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My work was finished by 11am... Had I known that in advance I could have just about made it if I had taken the bike in the back of the car. Glad you all had a good day.
Scotland : Perthshire CC Ecosse RV ride to see @satnav! Saturday 10 Oct, 12-1 RV Time
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[QUOTE 3948682, member: 9609"]iI drove up the night before arriving in the early hours, I had hoped to lie in my bed and listen to the stags roaring, this is the time of year to go 'the rutting season' and it is a fantastic highland sound (best heard from inside a vehicle, when you listen to it from within a tent there is always that nagging worry that you could end up being a participant 
) - iether they were no where near where I parked or I slept too well - never heard a noise.
A comfortable night was had sleeping in the van with my bike and its new saddle
Fantastic sunrise (as you can see from @SatNavSaysStraightOn pictures) but I forgot to take any, by the time I set off I was immersed in thick cold damp fog. by the time I got down into the glen it was starting to clear and I got the waterproofs off.
great cycling roads and thankfully few cars.
I just love these dark sinister fast flowing highland rivers, Tummel at Kinloch Rannoch
Schiehallion coming out of the mist above Loch Rannoch.
An odd name for some cottages near the loch, and my bike hidding its modesty behind a leaf.
Hooded Crows - this is about as far south as you get these. (it was exciting for me)
and some Jacob Sheep (i think)
This little tower in the centre of the loch fascinated me, rumour has it the laird locked his wife up there lol
Apparently there was a prison stood here and it was linked to the south shore by a causeway, but the raising of the water for the hydro has now covered it. presumably the folly was built from the stone. The hill in the background is the Munro Meall Buidhe.
So overall it was a good day out and good to meet the others - @Pat "5mph" name is pretty misleading, she whizzes along at a fair rate of knots - I reckon she could be upgraded to pat15mph.
Overall for me on the day it was 45mile with 3000' ascent - certainly a big climb out of the glen at the end of the day. Since I started cycling this is my furthest north, and as you can see from my roads completed map (see sig line) it gives me a great challenge to link it up to my other roads
and finally a picture that I took from a few years ago looking North from Meall Garbh in the Carn Meag hills, shows what a remote mountainous countryside Loch Rannoch is set in.
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Brilliant photos!
) - iether they were no where near where I parked or I slept too well - never heard a noise.A comfortable night was had sleeping in the van with my bike and its new saddle
Fantastic sunrise (as you can see from @SatNavSaysStraightOn pictures) but I forgot to take any, by the time I set off I was immersed in thick cold damp fog. by the time I got down into the glen it was starting to clear and I got the waterproofs off.
great cycling roads and thankfully few cars.
I just love these dark sinister fast flowing highland rivers, Tummel at Kinloch Rannoch
Schiehallion coming out of the mist above Loch Rannoch.
An odd name for some cottages near the loch, and my bike hidding its modesty behind a leaf.
Hooded Crows - this is about as far south as you get these. (it was exciting for me)
and some Jacob Sheep (i think)
This little tower in the centre of the loch fascinated me, rumour has it the laird locked his wife up there lol
Apparently there was a prison stood here and it was linked to the south shore by a causeway, but the raising of the water for the hydro has now covered it. presumably the folly was built from the stone. The hill in the background is the Munro Meall Buidhe.
So overall it was a good day out and good to meet the others - @Pat "5mph" name is pretty misleading, she whizzes along at a fair rate of knots - I reckon she could be upgraded to pat15mph.
Overall for me on the day it was 45mile with 3000' ascent - certainly a big climb out of the glen at the end of the day. Since I started cycling this is my furthest north, and as you can see from my roads completed map (see sig line) it gives me a great challenge to link it up to my other roads
and finally a picture that I took from a few years ago looking North from Meall Garbh in the Carn Meag hills, shows what a remote mountainous countryside Loch Rannoch is set in.
Brilliant photos!
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You mention a 'very comfortable' night in the van.
How do you get on with condensation?
Several people have told me condensation makes kipping in a car or van unpleasant, although I've never tried it.
It's a tin box, rather like my static caravan.
I have to be careful of condensation in there, which is a much larger space.
You mention a 'very comfortable' night in the van.
How do you get on with condensation?
Several people have told me condensation makes kipping in a car or van unpleasant, although I've never tried it.
It's a tin box, rather like my static caravan.
I have to be careful of condensation in there, which is a much larger space.
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Fantastic pictures @User9609!
I saw a big stag on the moor, could not get a picture, but he stopped to look at me several times before running off.
When I got to the station there was a family of deer, the stag was quite nervous, wanting us (me and some other guy with a big slr camera, his wife was using her mobile's camera) to go, while the mum and babies were curious, not running off.
Did not see any sheep!
I saw a big stag on the moor, could not get a picture, but he stopped to look at me several times before running off.
When I got to the station there was a family of deer, the stag was quite nervous, wanting us (me and some other guy with a big slr camera, his wife was using her mobile's camera) to go, while the mum and babies were curious, not running off.
