Wee Scottish Coast to Coast

[VinSumRox]

Did a weeks tour from Glasgow to Inverness, via Arran, Oban etc. Amazing week of good weather, scenery and pretty cruisy cycling, apart from the odd hill here and there and the Loch Awe road.

 

[matticus]

Amazing week of good weather

I am sooooo jealous! I'm booked on a weekend double of audaxes from Ballater. 4 days in all (sleeper to/from Aberdeen), and the current forecast is "Tropical Thuderstorm" . This is my 2nd autumn trip North of the border - the previous one was longer, and featured a named storm!
I shouldn't moan - when I've been earlier in the year I've been really lucky*. If I see any blue sky like yours, I'll try to post a photo. More likely is 4 days worth of distillery interiors ...

*Including a trip much like your route

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Glen Spean’s a great wee brewery, and that Dark Mile is superb.

 

[wiggydiggy]

How was Arran? I was there for a week there this year, great place am visting again next year.

 

[VinSumRox]

Glen Spean’s a great wee brewery, and that Dark Mile is superb.

Indeed - good beers

 

[VinSumRox]

How was Arran? I was there for a week there this year, great place am visting again next year.

We were only there overnight, then cycled to Lochranza, seems nice! Decent hill going north from Brodick though!

 

[VinSumRox]

I am sooooo jealous! I'm booked on a weekend double of audaxes from Ballater. 4 days in all (sleeper to/from Aberdeen), and the current forecast is "Tropical Thuderstorm" . This is my 2nd autumn trip North of the border - the previous one was longer, and featured a named storm!
I shouldn't moan - when I've been earlier in the year I've been really lucky*. If I see any blue sky like yours, I'll try to post a photo. More likely is 4 days worth of distillery interiors ...

*Including a trip much like your route

Any multi day trip in Scotland without rain is a lucky one!

 

[rualexander]

Any multi day trip in Scotland without rain is a lucky one!

Nah, you just have to plan it well and look at the weather forecast.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Dark Mile looks like a nice ale.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Nice route, nice photies, nice beers, nice tighteners, bar the rust.

Yes, the Loch Awe road is....fun.

 

[Tail End Charlie]

@VinSumRox @Yellow Saddle I'm intrigued, the Loch Awe road looks like my sort of road. What makes it "fun"? Is it a logging road or something?

 

[VinSumRox]

@VinSumRox @Yellow Saddle I'm intrigued, the Loch Awe road looks like my sort of road. What makes it "fun"? Is it a logging road or something?

It is a really nice, quiet and scenic road but with a lot of short ups and downs (some quite steep), so maybe not fun if you dislike hills! Nice cafe about halfway along at Dalavich.

 

[wakemalcolm]

@VinSumRox @Yellow Saddle I'm intrigued, the Loch Awe road looks like my sort of road. What makes it "fun"? Is it a logging road or something?

Have you ever ridden the south side of Loch Tay?
It's good training for the Loch Awe road.

 

[Moodyman]

It is a really nice, quiet and scenic road but with a lot of short ups and downs (some quite steep), so maybe not fun if you dislike hills! Nice cafe about halfway along at Dalavich.

Agree with all of this, especially the repeated short hills (hated them). But the sweeping descent on the other side and the section from Taynuilt to Oban, were spectacular.

 

[Yellow Saddle]

@VinSumRox @Yellow Saddle I'm intrigued, the Loch Awe road looks like my sort of road. What makes it "fun"? Is it a logging road or something?

It's a proper roller-coaster of a ride. Miles and miles of just up and down and up and down and....