So Kirkwall to Lerwick is overnight and doesn't run on a Monday night so I guess I'm starting earlier.

I have a fairly fluid plan coming together for mid/late May. I live in East Ross. Plan is to leave on a Saturday morning and start on my normal Coast to Coast route then hook up with the GB Divide route from Glen Calvie then on to camp by food at Garvault. Short day 2 to jump on the ferry from Thurs...

Hoping to do this on Friday/Saturday. I'll be starting from Ballater as the point in the Trail I can get to quickest on Friday morning (from the north). Should be ready to ride by 0930, heading west loop first. I've only got the 2 days available. I'm not fast, but capable of grinding out long days a...

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Tue May 25, 2021 10:12 pm To follow up on Bobs point about light, In could quite easily read a newspaper without any artificial light at theoment and it's past 22:30.

What is this newspaper thing to which you refer old sage?

Brilliant Liam. Looking forward to the story.

Karl wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 5:55 am As reported I'm out. A very stressful work period and no training isn't a healthy combination. Felt stressed before the event, felt stressed on the event, and still feel stressed now. Think I need to make some drastic changes.

Nae luck Karl. Hope you are okay.

Also interested in the Sweet roll. Same questions.

Well done Karl, well done Jon. Both tremendous efforts. Thought i had it sussed ... start on a Friday mid afternoon and have Friday night in the Pine Marten, Saturday Night in the Old Bridge Inn and Sunday on a culinary cruise via Tomintoul for breakfast and Braemar for lunch. Day 1 went according t...

My current plan is to leave BA Friday afternoon aiming to get to Glenmore for a lochside bivvy and a couple of pots in the PM. Aiming for dinner (and more beer) in the OBI Saturday night and a bivvy between there and Forest Lodge.

We'll see.

JayTwizzle wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:21 am Guys I am going to give it another crack this weekend as an ITT. Prob start a bit earlier on Saturday....

I'm on standby to do the same. Weather dependent this time

Same story here. Disappointed, but at the same time glad to be home, dry and warm. Always a learning game. Today's lesson is don't let FOMO get in the way of rationale. Great to meet those I met for the first time today and equally to see those I already know. Howard is pretty amazing, huh. I'll be ...

If I'm in it'll be a 10:00 start for me. I'd need to leave at 07:30 to even be ready for that. I'm seeing some very serious rain forecast from 16:00 Friday until early afternoon Saturday. Fords of Avon will be interesting but the next section could be purgatory. I'll call it tomorrow. The route isn'...

ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 11:34 am Nope. Still usable though (with a sign saying "Don't Enter )

Could be a good target on days 1 and 2 if leaving the Tilt/Fealar bit until Monday.

Sounds like a plan. I'll have the hipflask

htrider wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 8:05 pmOh and without really meaning to, I finished third....

Brilliant effort and a magic weekend. Even for the organisers.

Classic moment with htrider when we both know we've met before and finally suss out it was on the Annat descent 6 years ago.

Think this suits me.

Scotroutes, I have the food and beer stops mapped out . Furrybreeks is showing an interest too.

While out and about in Feshie, it was (mostly) good to see the care and investment being put into the area. The landowner (Danish guy) funded the bothy in Feshie to the tune of £250K and has it very tidy. I learned today that he lost three of his four children in the Sri Lanka terror attacks :cry: ...

Bigtalljohn/Pete/whatever... I might be up for that. Keep in touch if you fancy some company on yer pink shopper.