Foray to Moray ... and beyond
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Foray to Moray ... and beyond
this years trip (starting on Monday the 19th up to Glasgow) with me and Paul Davies (Welsh Weekends Tail End Charlie).
Possibly ending via Belfast > Dublin > Wales and home or just a hike down the M6
Pics to follow
https://goo.gl/maps/n7FSSovGr2ZK872n8
Possibly ending via Belfast > Dublin > Wales and home or just a hike down the M6
Pics to follow
https://goo.gl/maps/n7FSSovGr2ZK872n8
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
Not the best weather to start your trip Steve, Enjoy though.
Your born with a certain amout of heart beats, Dont waste them on exersise.
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04 boxer cup rep. Gone but not forgoten
99 tlr1000 (V twin) tricked.
Indian Roadmaster Elite
Mercedes EQC 400
Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
Yes, hope you get the weather on side, and have a great and safe trip. Scenery photos with bikes in view but without rain on the lens.
Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
not too fussed by the weather, a wet day on the bike beats a sunny day in work..... plus it keeps the tourists off the roads and if there's a breeze the midgies too ![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
At the moment it's not looking too bad though, so fingers crossed!
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
At the moment it's not looking too bad though, so fingers crossed!
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
Have a great trip Steve.
Look forward to your ride report with lots of pics.
Look forward to your ride report with lots of pics.
Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
Which bike are you taking Steve ?
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1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
'03 Bullet 65 project..
Nigel
Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you've been up to!
1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
'03 Bullet 65 project..
Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
nab 301 wrote:Which bike are you taking Steve ?
I "really" fancied taking the R80RS but that will be for another year
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
So in short the RT is the chosen ride this time, with the others on the "list for the future"
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
Enjoy the trip !
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Nigel
Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you've been up to!
1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
'03 Bullet 65 project..
Nigel
Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you've been up to!
1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
'03 Bullet 65 project..
Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
Well … trip done, just shy of 1500 miles and everyone, except for the motorway slogs, a joy.
The weather Gods were mostly kind![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Paul Davies and I stopped for coffee at Charnock Richard before making our way to the Kirkstone Pass Inn in the Lakes for lunch for a spot of soup![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
then on upwards to Moffat for afternoon coffee and cake![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
bugged by wasps wherever we stopped which was irritating, I began to believe it was the same (fast) wasp![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
rather than go back onto the motorway we used the road that paralleled the motorway for a while from Moffat which broke the journey nicely
then onto the usual 1st night stop of the Erskine Bridge Hotel
despite the diet, caution was thrown for hols so a pint was in order after a splash in the pool![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Day 2 was to head north east towards Aberfeldy and the awesome Dukes Pass ….. but was foiled … to find the Pass had been retarmaced and chipped … didn't stop at Killin as we would usually but went on to Kenmore for coffee for a change, pretty little village.
Then on via Pitlochry up to Glenshee for more soup for lunch, stunning piece of tarmac that invites much naughtiness![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
After lunch at Glenshee ski centre (more soup) … it was on towards Balmoral, Liz declined to offer us tea which was a tad rude but hey ho![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
We had some time to kill before going to the hotel in Tomintoul (the Richmond Hotel) so we carried on towards Aberdeen for a while before getting the sat nav to take us to the hotel. Again it convinces me that as far as Scotland goes wherever you go the roads are often stunning
The hotel was very pleasant, we had dinner that night at the Clockhouse restaurant across the road. As a footnote I'm not sure what the catering industry is going to do after Brexit as everywhere seems to have Eastern European staff!
Next day after a fine breakfast in the Richmond we went up the A9 to Lybster Harbour for coffee (and cake)
Then up to John o Groats for the obligatory pics![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
From there on to the nights stop at the hotel that proclaims itself as the mainlands most remote hotel, The Garvault Hotel..... it is very very remote, took ages to get to and a 400 yard gravel track (off roading on an RT ….. wooo hooo
)
lovely location, lovely eccentric owners, Adrian and Eva, no mains water, no mains electric, no phone, no tv.... wonderful!
Dinner that evening was with the owners and was a great way of spending an evening chatting and drinking and swapping tales. Adrian was ex RAF pilot and Eva was Austrian.
The battery lighting only extending to half of the hotel so navigating back to the room was via torch
….. the room itself did have lighting
Next morning was on the small B road on towards Altnaharra (which took ages) then onto Tongue and picking up the North Coast road and onto to coffee (and treacle tart) at the little café there. Have stopped there before, the owner, from Yorkshire moved up years ago and fell in love with the are and stayed, diving for scallops for a while before setting up the café.
Only moan was the amount of camper vans everywhere, and despite signage saying to allow traffic to overtake at passing places they'd trundle along blocking everyone else's progress.
Stopped for more lunchtime soup (Cullen skink this time) at the Pie Shop in Lochinver before rejoining the NC500 near Kylesku for Ullapool
There was a Harley event in the Highlands that week so there were a few of them in Ullapool, we stopped at the Ferryboat in for coffee and a chat with locals
From Ullapool we continued on to the stop for the third night, the Poolewe Hotel. The hotels rooms are in an annexe behind the hotel and are very pleasant.
after a lovely dinner I was "forced" to have a treble Ardberg 10 years old (it seemed a generous treble)
After breakfast in high winds and rain we set off towards Aplecross for the mornings coffee stop and the ride over the pass (stunning as always) …. stunned to find the pass is now covered by 4G so could post pictures as soon as taking them!
