Western Isles? No competition there

The choice seems something of a 'no brainer' to me, though I understand my predilections will be regarded as eccentric by many. And I've 'done' so much of France over the years....

 

[GrumpyGregry]

You can send the £350 to me if you like, if it will make you feel better.

Soz, but it means my Surly Straggler frame will get a Hope headset and bottom bracket before the autumn.

 

[Sara_H]

Awww bad luck. Me and the OH are off up to Scotland in September. In a camper van though, with bikes strapped onto the back.

 

[cyberknight]

You can send the £350 to me if you like, if it will make you feel better.

Nah me , i just forked out on a new carpet for kids room and swmbo is having a new kitchen .No holiday this year at all because of them.Mind you i got (for me ) 3 reasonable rides this week on my ourgate holiday .

 

[Brandane]

Lucky escape IMHO.. I am just back from a 5 day trip with the motorbike and a tent. My lasting memory will be rain, more rain, torrential rain, a leaking tent, and being savaged by swarms of midges .
Throw in outrageous prices for everything, and catering outlets as rare as hens teeth, and you begin to get the picture.
Positive side was Harris; stunning when the sun made a rare appearance, and the ferry crossings were picturesque.
My route was Oban, Barra, Eriskay, South Uist, Benbecula, North Uist, Berneray, Harris, Lewis, and the ferry from Stornoway to Ullapool.
Favourite bit for me was the bike ride today from Aviemore to Stirling, on the sections avoiding the A9. After Stirling the rain returned, with a vengeance.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

Lucky escape IMHO.. I am just back from a 5 day trip with the motorbike and a tent. My lasting memory will be rain, more rain, torrential rain, a leaking tent, and lots of midges .
Throw in outrageous prices for everything, and catering outlets as rare as hens teeth, and you begin to get the picture.
Positive side was Harris; stunning when the sun made a rare appearance, and the ferry crossings were picturesque.
My route was Oban, Barra, Eriskay, South Uist, Benbecula, North Uist, Berneray, Harris, Lewis, and the ferry from Stornoway to Ullapool.
Favourite bit for me was the bike ride today from Aviemore to Stirling, on the sections avoiding the A9. After Stirling the rain returned, with a vengeance.

Thanks for denting my enthusiasm..
My first trip (maybe) after retirement next year..
You should know better that our country is magnificent whatever the weather
sod that foreign muck