Nice weather due tomorrow...

[AndyR34]

Anyone up for a ride out tomorrow?

Weather is due to be lovely (if a little chilly), need to bed in my new rear pads and use up my mileage so I can coincide my mileage and calendar-based service... not much of an excuse but I'll stick with it

Probably do a Aviemore, Tomintoul, Alford loop but may go wider if anyone wants to.

Andy

 

[SteveT]

Or you could just walk down the road and ask if I'm "up for a ride"

SteveT

 

[AndyR34]

But it's miles...

Done, what time/route Amigo...?

A

Gracias

 

[gerarddwatts]

Go steady...it was -5 at first light and -3 at 10 in the shade here....

 

[AndyR34]

Go steady...it was -5 at first light and -3 at 10 in the shade here....

Cheers Gerard,

Were the roads clear and salted? Snow cameras look good on the hills...



Andy

 

[SteveT]

But it's miles...

Silly me, I forgot, your legs are even shorter than mine

Done, what time/route Amigo...?

Your ride, your times.

But, as Gerrard has mentioned, the temps take their time to get above freezing. I only saw +2 this morning on the coast at 11am , so might I suggest we make a move no earlier than 10am

Here's the Norgies vesion of our weather for tomorrow:-

http://www.yr.no/place/United_Kingdom/Scotland/Aviemore/hour_by_hour.html

Pop down when your ready for the off

SteveT

 

[AndyR34]

Cool (literally), see you around 10ish.

A

 

[gerarddwatts]

-4 just now...10.30 pm, roads clear but will be salted. My mates on call out in Banff on gritters 2mrw so there will be salt. Dry salt no problem if you wash it off when you get home....not an option here as outside taps all been frozen for days! Hence I'm taking L/R to BMW lunch @ Inverurie tommorrow! Why not call in? Hopeville Club, Harlaw Road

 

[AndyR34]

Sounds like a good idea, will see what SteveT says and try and pop by. I assume it's not an invitation-only gathering?

Andy

 

[JimmyMac]

Will be Fife, Crieff, Tyndrum then Oban today, breaking in a new Tosser and a K1600, I'll be on 30yr GSA.

JimmyMac

 

[Mr Derek]

Blimey, I don't arf miss Britain

It's about 15c here atm and will get warmer during the week We have had a bit of a problem with wind, fnar, fnar, but that has dropped this morning, so a ride out is on the agenda. Need to be careful going up into the mountains. Temperature dropped by 10c last week between sea level and 1000m. I almost had to put the more-than-adequate-for-here heated grips on.

Apparently the Spanish for retired is smugbastardo

 

[AndyR34]

Cheers BristolSaint (I can think of another pair of words beginning with BS... ;-) ), it was actaully a really good day.

SteveT and I set off with a slightly different route in mind, did a run along the coast then headed south to Inverurie to meet up with Gerard et al. Roads were dry (ish), very gritty and white but thankfully I only felt it slide the once (!).

Stunning sunshine from the outset, the Moray coast really is a beautiful place

Arrived at the Social Club to be greeted and invited in, friendly folk with a bacon sarnie and piping hot tea meant a good laught was had, always good to put a face to a name. Don't think this will be the last time we set out this way on the 4th Sunday of the month...

Came back over the hills (Tomintoul -ish, Cabrach, Craigellachie then home) before washing the inch of much off and settling down to Sunday lunch, does it get any better?

A few photos (didn't take many as we were too busy avoiding lumps of snow and bl**dy crazy car drivers...).

A really good day and blew the cobwebs away.

 

[gerarddwatts]

Great to see you both...as you say good to remember there are real people in this virtual world...see you again I hope.

Had a great run over and took this photy....some of you old geezers may remember the old devils Elbow on the old A93 going up to the Cairnwell...its still there..

https://gdwatts.smugmug.com/A93/i-KP3mtXV/0/L/20160228_110203-L.jpg

 

[SteveT]

Firstly, thanks to andy for the shout for a run out . Crackin day for a ride

Second, a big thanks to Gerrard and his pals for making 2 strange (well, they were riding bikes in the winter) strangers feel most welcome. Great to meet you all and share in your tales of riides gone by. I think we will, in Arnie styly "be back"

Couple of photo's from my point and click






Steve T

 

[Mr Derek]

Respect!!!!

 

[West coast gser]

Firstly, thanks to andy for the shout for a run out . Crackin day for a ride

Second, a big thanks to Gerrard and his pals for making 2 strange (well, they were riding bikes in the winter) strangers feel most welcome. Great to meet you all and share in your tales of riides gone by. I think we will, in Arnie styly "be back"

Couple of photo's from my point and click






Steve T

not a bit of snow where I am ..nice dry roads tho gritted to hell ..

 

[Reggie P]

great photos.