Easter Highland Trail

[paul78]

If weather is more favourable than not I plan at Easter to head up to Tyndrum to ride last years Highland Trail 440 route.

Plan is to set off on Good Friday morning and take roughly 4 ish days .. maybe 5 if weather is nice or photo opportunities plentiful.

Would be great to have some company for some if not all of it :)

[Zippy]

I had Cairngorm loop planned with a friend at Easter, now you're putting ideas in my head...!

[paul78]

well I just hope weather is dry ish :)

[AlasdairMc]

I wish I could do that - Easter is also wife's birthday and our wedding anniversary so little or no chance of being allowed out then. However I suspect your pace is a bit beyond mine anyway...

[RobMac]

What does the Highland Trail 440 route look like?

[johnnystorm]

About 20% shorter than this one :)


http://www.highlandtrail.net/

[RobMac]

Cheers

[paul78]

I am shooting for a finish not a record so if anyone is interested don't worry about the pace .. worst thing that can happen is it takes a little longer than expected and I have to spend more time on my bike than in an office ... i'll cope

[AlasdairMc]

RobMac - I've got the route and PDF maps for the HTR430 if you want them - just send me a PM for the link. I'd rather not share openly as it's from Memory Map so I don't know the licencing restrictions.

However, in simple terms, cut the top loop out of the HTR550 and you're pretty much there.

[ctznsmith]

I just had to check when Easter was, but I'm definitely interested.

[paul78]

Plan is to travel up Thursday night or early Friday morning and can pick anyone up between Newcastle and Tyndrum if on the way

[ctznsmith]

Well I'm in Leeds so probably would have to drive up. What time were you thinking of setting off Friday morning?

[paul78]

Would be good to be moving by 10am so adjust time needed to leave home accordingly :)

[paul78]

... alternate is to get there Thursday night and start straight away bivi down the trail after a few hours riding

[Mike]

Look out for my bike tracks as ill be heading up around the 7th April to ride the route shame im not off later in month i would of joined u.

[Bearbonesnorm]

Look out for my bike tracks

Reckon they might have been scoured from the surface of the earth by then ... or even by the following day

[paul78]

Anyone interested ?

[Zippy]

Anyone interested ?

Yeah, I'm sticking with cairngorm loop as that's what I agreed to first with my friend; otherwise I reckon I would have swapped plans. Enjoy yourself!

[paul78]

Postponed due to deciding to go to Israel instead :)