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  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195

  • vincesummerskRoxcBTr
    vincesummerskRoxcBTr Posts: 1,095
    Sunny Day in the Borders at last!
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818

  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    edited May 2021


    No filters on this. Genuinely electric green fields
  • johngti
    johngti Posts: 2,508
    Ben6899 said:

    That last one looks like Adelaide.

    LOLZ!! Did anyone ever work out why some pictures apparently randomly get rotated?
  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Where are you riding @mrB those are super pics!
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    shirley_basso said:

    Where are you riding @mrB those are super pics!

    Been in the Highlands the last two weeks. The coastal ones are from Arran and then in the Trossachs after that. One day took bikes on ferry across Loch Lomond and rode to Aberfoyle. This morning rode along Loch Katrine which is 13 miles of road closed to cars.

    Back home now though ☹
  • airwise
    airwise Posts: 248

    Only climb that I could not handle. 45%. Simply could not keep the front wheel down. The Scanuppia in Italy.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    I was lucky last weekend in choosing the right time to go away, and not only got the right weather, but also got a cycling freedom pass.
    I decided to be a cycle-tourist and take my time and lots of photos. It also dawned on me that we could play a game of guess the route.

    Question is, is there any appetite for this game and 25 photos before I upload?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    pblakeney said:

    I was lucky last weekend in choosing the right time to go away, and not only got the right weather, but also got a cycling freedom pass.
    I decided to be a cycle-tourist and take my time and lots of photos. It also dawned on me that we could play a game of guess the route.

    Question is, is there any appetite for this game and 25 photos before I upload?


    Mate, get uploading!
    Ben

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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,823
    pblakeney said:


    Question is, is there any appetite for this game and 25 photos before I upload?

    Do it
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    edited June 2021
    You asked for it! 🤣

    Guess the route. Part 1.
    I have held back a couple of landmark photos in case they make it too easy.

    Edited to be in the correct order.

















    The problem with planning an unfamiliar route using road maps. The surface.
    The above was one of the good parts suitable for stop/starting. 😱







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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    edited June 2021
    Guess the route Part 2.
























    Anybody fancy their own bit of Strade Bianchi to get to the house?




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    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • Dorset_Boy
    Dorset_Boy Posts: 7,572
    North Coast 500? Aroond the top o Scootland?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    Dorset_Boy said:

    North Coast 500? Aroond the top o Scootland?

    South of there. Only 77 miles too, 500 in one day? Not me. 🤣
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  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Great photos! I was going to guess Scotland, but would struggle to be any more accurate.

    What a trip, those roads look brilliant.
    Ben

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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    Cheers!
    I'll add the couple of tourist location shots later to make it easier.
    The road surface for the second climb and descent was non existent in some patches. Obviously passable on road tyres but very sketchy gravel.
    The lack of traffic was bliss!
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • kingstongraham
    kingstongraham Posts: 28,161
    airwise said:


    Only climb that I could not handle. 45%. Simply could not keep the front wheel down. The Scanuppia in Italy.

    Did you ride down it?
  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,823
    Ben6899 said:

    Great photos! I was going to guess Scotland, but would struggle to be any more accurate.

    What a trip, those roads look brilliant.

    Agree with this, couldn't guess the route but fabulous pictures.
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    Okay, obviously harder than I thought.
    Here are 2 photos that every tourist to the area will take.




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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    edited June 2021
    Bottom one falls of Dochart?
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    mrb123 said:

    Bottom one falls of Dochart?

    If correct, most likely route probably circuit of Loch Tay and Glen Lyon.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    mrb123 said:

    mrb123 said:

    Bottom one falls of Dochart?

    If correct, most likely route probably circuit of Loch Tay and Glen Lyon.
    On the right lines with a couple of twists to be different, and harder.
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    I am not sure. You have no chance.
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    edited June 2021
    Did you take the private road/track from the farm in Glen Lochay over to Loch Lyon? Have walked down there before coming off a Munro in that neck of the woods.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    mrb123 said:

    Did you take the private road/track from the farm in Glen Lochay over to Loch Lyon? Have walked down there before coming off a Munro in that neck of the woods.

    Well spotted! I did indeed. It's not a private road though, just a storm ruined one with gates for the animals. 😉 I went very slow up, and just about as slow down. 🤣
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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    Veronese68 wrote:
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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    pblakeney said:

    mrb123 said:

    Did you take the private road/track from the farm in Glen Lochay over to Loch Lyon? Have walked down there before coming off a Munro in that neck of the woods.

    Well spotted! I did indeed. It's not a private road though, just a storm ruined one with gates for the animals. 😉 I went very slow up, and just about as slow down. 🤣
    Last time I was down by that farm doing the Munros on the South side of the Glen I seem to remember encountering an extremely large bull that wasn't too keen on shifting off the track to let me past!
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    edited June 2021
    These guys were fenced in at the farm. The other ones later on were free to roam. Sure I've read that the Highland version is placid compared to your run of the mill though. 🤞


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  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    pblakeney said:

    These guys were fenced in at the farm. The other ones later on were free to roam. Sure I've read that the Highland version is placid compared to your run of the mill though. 🤞


    The fella I encountered was no Highlander. He was a big white brute. Managed to chart a tactful course around him eventually.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    Full course should anyone be interested.
    I had intended to go via Keltneyburn but wasted too much time taking photos. 😉

    Amulree, Kenmore, South Tay, Killin, Pubil, Bridge of Balgie, Fearnan (diversion), Killin, and return up that climb that hits 27%.

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