Did not see any sheep!
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Forgot to mention: on the train back there was an almighty bang, we hit something on the rails.
They told us it was a cow, hope it wasn't a deer.
They told us it was a cow, hope it wasn't a deer.
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Was that why I was diverted to Edinburgh - cos Pat hit a coo?!?
[QUOTE 3948682, member: 9609"]iI drove up the night before arriving in the early hours, I had hoped to lie in my bed and listen to the stags roaring, this is the time of year to go 'the rutting season' and it is a fantastic highland sound (best heard from inside a vehicle, when you listen to it from within a tent there is always that nagging worry that you could end up being a participant ) - iether they were no where near where I parked or I slept too well - never heard a noise.
A comfortable night was had sleeping in the van with my bike and its new saddle
Fantastic sunrise (as you can see from @SatNavSaysStraightOn pictures) but I forgot to take any, by the time I set off I was immersed in thick cold damp fog. by the time I got down into the glen it was starting to clear and I got the waterproofs off.
great cycling roads and thankfully few cars.
I just love these dark sinister fast flowing highland rivers, Tummel at Kinloch Rannoch
Schiehallion coming out of the mist above Loch Rannoch.
An odd name for some cottages near the loch, and my bike hidding its modesty behind a leaf.
Hooded Crows - this is about as far south as you get these. (it was exciting for me)
and some Jacob Sheep (i think)
This little tower in the centre of the loch fascinated me, rumour has it the laird locked his wife up there lol
Apparently there was a prison stood here and it was linked to the south shore by a causeway, but the raising of the water for the hydro has now covered it. presumably the folly was built from the stone. The hill in the background is the Munro Meall Buidhe.
So overall it was a good day out and good to meet the others - @Pat "5mph" name is pretty misleading, she whizzes along at a fair rate of knots - I reckon she could be upgraded to pat15mph.
Overall for me on the day it was 45mile with 3000' ascent - certainly a big climb out of the glen at the end of the day. Since I started cycling this is my furthest north, and as you can see from my roads completed map (see sig line) it gives me a great challenge to link it up to my other roads
and finally a picture that I took from a few years ago looking North from Meall Garbh in the Carn Meag hills, shows what a remote mountainous countryside Loch Rannoch is set in. @Pat "5mph" the station would be just off the very left of the picture
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Incredible photos!
You're not wrong about the sound of rutting deer. I once had to walk about 3 miles in pitch black from Bridge of Orchy to Inveroran and the noise the deer made was utterly terrifying, like donkeys being chainsawed...
Not helped by a road sign that suddenly loomed out of the dark which said "That which burns never returns"
) - iether they were no where near where I parked or I slept too well - never heard a noise.A comfortable night was had sleeping in the van with my bike and its new saddle
Fantastic sunrise (as you can see from @SatNavSaysStraightOn pictures) but I forgot to take any, by the time I set off I was immersed in thick cold damp fog. by the time I got down into the glen it was starting to clear and I got the waterproofs off.
great cycling roads and thankfully few cars.
I just love these dark sinister fast flowing highland rivers, Tummel at Kinloch Rannoch
Schiehallion coming out of the mist above Loch Rannoch.
An odd name for some cottages near the loch, and my bike hidding its modesty behind a leaf.
Hooded Crows - this is about as far south as you get these. (it was exciting for me)
and some Jacob Sheep (i think)
This little tower in the centre of the loch fascinated me, rumour has it the laird locked his wife up there lol
Apparently there was a prison stood here and it was linked to the south shore by a causeway, but the raising of the water for the hydro has now covered it. presumably the folly was built from the stone. The hill in the background is the Munro Meall Buidhe.
So overall it was a good day out and good to meet the others - @Pat "5mph" name is pretty misleading, she whizzes along at a fair rate of knots - I reckon she could be upgraded to pat15mph.
Overall for me on the day it was 45mile with 3000' ascent - certainly a big climb out of the glen at the end of the day. Since I started cycling this is my furthest north, and as you can see from my roads completed map (see sig line) it gives me a great challenge to link it up to my other roads
and finally a picture that I took from a few years ago looking North from Meall Garbh in the Carn Meag hills, shows what a remote mountainous countryside Loch Rannoch is set in. @Pat "5mph" the station would be just off the very left of the picture
Incredible photos!
You're not wrong about the sound of rutting deer. I once had to walk about 3 miles in pitch black from Bridge of Orchy to Inveroran and the noise the deer made was utterly terrifying, like donkeys being chainsawed...
Not helped by a road sign that suddenly loomed out of the dark which said "That which burns never returns"
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[QUOTE 3948682, member: 9609"]iI drove up the night before arriving in the early hours, I had hoped to lie in my bed and listen to the stags roaring, this is the time of year to go 'the rutting season' and it is a fantastic highland sound (best heard from inside a vehicle, when you listen to it from within a tent there is always that nagging worry that you could end up being a participant ) - iether they were no where near where I parked or I slept too well - never heard a noise.
