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[ChrisO]

To visit a man friend he met whilst on holiday in Brighton

Oh yeah?! I sense a bit of Brent-tastic "Free love on the Freelove freeway" coming on...



"Pretty girl on the hood of a Cadilac, yeah....
She’s broken down on freeway nine.
I take a look and her engine’s started,
I leave her purring and I roll on by....bye bye"

All together now...

"Free love on the free love freeway,
The love is free and the freeway’s long...
I got some hot love on the hot-love freeway
I ain’t going home cos’ my baby’s gone"...



Oh-ho-ho, somebody stop me!

"I leave her purring and I roll on by....bye bye"



fcuking excellent line!

[mark230]

just got back... oh my dear god what an amazing place.... the a9 was a total arse but every thing else was stunning i will get the pictures up over the next few days! If any one has thought of it, do it! The driving is great and you can push it well but at trhe same time the scenery is just breath taking, I 'm very jealous of any one who lives there! and thanks for jumping on my thread!!!! mark

[Crazyfrog (Fab)]

glad you enjoy it went two week ago and its true lovely place charming people and good wisky too

[LazyDonkey]

just got back... oh my dear god what an amazing place.... the a9 was a total arse but every thing else was stunning i will get the pictures up over the next few days!
If any one has thought of it, do it! The driving is great and you can push it well but at trhe same time the scenery is just breath taking, I 'm very jealous of any one who lives there!

and thanks for jumping on my thread!!!!


mark

Told you! I have the misfortune of having to use the A9 to visit my folks - not fun.

So come on, where did you go then ?

[mark230]

loads i know! the pics by the water were where we jumped in!

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Edited by mark230, 23 July 2008 - 07:54 PM.

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[chris_uk]

im doing the same..

this is my route.



stopping in edinburgh for 2 nights, inverness for 1 and kilmarnock for another.

[LY_Scott]

you're stopping in kilmarnock? A82 is an awesome road though matey, just wait til you hit Glencoe Scott.

[Mondo]

im doing the same..

this is my route.



stopping in edinburgh for 2 nights, inverness for 1 and kilmarnock for another.

Great route!

When is your trip?

S

[mark230]

thats similar to ours, except we were hard core and went to the top!

[LazyDonkey]

If i can make some suggestions - don't go to Perth, go to dundee instead and then head up over the caringorms towards Royal Deeside (south west of aberdeen). You'll pass the ski resorts and the views and roads are amazing. You can then head over towards aviemore and then up to inverness - the A9 perth to inverness is a hideous hideous road and should be avoided. Likewise at this time of year Inverness to Fort William is FULL of tourists and if you're goign for a blast you'll get very frustrited. For more fun head from INverness out-towards Kyle of lochalsh and then look for the turn off for Applecross. Then go south towards Glasgow / Ayrshire from there. I'll dig otu some pics of applecross and the surrounding area tonight - you REALLY dont want to miss that. EDIT : A night out in Kilmarnock? Are you nuts? Glasgow would be a MUCH better bet

Edited by LazyDonkey, 25 July 2008 - 02:14 PM.

[LY_Scott]

Kilmarnock? learn to say haw hee haw while rocking back and forwrd with your arms outstretched and you'llbe fine. Otherwise don't bother, head to the weege (Glasgow) Scott.

[chris_uk]

lazydonkey... can you draw on the map where you mean?

[LazyDonkey]

The three places you NEED to visit are now on the map.

Spittle of Glenshee on the A93

Lecht Ski Resort - AB36 8YP on the A939

If you go to Dundee from Edinburgh you can then head up into the hills for glenshee, then the lecht, then over to aviemore and onto inverness - MUCH more interesting than the A9. You're basically going up through the cairngorms past all the ski slopes. AMAZING views.

When you leave Inverness i'd seriously recommend going to applecross for lunch and then heading south from there - the pub is BRILLIANT and the pass is awesome

will find some pics of recent runs

[LazyDonkey]

Some good advice and good pics from Steve Carter - an Aston owning PH'er who i've done a few runs to applecross with

http://www.stevecarter.com/bestuk.htm


The road to applecross

Edited by LazyDonkey, 25 July 2008 - 10:08 PM.