Short weekend break to Scotland

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 11, 2021

Just on a quick spin up to the Highlands with Humvee, Darkhorse and a couple of other gents from here

Met them at Lockerbie, on Friday afternoon for the first night and then off early doors up the A74M to Falkirk to see the wheel

Then to Helix Park to see the Kelpies

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 11, 2021

Humvee wanted to see the Forth Bridge from S Queensferry
Really impressive & especially with the far bank shrouded in most

Deleted account 220319001 · Jul 11, 2021

Did you go down to the bikers cove at the bridge ?

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 11, 2021

We then got off the M90 at Perth and made our way up over the Cairngorms past Scone Palace, onto Blairgowrie to Glenshee & the ski route

Fantastic route and stopped off at the ski station for light afternoon tea

On to Braemar and the rain started to a torrential beat, quick stop at Balmoral to pay our respect and onto Ballater, via the backroads, south of the Dee

We stayed here last night, at Torland and can thoroughly recommend it - great rooms and food

https://www.thecommercial-hotel.co.uk

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 11, 2021

Cabby said:
Did you go down to the bikers cove at the bridge ?

Yep, sadly

Deleted account 220319001 · Jul 11, 2021

At the 'shee road, was my personal racetrack when I had sports bikes. :okay

Deleted account 220319001 · Jul 11, 2021

JohnnyBoxer said:
Yep, sadly

Full of side patch cut off wearing tossers was it ?

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 11, 2021

A day of 2 halves
This morning started out wet....in the east of Scotland in the Cairngorms and first 4 pics are the Lecht, before the ski area

A very small Scottish castle

Then onto Loch Ness and Inverness

This afternoon’s jaunt was over to the
Western coast and Ullapool, via Strathpeffer & glorious sunshine

The others travelled north to their hotel, but as I needed to be home tomorrow night, I headed south towards Garve

Staying tonight beneath the Loch Glascarnoch in the highlands at Aultguish Inn

Short and sweet, but Scotland has some of the best riding roads in Europe

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 11, 2021

Cabby said:
Full of side patch cut off wearing tossers was it ?

Yep, you know it then

Deleted account 220319001 · Jul 11, 2021

JohnnyBoxer said:
Yep, you know it then

Ye, not my scene either.

Cracking stuff JB.

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 11, 2021

Cabby said:
Ye, not my scene either.

Cracking stuff JB.

Ours neither
Roads in the Cairngorms were stunning though

Posh Pete · Jul 11, 2021

Cabby said:
Did you go down to the bikers cove at the bridge ?

Closed.

wilbjr21 · Jul 11, 2021

Nice one John. :thumb2

I stayed at a nice hotel in South Queensferry when I was commissioning a gas platform my company was having built near there.

Schtum · Jul 12, 2021

Posh Pete said:
Closed.

It's not, you know... https://www.facebook.com/groups/200177156757066

It was definitely open and busy when I was round at my son's place which is behind it, a couple of weeks ago.

wilbjr21 said:
Nice one John.

I stayed at a nice hotel in South Queensferry when I was commissioning a gas platform my company was having built near there.

Hound Point...? That was c. '93. Which hotel did you stay in..? I lived in SQ between '78 and 2012.

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 12, 2021

wilbjr21 said:
Nice one John.

I stayed at a nice hotel in South Queensferry when I was commissioning a gas platform my company was having built near there.

Thanks
Good trip, homeward bound this morning

wilbjr21 · Jul 12, 2021

Schtum said:
It's not, you know... https://www.facebook.com/groups/200177156757066

It was definitely open and busy when I was round at my son's place which is behind it, a couple of weeks ago.

Hound Point...? That was c. '93. Which hotel did you stay in..? I lived in SQ between '78 and 2012.

You would have been living there. :thumb2

I think the hotel was the Orocco - nice view from the restaurant. I moved from the Dakota on the old bridge as it was a bit soulless.

The job was over the water at BiFab about 2008 - accommodation module for the Judy Platform I think - if my memory hasn't failed.

Boxed-in · Jul 12, 2021

They are a hard crowd to please around the Lecht area….

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 12, 2021

950 Miles door to door

Good run down today - only rain was after Jedburgh

Northern jock · Jul 12, 2021

You got some nice areas and roads, nice wee trip, thanks for posting

JohnnyBoxer · Jul 14, 2021

Northern jock said:
You got some nice areas and roads, nice wee trip, thanks for posting

Thanks
It was fun, I had forgotten how brilliant it is to tour again ....on a motorcycle

Last trip was October 2019, to Spain

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