A comfortable night was had sleeping in the van with my bike and its new saddle
Fantastic sunrise (as you can see from @SatNavSaysStraightOn pictures) but I forgot to take any, by the time I set off I was immersed in thick cold damp fog. by the time I got down into the glen it was starting to clear and I got the waterproofs off.
great cycling roads and thankfully few cars.
I just love these dark sinister fast flowing highland rivers, Tummel at Kinloch Rannoch
Schiehallion coming out of the mist above Loch Rannoch.
An odd name for some cottages near the loch, and my bike hidding its modesty behind a leaf.
Hooded Crows - this is about as far south as you get these. (it was exciting for me)
and some Jacob Sheep (i think)
This little tower in the centre of the loch fascinated me, rumour has it the laird locked his wife up there lol
Apparently there was a prison stood here and it was linked to the south shore by a causeway, but the raising of the water for the hydro has now covered it. presumably the folly was built from the stone. The hill in the background is the Munro Meall Buidhe.
So overall it was a good day out and good to meet the others - @Pat "5mph" name is pretty misleading, she whizzes along at a fair rate of knots - I reckon she could be upgraded to pat15mph.
Overall for me on the day it was 45mile with 3000' ascent - certainly a big climb out of the glen at the end of the day. Since I started cycling this is my furthest north, and as you can see from my roads completed map (see sig line) it gives me a great challenge to link it up to my other roads
and finally a picture that I took from a few years ago looking North from Meall Garbh in the Carn Meag hills, shows what a remote mountainous countryside Loch Rannoch is set in. @Pat "5mph" the station would be just off the very left of the picture
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Oh I saw the "Chemical Cottages" too on the lookout for @SatNavSaysStraightOn 's holiday home - what a weird address!
) - iether they were no where near where I parked or I slept too well - never heard a noise.A comfortable night was had sleeping in the van with my bike and its new saddle
Fantastic sunrise (as you can see from @SatNavSaysStraightOn pictures) but I forgot to take any, by the time I set off I was immersed in thick cold damp fog. by the time I got down into the glen it was starting to clear and I got the waterproofs off.
great cycling roads and thankfully few cars.
I just love these dark sinister fast flowing highland rivers, Tummel at Kinloch Rannoch
Schiehallion coming out of the mist above Loch Rannoch.
An odd name for some cottages near the loch, and my bike hidding its modesty behind a leaf.
Hooded Crows - this is about as far south as you get these. (it was exciting for me)
and some Jacob Sheep (i think)
This little tower in the centre of the loch fascinated me, rumour has it the laird locked his wife up there lol
Apparently there was a prison stood here and it was linked to the south shore by a causeway, but the raising of the water for the hydro has now covered it. presumably the folly was built from the stone. The hill in the background is the Munro Meall Buidhe.
So overall it was a good day out and good to meet the others - @Pat "5mph" name is pretty misleading, she whizzes along at a fair rate of knots - I reckon she could be upgraded to pat15mph.
Overall for me on the day it was 45mile with 3000' ascent - certainly a big climb out of the glen at the end of the day. Since I started cycling this is my furthest north, and as you can see from my roads completed map (see sig line) it gives me a great challenge to link it up to my other roads
and finally a picture that I took from a few years ago looking North from Meall Garbh in the Carn Meag hills, shows what a remote mountainous countryside Loch Rannoch is set in. @Pat "5mph" the station would be just off the very left of the picture
Oh I saw the "Chemical Cottages" too on the lookout for @SatNavSaysStraightOn 's holiday home - what a weird address!
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I know the sign from my childhood! It's words are also etched in my mind as well. A very good reminder that carelessness causes fires.
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@SatNavSaysStraightOn your hubby was telling us about your proposed "race" around the loch - I reckoned you should ride to the halfway point, rest then phone him to start from your holiday phone and see who gets back first! Obviously you could ride to Kinloch Rannoch, phone him and say you're at the halfway point... 
Using what phone coverage ?? Satellite ?@SatNavSaysStraightOn your hubby was telling us about your proposed "race" around the loch - I reckoned you should ride to the halfway point, rest then phone him to start from your holiday phone and see who gets back first! Obviously you could ride to Kinloch Rannoch, phone him and say you're at the halfway point...
Cue @SatNavSaysStraightOn really stands for SatelliteNavSaysStartnOw !
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Using what phone coverage ?? Satellite ?
Cue @SatNavSaysStraightOn really stands for SatelliteNavSaysStartnOw !
Semaphore...
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BTW @SatNavSaysStraightOn that was a brilliant road recommendation Blair Atholl to/from Kinloch Rannoch
It would have been soooo much nicer going back if I hadn't been against the clock! But Schehallion "floating" above the mist on the way down will be an abiding memory.
It would have been soooo much nicer going back if I hadn't been against the clock! But Schehallion "floating" above the mist on the way down will be an abiding memory.
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