It doesn't get any better.
Today I had to abandon my plans and move horses and all the associated equipment from one livery yard to another when 'our' stables flooded. The 'children' can't do this themselves.
The Children are 26 and 25 !
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It doesn't get any better.
Today I had to abandon my plans and move horses and all the associated equipment from one livery yard to another when 'our' stables flooded. The 'children' can't do this themselves.
The Children are 26 and 25 !
Gordon
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It sure did! Never mind, it was still a good, if wet and windy, ride out. Managed 242 miles on the 850R. Missed the benefit of Packer's headlight once he turned off for Glasgow. Is that thing bright, or what?
Thanks for leading the way, Voyager - a great route.
Some pic of the day
Cheers
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Glad you gents enjoyed your ride out today. I must admit I'm a bit suprised as over the East side of Glenshee it was again a beautiful day with clear blue skies all day....still kicking myself for not going out on the bike
AndyT
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Gordon came over to my house to look at bikes before we headed off to the Log Cabin - and was put to work !
My neighbour's lean-to had shifted in the wind and the roof had sprung. The three of us straightened it and left Tom nailing it back together.
That made us about 30 mins late leaving and as the wind had got up we didn't attempt the Forth road Bridge as we would lose more time if they turned us back. So it was a wet and windy run up the A9 to Perth and then on to Blairgowrie.
We arrived at the Cabin just after 13:00 - to be told that we had missed a couple of BMW Club people who had arrived at 12:15 and gone on after a quick stop. From the description that would be "Bumble Bee Ron" and the Social Sec Bill Gault. Sorry we missed you guys.
As we were getting our waterproofs off - 'Packer' arrived. minus the IAM crowd.
The three of us then had a good lunch and returned via Pitlochry, Aberfeldy, Crieff (well, almost, I took the guys passed the "Famous Grouse Distillery" to avoid the town) then on to Lochearnhead and back through Callender.
Sorry about the slow run guys - I can't see a thing in the dark and wet with this helmet !
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Bikes at the Log Cabin, plus views showing snow.
A good day out.
Voyager.
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My plan to ride out with the IAM Glasgow North was scuppered by an electrical gremlin at my MIL's home outside Kingussie. A quick assessment of the forecast at 07:30 today and I decided to head up on the GS instead of going by car.
Interesting overtaking at a genuine
D )70mph on the A9 and finding yourself running into slush on the road.
Anyway fixed the electrics, left a message and back on the A9 south to try and make lunch at the LCH. Arrived just after 13:00 to see just 2 bikes outside, after I'd missed the turn and ended up in someone's farm yard.
Still, 2 is much better than nil and I found the GS-less Gordon (nearly re-connected) and Bob stripping in the bar as they had just arrived a few minutes earlier.
Home made soup and roll and sausage stoked the fuel supplies and it was soon time for a little trip west and south.
Voyager apologises for being slow due to poor visibility with his current helmet but we still covered plenty of ground and I think that he does himself a disservice, at least as far as I'm concerned, as I wouldn't have upped the pace very much.
Gordon, if you think that the dip beam is good you should see the head beam
, it really is good enough for high speeds after dark. Just need to find a way of making it shine around corners now!
Arrived home shortly before 18:00hrs, over 300 miles for the day and 10 hours on the bike if you include lunch and destroying gremlins.
For anyone who has seen my post requesting info on fixing waterproof membranes in riding gear I can now make a suggestion of my own ..........................get a Scab. I was buying my son a puncture repair kit and pump at Halfords when I saw a box with the brand name Scabs. These are self adhesive puncture repair patches which the blurb stated could also be used for tents, inflatables, plastics etc. I put one Scab in the relevent place in my trousers and no leaks all day. That's 300 miles, much of it in torrential rain and arrived home dry and warm. Never realised how usefull a scab could be.
Thanks to Voyager for leading the way on some roads that I had never ridden before. A good day.
Interesting overtaking at a genuine
D )70mph on the A9 and finding yourself running into slush on the road.Anyway fixed the electrics, left a message and back on the A9 south to try and make lunch at the LCH. Arrived just after 13:00 to see just 2 bikes outside, after I'd missed the turn and ended up in someone's farm yard.
Still, 2 is much better than nil and I found the GS-less Gordon (nearly re-connected) and Bob stripping in the bar as they had just arrived a few minutes earlier.
Home made soup and roll and sausage stoked the fuel supplies and it was soon time for a little trip west and south.
Voyager apologises for being slow due to poor visibility with his current helmet but we still covered plenty of ground and I think that he does himself a disservice, at least as far as I'm concerned, as I wouldn't have upped the pace very much.
Gordon, if you think that the dip beam is good you should see the head beam
, it really is good enough for high speeds after dark. Just need to find a way of making it shine around corners now! Arrived home shortly before 18:00hrs, over 300 miles for the day and 10 hours on the bike if you include lunch and destroying gremlins.
For anyone who has seen my post requesting info on fixing waterproof membranes in riding gear I can now make a suggestion of my own ..........................get a Scab. I was buying my son a puncture repair kit and pump at Halfords when I saw a box with the brand name Scabs. These are self adhesive puncture repair patches which the blurb stated could also be used for tents, inflatables, plastics etc. I put one Scab in the relevent place in my trousers and no leaks all day. That's 300 miles, much of it in torrential rain and arrived home dry and warm. Never realised how usefull a scab could be.
Thanks to Voyager for leading the way on some roads that I had never ridden before. A good day.
Bob.
Sorry we missed you.
We got there about 12:15 and after partaking of a bowl of soup, decided that it looked like no one else was coming. Bill had a fair bit to go (Strichen), so rather than hang about looking spare, I left too. That must have been just the back of 1 o'clock.
The bunkhouse weekend went well, despite the wind and rain. Must say that I've never seen Loch Earn so rough as it was on Friday. The spray was being blown off the surface so it looked like mist hanging about 3 feet above the waves, which, incidentally, were breaking over the road in places. I would have taken a pic, but I value my camera too much to expose it to those conditions. Anybody who went out on a bike on Friday must have had a death wish or a screw loose or both !!! Can't say that I saw any bikes on the road Fri - Sun.
At least it wasn't cold.
See you around
Ron
Sorry we missed you.
We got there about 12:15 and after partaking of a bowl of soup, decided that it looked like no one else was coming. Bill had a fair bit to go (Strichen), so rather than hang about looking spare, I left too. That must have been just the back of 1 o'clock.
The bunkhouse weekend went well, despite the wind and rain. Must say that I've never seen Loch Earn so rough as it was on Friday. The spray was being blown off the surface so it looked like mist hanging about 3 feet above the waves, which, incidentally, were breaking over the road in places. I would have taken a pic, but I value my camera too much to expose it to those conditions. Anybody who went out on a bike on Friday must have had a death wish or a screw loose or both !!! Can't say that I saw any bikes on the road Fri - Sun.
At least it wasn't cold.
See you around
Ron
Cold enough for snow on the road at Drumochter
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