MTB video - Hannah Barnes - Visit Scotland

[mcshroom]

That is amazing. I was thinking about travelling back up there (on road) this year - now I can't wait

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Nice vid, reminds me of my last mtb tour of Scotland based out of Killin. Managed to plunge my right leg deep into a bog on the first day of riding and was dumped with the nickname bog foot for the rest of the week.

The vid highlights the benefits of a good local guide, while it can be fun to find your own way, you may miss some great trails and you will find the crappy ones.

Time for plan a return trip for maybe 2015.

p.s. brakes don't have to squeak in the wet, either the wrong pads or poor maintenance.

Some great road rides around Killin Loch Tay too.

 

[Salad Dodger]

Thanks for the link ScotiaLass.

Not only is she a great biker, and a lovely lady, but she plays folk music too. I am double in love!

 

[rualexander]

Great film.
Interesting that there are two top female cyclists called Hannah Barnes, one mtb racer and one road racer, and their website names differ only in the suffix, one is .com and the other is .co.uk
confusing!

 

[Ravelin]

Excellent video with some great scenery (and the countryside ain't bad looking either, boom, boom). Must have been filmed this summer by the looks of the weather but luckily they managed to get some rain shots to make it look more like a normal Scottish summer. This sort of thing should be on TV rather than endless soaps and reality tosh, then I might actually watch TV more often. I wonder how they got the aerial shots, UAV?

 

[ScotiaLass]

Excellent video with some great scenery (and the countryside ain't bad looking either, boom, boom). Must have been filmed this summer by the looks of the weather but luckily they managed to get some rain shots to make it look more like a normal Scottish summer. This sort of thing should be on TV rather than endless soaps and reality tosh, then I might actually watch TV more often. I wonder how they got the aerial shots, UAV?

I thought it was great
I also thought UAV for the overhead shots - would be the most obvious...loved them!

 

[MikeW-71]

UAV I reckon for the overheads. Building one has become much more affordable and with new stabilizing tech they are awesome camera platforms. Probably it's a Quadcopter or Hexacopter.

 

[Crackle]

Terrible weather, midges, glorious beaches, fantastic scenery but terrible weather and midges, great tracks but terrible weather and midges, yep, definitely the highlands of Scotland. I can imagine why she's living in Fort Bill for the mtn biking but it's a dour place when all the tourists have gone home.

 

[ScotiaLass]

Terrible weather, midges, glorious beaches, fantastic scenery but terrible weather and midges, great tracks but terrible weather and midges, yep, definitely the highlands of Scotland. I can imagine why she's living in Fort Bill for the mtn biking but it's a dower place when all the tourists have gone home.

You forgot to mention the midges!!!

 

[Crackle]

You forgot to mention the midges!!!

I may have underplayed them.

 

[Crackle]

Here's her write-up of the film and ride

http://www.hannahbarnes.co.uk/2013/12/north-west/

It may be me but I couldn't help notice the references to midges, storms, weirdos and storms. I may well have spent too much time in Scottish mtns in the past to not have a jaded view of such adventures now

 

[mcshroom]

You've obviously been there at the wrong time of year. Early October was midge free when I went touring round the Great Glen and Cairngorms in 2011

 

[Crackle]

You've obviously been there at the wrong time of year. Early October was midge free when I went touring round the Great Glen and Cairngorms in 2011

Nope, I've been there at the right time too. If it's the wrong kind of weather just wait 5 minutes

 

[Pedal pusher]

Great film lets hope visit Scotland use this to extoll the virtues of riding in Scotland MTB and road

 

[ScotiaLass]

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