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snorri
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- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Hi Brandane, Glad to hear you got beyond the end of your street, the most difficult part of any tour IMV
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Did you see my PM?
.Did you see my PM?
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Half way! Stirling to Strathtay near Pitlochry today, much of it with a breeze at my back. The statutory rain of course, but only a few showers this afternoon. I love Perthshire, probably my favourite area for cycling outside of France. The River Tay today....
Why I love Perthshire...
Why I love Perthshire...
Bobby Mhor
Guru
- Location
- Behind You
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Day 2 checked off the list. At Stirling and only a third of the way to JoG. Scotland is bigger than we think. Was great to meet @bruce1530 today and have some company from Irvine to Glasgow. As he said, not a tragic amount of rain, and a tailwind for pretty much the entire 77 miles today. I fear tomorrow could be different if the forecast is true...
I'll say - I get on a ferry at 7am, leave Ullapool at 9.30 (driving) and rarely make the borders before 6pm
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Many thanks Sir!
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Seriously? The timing of your post would be about right for it to have been me! Blue bike, 2 red panniers on rear, wearing a red hi viz advertising the charity, and (don't tell anyone!) a black plastic hat.@Brandane we just saw some poor bogger cycling north in the Drumochter(?) Pass, take care, Sir
Prior to the summit I would have been standing on the pedals trying to maintain 7 mph and probably shouting and swearing at the wind.
Once round the corner at the summit, the same wind was at my back and I was freewheeling at 25 mph.. But it was brutal heading into it. Now at Aviemore and not got far to go to BoG..
Bobby Mhor
Guru
- Location
- Behind You
The post for some reason popped up as I posted another post on the A9 west of Perth...
so it would have been at least 30 mins, 45 mins, maybe an hour earlier..but the person we saw was on the what I took to be a path(or old road) at the location, I never noticed any red or panniers though but we'd just been close called by a lorry cutting in on us...I can verify the wind strength as we were getting blown about as we headed south then west.
We (the Mrs) were heading back down from Inverness.....
Keep going, Mr B..
Kudos to you and safe journey north.
Edit : @Brandane, I checked time I sent an email when I was in Pitlochry and it placed us in the middle of Drumochter at midday...
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Next overnight stop, Tain.
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
I reckon it must have been me. There weren't too many other eejits out in that wind yesterday! I saw one group of 4 roadies but they were heading south. One MTB'er who was also going south.
iandg
Legendary Member
- Location
- Dumfries and Galloway
Hope the weather's better on the east coast 
Bobby Mhor
Guru
- Location
- Behind You
It had to be you..
I saw no other nutters
Mrs M is highly impressed at you..
she had said 'dedicated, thoughtful and more likely, nuts'
Keep truckin'
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Tell Mrs M she got the last bit right!It had to be you..
I saw no other nutters
Mrs M is highly impressed at you..
she had said 'dedicated, thoughtful and more likely, nuts'
Keep truckin'
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Brandane
Legendary Member
- Location
- Costa Clyde
Mo1959
Legendary Member
- Location
- Perthshire,Scotland
I agree about Perthshire being one of the nicest counties in Scotland!
Small donation made...........good luck.
Small donation made...........good luck.
