Irn-Bru? Scottish Blethering Thread

[Harry_Palmer79]

"I keep forgetting that you're much older than I am" quoth the Louch on the Arran trip. I'm only 34 you cheeky sod!

34??? Who you kidding?!?!?!?

 

[ScotiaLass]

I wish I was 34....

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Kids these days - always arguing about their ages .....


[goes off to find slippers ... and cardigan ....


... can't remember where they are ... ]

While some of us keep getting unexpected reminders of how age is not just a state of mind

 

[tug benson]

Sheriffmuir was stunning today, stopped of at the Sheriffmuir Inn and ordered a pint of stella..The down hill to Dunblane was fun..Felt slightly tipsy..The wind home from Dunblane to Alloa nearly killed me....Had a good week on the bike

 

[Louch]

after much putting off, went out and done a flat 28 miles. just felt like I was plodding along, and wind sent a chill right through me. feeling rubbish now just over 200 miles since this time last Sunday. good week off that way

 

[MikeW-71]

He loved it

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyje0SVLJSw


Then we rode round to see the Donkeys (half a mile), then up and down the road, then we went to the cycleway from Carlisle to Dalston (5 miles) then several more laps of the garden. Couldn't get him off it

 

[Telemark]

Hehe ... another cycling addict has been created , well done @MikeW-71 !

I'm full of chocolate and tired after another afternoon stint at the allotment ... 2/3 of the tatties now in, one more load to take out on the bike tomorrow ...

T

 

[Scoosh]

He loved it

Then we rode round to see the Donkeys (half a mile), then up and down the road, then we went to the cycleway from Carlisle to Dalston (5 miles) then several more laps of the garden. Couldn't get him off it

Some pretty impressive bike handling skills on display there, @MikeW-71 - a tighter turning circle than I can manage

 

[Edwardoka]

Some pretty impressive bike handling skills on display there, @MikeW-71 - a tighter turning circle than I can manage

Surely oil tankers have a tighter turning circle than a recumbent?

 

[Rasmus]

After this weekend normal hills don't scare me anymore. Double chevrons or it doesn't count!

I took the morning train to Stirling, then headed east to Muckhart and up Glendevon, which turned out to be an annoying false flat ascent. Great view and descent down Gleneagles and onwards to Crieff. Up out of Crieff and into the spectacular Sma' Glen, and then off into the remote wilderness of Glen Quaich, which ended abruptly as the road heads over the hill up one side of the glen. A brutal descent making the fingers hurt from constant braking and lunch at the Courtyard in Kenmore. A final ascent up towards Schiehallion, down to Kinloch Rannoch (which didn't look too different since the last time I visited, in 1994), and westwards to the end of the road at Rannoch station. I can't think of a better way to spend an Easter Sunday.

A few pics taken while waiting for the train at Rannoch (and yes, I really need a new phone with a better camera...)

 

[Louch]

That looks awesome @Rasmus , wish I had half a clue on all these places to go to

 

[Edwardoka]

After this weekend normal hills don't scare me anymore. Double chevrons or it doesn't count!

Fantastic route, fantastic ride, well done! When you said you were in Kenmore I had wondered if you'd ridden via Killin and were going over the Lochan na Lairige road, but it seems that you've done one even more brutal.

P.S. When you visit Rannoch station it's the law that you have to walk about 200 yards into the moorland before sitting down on a footbridge and shouting "it's shite being Scottish!" even if you're Danish!

P.P.S. You wouldn't happen to be going on such travels as a result of a certain Strava group and Veloviewer leaderboard, would you?

 

[Col5632]

After this weekend normal hills don't scare me anymore. Double chevrons or it doesn't count!

I took the morning train to Stirling, then headed east to Muckhart and up Glendevon, which turned out to be an annoying false flat ascent. Great view and descent down Gleneagles and onwards to Crieff. Up out of Crieff and into the spectacular Sma' Glen, and then off into the remote wilderness of Glen Quaich, which ended abruptly as the road heads over the hill up one side of the glen. A brutal descent making the fingers hurt from constant braking and lunch at the Courtyard in Kenmore. A final ascent up towards Schiehallion, down to Kinloch Rannoch (which didn't look too different since the last time I visited, in 1994), and westwards to the end of the road at Rannoch station. I can't think of a better way to spend an Easter Sunday.

A few pics taken while waiting for the train at Rannoch (and yes, I really need a new phone with a better camera...)
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I was driving in that area yesterday and even by car i got lost lol ended up in glen eagles and then it was time for sat nav to go on to get me home Muckhart has a great wee pub for food, its the only reason i know where muckhart is i remember being in dunning glen and thinking this hill would be tuff if i was on the bike

 

[Louch]

Dunning hill isnt that bad.....

 

[Rasmus]

P.P.S. You wouldn't happen to be going on such travels as a result of a certain Strava group and Veloviewer leaderboard, would you?