Criteria- Epic Saturday ride, shorter Sunday ride before being back in central belt for dinner.
Good pub for Friday & Saturday night.
Braemar/Ballater- Maybe less well known than somewhere like Torridon but plenty of good riding, and pretty easily accessible.
Glencoe/Fort Bill- Glencoe on Saturday, bit of Kinlochleven, maybe some uplifts at Glencoe or Fort Bill for couple of hours on Sunday.
Torridon- For obvious reasons.
Due to other commitments I am likely going to manage just the one full weekend away this Summer (aside from races) so I want to make it worth my while. Last couple of years we’ve done road weekends or kept it fairly tame to suit the less experienced in the group, but we’ve jettisoned the mincers this year (fortunately they have other plans anyway) so we can get something more interesting in for the first time in donkeys years.
Would prefer Torridon from a riding perspective, and it’s the only one of the 3 I’ve never ridden (though there’s loads in the other locations I’ve never touched), however I’m also conscious that it’s nearly 2 hours further than somewhere like Braemar, which is a lot more riding time on the Sunday rather than just sitting in a car, so may be better for when we have more than 2 days free. There’s also some folk coming from South of the border, so it’s a long old drive for them.
So what’s riding good these days, any others I’ve missed?