NC5OO This weekend

[stuartb]

Ucht lads its lousy.. we headed to our hotel in Inverness and skipped the best bit..at least we got to Applecross... just text Loupe there think he might come meet us for a pint when hes finished work.

Weather yday was lovely..see images, today was lousy. Got soaked thru as we blasted thru the rain to reach Inverness.

Anyhow heres some images.. we had a good hard run up to Loch Maree...in Jurys Inn drying out at present..... Iain booked it..124 PLUS VAT lol.. with no breakfast..till I charmed the receptionist Olga into giving us comp brekkie.. so Indian tonight after a swim/sauna etc...

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[Eddie]

Applecross Inn fish supper in the sun, cannae whack it!

Hope the weather improves for your run back down the road.

 

[soofsayer]

Nice pics Stu. Glad to read you're making the best of things. Tipping it down here too this aft.

 

[stuartb]

Pants weather... Away for a sauna
. Loupes heading in to see us at 530. Those Highland Cattle were just sitting at the side of the road..lol.. they were pretty tame.

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[Loupe]

Was good to catch up with you and the lads Stu, just a pity the weather is so bad.
Enjoy your curry and tell Joe I sent you, he might even give you a free papadum.

 

[stuartb]

Here right now Mmmmm. Looks excellent mate... cheers looks like a great shout lol

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[stuartb]

Nice and dry today..just about to leave. The run down Loch Ness side to Spean Bridge is epic.. Then the A86 to Dalwhinnie is just sensational..its been discussed on here loads of times..Aberfeldy to Crianlarich is a favourite of Jimmy Macs the elevated views of Loch Tay are sensational...looks like a braw wrap up to the weekend lads...

See you soon

S

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[JimmyMac]

Glad you had a good run Stuart, take care on the last stretch, "sun oot guns oot" and all that.

JimmyMac

 

[stuartb]

Jimmy who was I kidding.. it was nothing short of a nightmare coming home.

The weather turned bad again about 20 mls South of Inverness. We stopped at Fort William soaked thru..and freezing cold.

Glen Coe was mental..driving rain poor vis made for a hellish run home... the rain was almost horizontal...total nightmare.. took 20 mins to defrost in the shower then crashed out for 3 hours lol

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[Loupe]

What a nightmare Stu, typical that the weather was against you.
Its hard to get the guys together and for you all to get the same time off for it to turn into a washout.

 

[stuartb]

My bike is bogging

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[soofsayer]

Is that something to do with jobbies?

Sorry you had bad luck with the weather, thought it was going to be good for you today .

 

[stuartb]

Totally bogging.. shes getting garaged... and cleaned later
..a trusty steed she was, battled throught that freezing monsoon for well over 100 miles...

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[soofsayer]

So it stopped raining when you got home?

 

[stuartb]

Few miles out of Inverness it started bucketing Soof. We reached Fort William and then fueled up at Glencoe petrol station... remember me you jimmy and cant mind his name (portuguese guy) stopped at it... we looked through the valley it looked like Mordor.. black as anything.. lol. Horizontal rain till I got home.... then it turned lovely..hahaha. typical.. we never done the A86.. just straight home.. horrible weather

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[RacersEdge]

Bringing this back up again.... out of interest, what are the weeks to avoid for mosquito's on the NC500??

 

[stuartb]

Bringing this back up again.... out of interest, what are the weeks to avoid for mosquito's on the NC500??

Haha. The midgies you mean.... vicious wee buggers.. dont think theres any time other than early spring mate.. just go with it take some repellant with you.

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[Kennybush]

the wee *******s are out early this year!!! Normally not to bad until mid july, but they been bad already this year. Get some smidge and you'll be alright

 

[DCB]

Avon, Skin so soft is the stuff you want, smell like a Nancy but keeps the midges well away


Daz

 

[2002sportevo]

I'm doing the NC500 this weekend, well leaving tomorrow and back down the road on Saturday - roughly 900 mile round trip. Weather has been great the past few days and bloody typical, it now looks dire on Friday when I'll be heading from Gairloch to Thurso........fookin weather :numbness: