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stuartb

stuartb

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Haven't been out on my road bike for a few weeks, so when my wee mate Mick fancied a midweek run I jumped at the chance.

Always fancied the Glenshee Road as a loop, me, Rob Carson and mates almost done it a few weeks ago but ran out of time.

With Glenshee in mind we set of at 10am from Balloch, up to the Welly, Dalmally twisties, crossed Connel Bridge, "I really need to stop there sometime and take pic's, the scenery at the bridge is simply astonishing". Hugged the coast road (Loch Linnhe) up to Fort Bill stopping at Creagan Bridge for pics.

A86 to Kingussie and on to the A95 Cockbridge to Tomintoul Road dropping down into Royal Deeside, Ballater, Braemar, through Glenshee, Blairgowrie, Braco, bit of the A9 to Stirling, Drymen and Home. All told 350 miles, 11 hours of which 9 were in the saddle.

Weather was stunning, hot and sticky matching our tyres, got a charge on in places but on the whole we took it easy and soaked up the views for a change. I've added some pics for those that fancy the same route..

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What great pictures Stuart!
What could be better? Quiet roads, beautiful weather and two friends soaking it all up!
Our annual trip to Bony Scotland was cancelled this year due to the bloody virus and uncertainty about hotels being open being the culprit!

Will be there next year hopefully, to experience it all again!
 
Thanks lads, the roads were empty so total freedom and use of the full width in places [emoji3]

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Great pics and looks like some great riding

Was heading into europe in Sept but looking that that might not be so likely
Maybe north is the place to be - not so sure the weather in sept would be so inviting and they might have closed the border by then !

Glad you had a great time - got to take while we can
 
Great write up and photos Stu, really glad you had an excellent day on the bike [emoji41]
 
Thanks a lot for the comments lads, we knocked it off with the weather right enough... really wasn't overly impressed with that Glenshee stretch and neither was Mick, certainly not a route we'll redo in a hurry our roads over the west coast are in superior condition still... was a great day out and one ticked off the list.

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Fantastic pictures Stuart. Thanks for posting. You can't beat Scotland when the weather is kind.
My bike is still stuck in Spain. Waiting to hear from FE as to when I can get it shipped back.
 
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