Post lockdown tour - Five Ferries

[bruce1530]

Just read your 2018 report; you must have been shifting to get round it so quickly!

Me? Shifting? You must be kidding!

averaged less than 20km/h

 

[Slick]

Me? Shifting? You must be kidding!

averaged less than 20km/h

My guess would would have been that the section section out of Tighnabruich would have been the toughest bit?

 

[Dwn]

Me? Shifting? You must be kidding!

averaged less than 20km/h

That’s pretty good considering the 3 mile hill out of Sannox and the Portavedie to Colintraive section! I will be travelling somewhat slower

 

[bruce1530]

For every slow uphil there’s a fast down, and the haul along the a78 from wemyss bay to Ardrossan is flat

 

[bruce1530]

Also, plenty of opportunity for a break, more than half of the trip was either on a ferry, or waiting for one

 

[Dwn]

Just as an aside, for anyone who has taken panniers on these ferries, so you leave them on the bike during the crossing? Thinking about the Ardrossan and Wemyss Bay ferries in particular. I’ll have a top tube bag with bank cards etc, which I will detach when on board

 

[Tail End Charlie]

I left my panniers on the bike, taking the bar bag with valuables.

 

[bruce1530]

Ardrossan ferry, car deck is locked when at sea.

 

[Bored Man]

I’ve done the ride a few times in both directions and plan to do it again once allowed. I’ll be including the Kintyre peninsular as well, which I’ve also done, but not as one large loop. Just hoping for good weather and a tail wind out of Campbeltown...

 

[Dwn]

I’ve done the ride a few times in both directions and plan to do it again once allowed. I’ll be including the Kintyre peninsular as well, which I’ve also done, but not as one large loop. Just hoping for good weather and a tail wind out of Campbeltown...

Out of curiosity, was it easier or harder doing it from Bute or Arran first? We are planning to start at Brodick.

 

[Bored Man]

Out of curiosity, was it easier or harder doing it from Bute or Arran first? We are planning to start at Brodick.

Brodick is a great start point and gets the biggest climb of the route out of the way on the first leg - allowing for recovery on the ferry across to Claonaig. It’s also the most scenic..

Did you say you were staying in Tarbert? I’ve had a couple of good nights there chatting with the locals.. even camped in someone’s garden one night at their invitation

 

[Dwn]

Brodick is a great start point and gets the biggest climb of the route out of the way on the first leg - allowing for recovery on the ferry across to Claonaig. It’s also the most scenic..

Did you say you were staying in Tarbert? I’ve had a couple of good nights there chatting with the locals.. even camped in someone’s garden one night at their invitation

Yes, we’ve never been to Tarbert but had good reports about it. I’m told there is a very good chippy!