Scotland Here We Come!

[gumpt1oo]

In 4 weeks time, myself and 3 mates are heading up to Scotland for 5 days. There will be 2 Scramblers a 790 Bonnie, and an SE Bonnie on the trip.
The routes are set in the sat-nav, and the hotels are all booked, I can't wait!
We set of from my house in South Cumbria and ride to Kinlochleven on day 1, 316 miles
This is the route
Home to Kinlochleven - A motorcycle ride in South Lakeland, England
and this is the hotel
Scottish Highlands Hotels - Loch Leven Hotel, North Ballachulish
Day 2 we ride from Kinlochleven, do a lap of the Isle of Skye, and stay at the Kyle of Lochalsh, 231 miles
The route, (I am really looking forward to the lap of Skye) Kinlochleven to Kyle of Lochalsh - A motorcycle ride in Kinlochleven, Scotland
and this is the hotel,
The Kyle Hotel - The Kyle Hotel-Home - Bespoke Hotels
Day 3 we ride from the Kyle of Localsh to the Kyle of Tongue, via Applecross, 253 miles
the route, Kyle to Tongue via Applecross - A motorcycle ride in Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The hotel, benloyal
Day 4 we ride from the Kyle of Tongue to Dunkeld, 265 miles
the route, Tongue to Dunkeld - A motorcycle ride in Tongue, Scotland
the hotel,
Dunkeld Hotel | Hotel in Dunkeld
Then on day 5 it is back home to Milnthorpe, 257 miles
Dunkeld to Milnthorpe - A motorcycle ride in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Just over 1300 miles providing we don't get lost!
We just need Shane to arrange some sunshine!
I will take lots of pics.

 

[Rocky]

Oh man, that's fantastic!!!!
Have a great time and be safe.

 

[CarlS]

That looks like an awesome trip! You all ride safe and enjoy - and take pics.

 

[DaveM]

Wow Steve that is very nice you guys are going to have a great time and we can look forward to one of your great ride reports

 

[shanered6]

Steve I can give you some great places to see on Skye , are you coming up on the A9 or up through Aberdeen ?

 

[keystiger]

Watch out your heading into the land of the Wiley Shanered6......many have entered few have left

Sounds a WONDERFUL totally trip green with envy TAKE LOTS OF PICS!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Mad On Triumphs]

Just fantastic, I hope that you have a brilliant and safe trip, and as has been said, your pictures and reports are going to be well worth the wait.

 

[gumpt1oo]

Steve I can give you some great places to see on Skye , are you coming up on the A9 or up through Aberdeen ?

Hi Shane, we are doing a clockwise starting up the west side, across the top and then down through the Cairngorms, so we do some of the A9 on the way down from Brora to Inverness, then the A9/M90 from Dunkeld to Queensferry. I would post a map but I haven't figured out how to do that yet!
The links show the routes though.
I would be interested to know about places to see on Skye, we have planned a full days ride around Skye.

 

[shanered6]

Steve I will sort some stuff out for you , what day are you going thought the cairn gorms ? And are you going over the spital of glenshee and down to breamar .
If so I will try and meet you some were it will give me a good reason to get out on the bike.

 

[gumpt1oo]

Steve I will sort some stuff out for you , what day are you going thought the cairn gorms ? And are you going over the spital of glenshee and down to breamar .
If so I will try and meet you some were it will give me a good reason to get out on the bike.

Hi Shane, we are coming through the Cairngorms on Saturday 7th June.We will be coming through Nairn, Grantown on Spey, Tomintoul, past the Ski Centre, Cock Bridge to Ballater. Then the A93 through Braemar over the Spittal of Glenshee to Blairgowrie, then across to our Hotel in Dunkeld.

 

[shanered6]

Awesome I could meet you at grantown and ride over to braemar with you , that'll be Funnily enough I'm going to grantown on spay this weekend with the caravan .

 

[gumpt1oo]

Awesome I could meet you at grantown and ride over to braemar with you , that'll be Funnily enough I'm going to grantown on spay this weekend with the caravan .

Hi Shane, yes that would be great! I have no mobile phone at the minute, but I will PM you the number when I get a new one.
I will have to work out timings to see what sort of time we will arrive in Grantown on Spey.

 

[gumpt1oo]

All packed and ready for off!
Weather forecast looks "interesting"!!!!!!!

 

[hemibee]

Be safe and have a great trip.

 

[DaveM]

Well let's hope the weather holds out for you then

 

[CarlS]

That is a really good looking bike. Here's wishing you a fun, safe trip. I'm looking forward to the pics.

 

[gumpt1oo]

Well we had a great time in Scotland. We had all 4 seasons in 5 days, heavy rain, fog, hail, and warm sunshine!
The first 200 miles were very wet, so the camera did not see the light of day. After that it gradually improved with Friday and Saturday very warm and clear blue skies. There ended up with 5 of us on the trip, 2 Bonnies, 2 Scramblers, and a Can Am Spyder! They are awesome machines!
I will post some pics up later, but here is a video I have put together the trip.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryd5QYV_rGo&feature=em-upload_owner

 

[Rocky]

The video wouldn't play for me.
The message said "this video is private."

 

[gumpt1oo]

The video wouldn't play for me.
The message said "this video is private."

Try this one Rocky, I have just re-set the privacy settings.

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryd5QYV_rGo&feature=em-upload_owner

 

[Rocky]

Lovely country. Well done