Featured Touring 1st Annual? Scotland Road Trip 13th-18th May 2018

Good stuff Dougie.

 

For anyone looking for a good breakfast when we're away the following places are recommended
Monday Tyndrum..http://www.therealfoodcafe.com/uploads/1/2/9/4/12945808/breakfast_menu.jpeg
http://www.therealfoodcafe.com/menus.html

Tuesday,a 5 min walk from the hostel is the Inchree chalets there is a pub where they could do breakfast for us i've to give him a phone a couple of days before if anyone decides to go there
http://www.inchree.co.uk/

Wednesday the Hostel does cooked breakfasts we just have to let them know the night before

Thursday The Royal Hotel which is not far from the Hostel apparently does a great breakfast, i would have to phone them a few days in advance

Friday I was going to stop off at the Glenshee Ski Centres "Tea at the Shee" as we will be passing it, it's 9 miles from Braemar
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowU...ki_Centre-Braemar_Aberdeenshire_Scotland.html

 

Well we are all going to Need breakfast, so I'm happy to have a big breakfast cooked for me each day for a small fee. No washing up! Bonus

 

Fish and Chips at the Real Food Cafe on Sunday night is a must-do. Top Nosh!!!

 

It certainly sounds a fantastic bike trip . Wish I could join in. Anyways have a lovely trip n ride safe

 

Rich, is the intention to try & ride home all in one hit? I personally would like to divvy it up over 2 days, covering the lions share on the Sat? If you guys are going with option 1, I'll book something around the 300/350 mile mark for myself.

 

We are getting @dilligaf staying with us at the Hostel in Braemar on the Thursday and i've managed to get him squeezed in at the Hotel in Drymen

 

Don't forget to contact the local Co-op stores to ensure they've enough JD on the shelves.

 

Sounds good to me. I'll look into it mate. See if we can find a nice route back. Atm it's you me and Doug cos Martin has to leave a day early.

 

Had plans to go to Scotland this May with my mate Gordon
Unfortunately he’s still feeling the effects of a hip replacement he had before Christmas and can’t ride a bike for a few months yet and doesn’t think he’ll be able to do the trip
So I messaged @Dougie D and asked him if it would be possible to tag along from the Thursday stop at Braemar
Thanks to his efforts I’ve salvaged my Scotland trip as I already had the Thursday and Friday booked off from work
This gives me 3days riding and 2nights away
So a massive thanks from me to Dougie for his sterling efforts in organising this trip and allowing me join in at this late stage
Cheers Dougie I owe you a drink

 

Be great to have you along mate. Looking forward to seeing your bike moving.

 

Hi @Jockstew how are getting on with finding suitable campsites?

 

Well well well, the wife's booked us a cottage in a village called Taynuilt for nine nights going next Monday. I've just had a look on the map and found it's just about 25 miles from Tyndrum. So I think a little recce will be on the cards, try out the food at least if not the beer.
Check out the roads too. Really looking forward to the trip in May. In fact I think I'll get some of that visor rain repellent stuff.

 

Remember and bring your thermals Andy!! your'e only about 10 miles from Oban so you can check out that fish restaurant too..We will be passing Taynuilt on our Monday run..really looking forward to it myself If you get a chance take a wander down to Taynuilt Pier some lovely views..mind you lovely views everywhere!
Enjoy your hols Andy

 

The end of the pier restaurant in Oban is very good, and sitting there watching the sun set over the island and the ferries arrive.

 

This is the place I want to try :-
https://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Resta...eafood_Hut-Oban_Argyll_and_Bute_Scotland.html
Unfortunately it closes for the winter and opens some time in March. I'm hoping it's early March. Otherwise I'll have to wait till May.

 

I've booked myself a room at the Balmoral Hotel (looks like a pub) in Moffat for the Saturday night 12th May. So that's a nice easy 170 miles late Saturday afternoon ride, a few beers, a curry maybe, a film and a good kip. Then a leisurely breakfast on Sunday and another easy 110 miles to meet the rest of you at Tyndrum. I say maybe a curry, I might get into the spirit of things and have haggis and chips.

 

Andy, there is a good Indian grub place just down from the Balmoral...next to the hardware shop and down the stair,very tasty! Our Guzzi club overnighter booze up was over the road in the Buccleuch Arms in January

 

Cheers for the info, might try that. I'm addicted to spice.

 

Have you chosen your route from Moffat to Tyndrum? The M74 to Glasgow and up the side of Loch Lomond is the most direct but pretty boring. Conversely the 701 from Moffat to Edinburgh is a popular bike route that gives you a run up the M9 to Stirling then sweeping bends all the way through to Tyndrum.