Forecast looks fair for Sunday, cool and dry and it hasn’t rained for a few days, so trails should be running well.
I’ll be there back of 10, silver BMW estate. Hope we get a few turning up. Remember as it’s closed season car parking is free but the Cafe will be shut..
Quick heads up… saw D&G Roads alert that the A76 will be closed at Sanquhar from friday night to monday morning…official diversion is the lengthy one A70 from Cumnock out to M74 and back in on the A702 to Carronbridge!
There’s the back road into Drumlanrig from Sanquhar if you come down the A76 but it’s not a great road.
Head down the A713 from Ayr (castle douglas rd), turn off left after carsphairn onto B729 to Moniave rd then onto thornhill , I use this rd all the time to go up to Ayr and back down to mates at moniaive which is only 10mins from thornhill. Takes a couple of minutes longer than coming down the horrible A76 road and is much more scenic and you’ll be lucky to encounter any traffic at all.
Aye, well worth the long diversion (A few minutes my arse Somafunk!!). Great to see some old and new faces, Just need a dry cold spell in November and we can do that Big Wanlockhead loop.
It’s only 14 odd miles from carsphairn to moniaive, Takes me 20 ish mins (prob coz i know the road really well and a Mk2 Golf is well suited for it 😉 ) and i figure another 8 miles from moniaive to drumlanrig so perhaps 40mins max from carsphairn.
I’m sure you’ll be quicker next time 😀
Sounds like you’s all had a cracking day, i bet the trail conditions were perfect after all this good weather.
Usually 50 mins to the Drum from Prestwick, 90 today!. It’s a lovely drive though, SUW looks worth an explore crossing the road just after Carsphairn, have you ridden it from Dalry to the Sanquhar end at all Soma?
The dangers of grabbing the family P&S camera. One of my clan set it too lowest image quality. This on only discovered just now. Images are rubbish, really rubbish. Sorry!