Then on to Eileen Donan for lunch …. guess what …. soup ….
afterwards riding over via Kinlochleven and Glencoe to the Green Welly
before riding down passed Loch Lomond to the Erskine Bridge again
Travelling home was on the bank holiday Saturday so traffic was a bit heavier. We did 1500 miles, the trip went all too quickly.
The weather Gods were mostly kind
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Paul Davies and I stopped for coffee at Charnock Richard before making our way to the Kirkstone Pass Inn in the Lakes for lunch for a spot of soup
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
then on upwards to Moffat for afternoon coffee and cake
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
bugged by wasps wherever we stopped which was irritating, I began to believe it was the same (fast) wasp
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
rather than go back onto the motorway we used the road that paralleled the motorway for a while from Moffat which broke the journey nicely
then onto the usual 1st night stop of the Erskine Bridge Hotel
despite the diet, caution was thrown for hols so a pint was in order after a splash in the pool
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Day 2 was to head north east towards Aberfeldy and the awesome Dukes Pass ….. but was foiled … to find the Pass had been retarmaced and chipped … didn't stop at Killin as we would usually but went on to Kenmore for coffee for a change, pretty little village.
Then on via Pitlochry up to Glenshee for more soup for lunch, stunning piece of tarmac that invites much naughtiness
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
After lunch at Glenshee ski centre (more soup) … it was on towards Balmoral, Liz declined to offer us tea which was a tad rude but hey ho
![Wink ;)](./images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
We had some time to kill before going to the hotel in Tomintoul (the Richmond Hotel) so we carried on towards Aberdeen for a while before getting the sat nav to take us to the hotel. Again it convinces me that as far as Scotland goes wherever you go the roads are often stunning
The hotel was very pleasant, we had dinner that night at the Clockhouse restaurant across the road. As a footnote I'm not sure what the catering industry is going to do after Brexit as everywhere seems to have Eastern European staff!
Next day after a fine breakfast in the Richmond we went up the A9 to Lybster Harbour for coffee (and cake)
Then up to John o Groats for the obligatory pics
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
From there on to the nights stop at the hotel that proclaims itself as the mainlands most remote hotel, The Garvault Hotel..... it is very very remote, took ages to get to and a 400 yard gravel track (off roading on an RT ….. wooo hooo
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
lovely location, lovely eccentric owners, Adrian and Eva, no mains water, no mains electric, no phone, no tv.... wonderful!
Dinner that evening was with the owners and was a great way of spending an evening chatting and drinking and swapping tales. Adrian was ex RAF pilot and Eva was Austrian.
The battery lighting only extending to half of the hotel so navigating back to the room was via torch
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
Next morning was on the small B road on towards Altnaharra (which took ages) then onto Tongue and picking up the North Coast road and onto to coffee (and treacle tart) at the little café there. Have stopped there before, the owner, from Yorkshire moved up years ago and fell in love with the are and stayed, diving for scallops for a while before setting up the café.
Only moan was the amount of camper vans everywhere, and despite signage saying to allow traffic to overtake at passing places they'd trundle along blocking everyone else's progress.
Stopped for more lunchtime soup (Cullen skink this time) at the Pie Shop in Lochinver before rejoining the NC500 near Kylesku for Ullapool
There was a Harley event in the Highlands that week so there were a few of them in Ullapool, we stopped at the Ferryboat in for coffee and a chat with locals
From Ullapool we continued on to the stop for the third night, the Poolewe Hotel. The hotels rooms are in an annexe behind the hotel and are very pleasant.
after a lovely dinner I was "forced" to have a treble Ardberg 10 years old (it seemed a generous treble)
After breakfast in high winds and rain we set off towards Aplecross for the mornings coffee stop and the ride over the pass (stunning as always) …. stunned to find the pass is now covered by 4G so could post pictures as soon as taking them!
Then on to Eileen Donan for lunch …. guess what …. soup ….
afterwards riding over via Kinlochleven and Glencoe to the Green Welly
before riding down passed Loch Lomond to the Erskine Bridge again
Travelling home was on the bank holiday Saturday so traffic was a bit heavier. We did 1500 miles, the trip went all too quickly.
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
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Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
Nice report Steve. It's good to see that Paul takes his tail-end-charlie-hi-viz responsibility's seriously, even when there are only two of you ![mf_wink [smilie=mf_wink.gif]](./images/smilies/mf_wink.gif)
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Paul wrote:Nice report Steve. It's good to see that Paul takes his tail-end-charlie-hi-viz responsibility's seriously, even when there are only two of you
It's very perturbing having a white bike with a rider with hi viz and white helmet behind you constantly
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(when you ride "exuberantly"
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
Thanks for the write up .
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Nigel
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1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
'03 Bullet 65 project..
Nigel
Keep smiling, it makes people wonder what you've been up to!
1999 R1100s (mandarin) '
2018 DL 250V Strom
2019 CB125F Honda.
MZ301 Saxon Fun ( currently retired)
'03 Bullet 65 project..
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Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
tail end Charlie.. being a very poor pensioner I only have my bike gear.. as you see.. sunday best..and two nighties.. one normal and one for Special occasions.. I didn't take the latter to Scotland I hasten to add.. ooooh hey vicar !!
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Re: Foray to Moray ... and beyond
PaulDavies wrote:tail end Charlie.. being a very poor pensioner I only have my bike gear.. as you see.. sunday best..and two nighties.. one normal and one for Special occasions.. I didn't take the latter to Scotland I hasten to add.. ooooh hey vicar !!
You mean it was your normal nighty the hotel complained about!!!!
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Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
Steve Parry
Current fleet: '14 F800GS, '87 R80RS, '03 R1100S BoxerCup, '15 R1200RT LE Dynamic, '90 K1
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