Deleted account rno
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There will be at least 2 Road Runs on the Saturday at the Gathering of the Clans event.
The Main Run is through the Angus Glens into Royal Deeside (Ballater and Braemar) then over Glenshee in the Scottish Highlands to pick up the road over to Glenisla and back to Glen Clova. This run is about 150 miles and should take about 4.5 hours (inclusive of photo stops/fag breaks and coffee or lunch at Ballater). A photo stop at the Royal Lochnagar distillery might appeal to some whisky drinkers among us.
Depending on numbers here, the Run might be split into two groups. I'll be leading this run with G.C. as a fixed Back Marker.
The additional Main Run (if there is one) will be led by Stumpy assisted by Den as Back Marker. There is a MapSource Route attached for the main run.
For people who don't fancy sitting in the saddle for that amount of time, having travelled a fair old distance the day before and having a return journey home on the Sunday, there'll be a Wee Glens Run from Glen Clova over into the Highlands of Perthshire for a stop off at the smallest distillery in Scotland: Edradour, just outside Pitlochry. This will be within easy riding distance of the hotel but will take in some great wee roads and returning by Glen Isla. There will also be a coffee/lunch stop and plenty of photo/fag stops too. This run will be led by Coolcarbon and assisted by arcboutant. I'm hoping to have this route MapSourced asap. (Edit: See P.S. below)
It seems that an Off-road route isn't possible at this point in time. The last thing we want is a group getting stopped in the middle of nowhere in a "Ger aff my land" scenario.
More details to follow but this is to give people some idea of what to expect.
Ronno
P.S. Here is an idea of where the Wee Glens Run will go and distances/times involved. I've just downloaded it from MapSource. Mike (Coolcarbon) will post up the real deal once he's had a proper run over the route.
The Main Run is through the Angus Glens into Royal Deeside (Ballater and Braemar) then over Glenshee in the Scottish Highlands to pick up the road over to Glenisla and back to Glen Clova. This run is about 150 miles and should take about 4.5 hours (inclusive of photo stops/fag breaks and coffee or lunch at Ballater). A photo stop at the Royal Lochnagar distillery might appeal to some whisky drinkers among us.
Depending on numbers here, the Run might be split into two groups. I'll be leading this run with G.C. as a fixed Back Marker.
The additional Main Run (if there is one) will be led by Stumpy assisted by Den as Back Marker. There is a MapSource Route attached for the main run.
For people who don't fancy sitting in the saddle for that amount of time, having travelled a fair old distance the day before and having a return journey home on the Sunday, there'll be a Wee Glens Run from Glen Clova over into the Highlands of Perthshire for a stop off at the smallest distillery in Scotland: Edradour, just outside Pitlochry. This will be within easy riding distance of the hotel but will take in some great wee roads and returning by Glen Isla. There will also be a coffee/lunch stop and plenty of photo/fag stops too. This run will be led by Coolcarbon and assisted by arcboutant. I'm hoping to have this route MapSourced asap. (Edit: See P.S. below)
It seems that an Off-road route isn't possible at this point in time. The last thing we want is a group getting stopped in the middle of nowhere in a "Ger aff my land" scenario.
More details to follow but this is to give people some idea of what to expect.
Ronno
P.S. Here is an idea of where the Wee Glens Run will go and distances/times involved. I've just downloaded it from MapSource. Mike (Coolcarbon) will post up the real deal once he's had a proper run over the route.