Oor wee day oot

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Oor wee day oot

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I was fed up readin about you lots proposed meet-up , knowing i couldn't make it :cry: , havin said that, if any of us had proposed it, i suppose us Scottish members could've arranged something :!:

Anyway, myself and a couple of mates went a run today ,(non-stormers) although one has admited to browsing the site occasionally :!: :!:

We did roughly 240 miles round trip ,there were loads of bikes out everywhere :!:

Hope you lot get decent weather , nothin worse than lookin forward to somethin,then gettin rained off ,our weather was mainly good, but got the odd shower ,though not too bad at all ,roads mainly dry :!:

We went via the Erskine Bridge , Loch Lomond, Inveraray ,and up to Oban.
Home via the Green Welly Stop at Tyndrum ,rather than our more usual ferry journey 8O

Here's a few pics .

At the "Rest and be thankfull ".

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Inveraray http://www.inveraraypier.com/tv.html

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Connel Bridge
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This pic taken from a viewpoint above Oban ,looking over to the island of Kerrera ,and the Isle of Mull behind it.
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wow if heaven exists, it will look just like those piccy's :lol:
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Cheers lads...
Aye, was a good wee run, bikes everywhere ,i dont think ive ever seen as many in Oban as i did today, hardly any police anywhere either :wink:
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Wot time you there at?

Me and two others went Perth/Oban/Fort William/Dalwhinnie/Aberfeldy/Perth yesterday, total 287 miles.

We were in Oban between 11 30 and 12 30.

some scenery eh!

:D :D
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bob the builder wrote:Wot time you there at?

Me and two others went Perth/Oban/Fort William/Dalwhinnie/Aberfeldy/Perth yesterday, total 287 miles.

We were in Oban between 11 30 and 12 30.

some scenery eh!

:D :D
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i'd say we were in Oban roughly 1.00 pm -3.30pm, Must've just missed ye , cos we stopped at Connel Bridge around 12.30 , i presume you went over it :?:
Was loadsa bikes parked at various locations oot through Oban :!:
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Nice one Stevie :!: 8)

It sounds like you had a really good ride out :!: Great pic's, some beautiful scenery :!:

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Thanks Stevie :x :x

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Missed my annual holiday to Kintyre then you go and rub it in with Oban and Mull piccies (one of my fav diving destinations) ! 8O

Cheers mate :evil:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Think one o' the guys at the dive club's running an October trip up there, must see if I can get on it. Found out last Friday one of my dive buddies has just applied for citizenship to New Zealand, so it may be the last chance I get to have a boozey dive trip with him :(
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:lol: :lol:

Sorry mate,
i know a while back you said you were goin, i just assumed ye had been :!:
Ps ,we never got our Mull of Kintyre run either this year :(
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Post by bikermike1411 »

Stunning mate!

Me and mine are going to a cottage near Inverness for our honeymoon last week in October - I'm PRAYING for a clear (if chilly) week! Should be great no matter what! :wink:

What about a Scottish bash next year - Easter maybe? It'd give us time to organise it, find a bike friendly campsite (or B+B) to use as a base and muster the troops! I'd be well up for it!
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Inverness area is excellent , a good base for seeing around ,hope the weathers kind to you :!:

Try and make some time to see the area :wink: :wink:

I think some of the forum members have done an Inverness trip ,im sure they met up with some of the guys up here :!: Not sure if Inverness has recovered yet, :lol:
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Post by bob the builder »

Did the Spean to Laggan/Dalwhinnie road alright. A lot of it has been resurfaced and is now as smooth as a baby's elbow. I even gave me tyres a roasting, edges a bit chewed (not too bad for an old boy, the ZX makes old codgers like me look good!!)

Heading up to Skye next week for lunch with me dad, anyone care to join me for a blast?

:D :D :D
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Skye....thats a island i'd like to go to sometime , ive been to Arran , Mull, Bute , and Cumbrae ..
From my dads house in Troon i can see the "paps" of Jura... :)
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