Spectre
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Finished work Tuesday morning and set off straight away for a flat out blast from Thurso to Cairnryan for the 1930 sailing home. With a delayed departure due to a heavy frost and not trusting the gritting on the A9 .(mate went through the hedge in his car the week before) Not that it mattered as it was wanging it down 10 minutes out of Thurso and blowing a hooley the whole way to Inverness.
After a quick top up it was on down the A9 towards Perth and the temperature was soon dropping as I climbed into the Cairngorms, nearly as quick as the quality of driving. But the sun soon put in a appearance on the way through Drumochter and it was a beautiful panorama, possibly the most dramatic I've seen with the snow thick to the road edge and mountains like white whales! Too cold for stopping though and I pressed on with only one mad woman in her trusty Mondeo forcing avoiding action to prevent a head on collision.
After Perth it was a steady run through Glasgow and down to the boat.
This was the second big run since the engine rebuild and pretty much sorted the mileage for running it in. I still think the bike sounds different and can't get used to it but as long as she gets me were I'm going I'm happy! Apologies for the lack of pics but I wasn't stopping for anything.... Maybe on the way back!
After a quick top up it was on down the A9 towards Perth and the temperature was soon dropping as I climbed into the Cairngorms, nearly as quick as the quality of driving. But the sun soon put in a appearance on the way through Drumochter and it was a beautiful panorama, possibly the most dramatic I've seen with the snow thick to the road edge and mountains like white whales! Too cold for stopping though and I pressed on with only one mad woman in her trusty Mondeo forcing avoiding action to prevent a head on collision.
After Perth it was a steady run through Glasgow and down to the boat.
This was the second big run since the engine rebuild and pretty much sorted the mileage for running it in. I still think the bike sounds different and can't get used to it but as long as she gets me were I'm going I'm happy! Apologies for the lack of pics but I wasn't stopping for anything.... Maybe on the way back!
