Scotland Weekend - June 2015

[adlewis90]

Thanks for arranging tarbo! Sion really enjoyed the camping experience!

[gracesmith100]

Ditto, Ta very much for opening the invitation, had a blast, with the exception of the fire road diversion ;-) Hope Ae was good.

[adlewis90]

Jun 9, 2015 16:24:39 GMT gracesmith100 said:

Ditto, Ta very much for opening the invitation, had a blast, with the exception of the fire road diversion ;-) Hope Ae was good.

That diversion really tested our love for cycling, it was horrific!

[Dan B]

Spot on buddy thanks for arranging the campsite, let me know the dates that suit in October for Inners and I'll sort the... house! ? sent your shock off today so will keep you posted.

[jburns]

Great weekend, great to meat you all

[Tarbo]

A big thanks to all those that made the effort to get up to Scotland for a weekend of riding some different trails. 16 people made the effort to get up there, including Tony with his broken shoulder who had come up with Jen to do some walking

Most of us met up early Friday morning at Tebay Services for some breakfast before moving on to the campsite where the fun really began. Once there we met Grace and her Tardis of a Fiat 500. While most of us got our tents up, Adam decided to break one the poles on the 'Ad Lewis Palace of Love'. Those of you that know Adam will know that the red mist would usually descend on him and the tent wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes. However, he kept his cool and left the tent half pitched ready for the night. Luckily enough, a couple of us had brought spare tents. Panic over

Once done we made our way tho Dalbeattie trail head where we met Buffypara who was going to join us. A great 17 mile trail with a number of black sections thrown in the keep people on their toes.

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Saturday saw us drive over the Kirroughtree and take in the red / black trail. The weather was a bit overcast but we thought we'd get away with it. Having got to the point where the black and red split, a number of people decided that they'd like to do the red leaving 7 of us to continue on the black. After we'd played about on The Slab we then got sent on 3 mile diversion due to logging, it was at this point that the heavens opened and we got caught in a downpour. After about 10 minutes of riding through it, the rain stopped and the sun came out. This weather stayed with us for the rest of the ride and soon enough we were back at the centre for some food and a shower.

Kirroughtree



































After packing up the tents on Sunday morning we made said our goodbyes to Grace and Ann Marie who were going for a walk and then doing Dalbeattie again, and headed off to Ae for the last ride of the weekend. And as it turned out, the best one too. Only a short trail but it packs a lot into it's 13 miles. Big descents and a couple of big climbs. Once done we showered and had one of the biggest burgers I'd ever see.

Ae






























All in all a great weekend with great company. Lots of good riding on display and lots of good banter. A big thanks to everyone that made the weekend a success.

[misterg]

Some cracking pictures there!

Looks like you all had a great time.

[buffypara]

Some great photos there, Tarbo. Fortunate timing that we were able to meet up with you for the weekend, although I think I preferred our accommodation Good to have company on the trails. First time I'd ridden Dalbeattie red and loved it. Also managed another lap of Dalbeattie and a lap of Mabie later in the week, too.

[Tony L]

Good pictures there tarbo, including Chris's little dribble, good weekend away even if I was walking, hopefully back on the bike for the next one

[Rupert]

It was great it worked out that we were in Scotland at the same time Here are a few photos Mrs Rupert took round Dalbeatttie on the first day, and a couple of mine from Kirroughtree before the rain.The ones of the slabs came out quite well...