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Any one fancy a week away.
I'm going the Worlds with my Brother in law and then heading north and camping at gairloch for the rest of the week.
I'm also doing a staine on the way up...
Lazy question whens Fort Bill WC?
1st weekend of june 5th n 6th ircc
Half term looks like another road trip!!! IIRC its the start of the midge season 🙁
Yep. They leave me alone n feast on the BiL he's like the anti smidge
Couple of us are going up for the racing, and if the weather's nice will fit in a couple of days riding afterwards, probably Torridon. If it's anything like last year though I'll be heading straight back down the A82 and riding somewhere less wet, like maybe the bottom of a lake or something. To be fair, the midgies really weren't bad last year. I think they'd all drowned.
Lets have a chat next time I see you at an MNPR, I'm sure we can sort out meeting up, even if it's just for a beer on the Saturday night.
Buy some Smidge and a decent midge net.
They usually get the dh open again pretty quick the day after btw, it's pretty cool riding in the tyretracks of the gods. However badly 😆
Coolio
More the merrier
any more interest?
bumpty mcbump.
Booked on at bunroy fri too sunday and then at gairlock from monday night till friday/saturday.
right ho, any one?
I feel current fitness levels a 5 six hour ride is best although I am tempted with a big ride, I am traveling up monday so only have half a day and traveling back sat, so I would like 3 rides so I have some time to mooch around with the BIL and show him some of the sights (and to go for burgers at the badachro Inn...)
what 3 routes would people do?
im thinking
http://www.mtbtrails.info/Trail_Venue.aspx?VenueNumber=27#TrailNumber200
http://www.mtbtrails.info/Trail_Venue.aspx?VenueNumber=27#TrailNumber227
and what else? is the mbr one any good?
Ben Damph circuit is not as good as it used to be. The descent is pretty washed out and trench like linn many places. Another casualty of the summer 2014 storm I think.
Ahh. Any suggests alternatives
There's a good out and back route starting from the locally, but confusingly named "Red Barn" (it's actually green!), on the brand new double track road section between Gairloch and Loch Marree. Theres an obvois bridge over the burn, between two lochans, with a temporary bridge over it. Being an out abd back, make the ride as long or short as you like!
Aye - you can go all the way to the Bothy at the end of Loch na h'Oidhche for a stunning - and very different - view of the Torridon mountains.
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Looking forward to it.
I am also looking forward to mucho coffee at the mountain coffee co.
I was tempted with the applecross n back route
Yep, midge net! Just back from a motorbike ride through Gairloch and up to Gruinard.. was getting bitten in a breeze. HT550 folk must be suffering a bit.