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Post by Deleted on May 23, 2011 18:49:07 GMT
if you're counting on me leading people up there now, you'll probably arrive about two hours before we do ;D ;D Don't worry, Fiasco will guide you
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Post by stewped on May 25, 2011 12:37:51 GMT
Is there a starting point and time to meet, I am travelling up tommorrow, so may not be able to access the internet, other than me phone, and thats a pain to use, I tried looking at the routs, but only two would open and they both seem to start in a different place, but that might just be me.
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Post by stav on May 25, 2011 17:18:29 GMT
ok please clarify la tavern 7pm fri? (feed time) cairngorms hotel 8pm? swally
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Post by brandane on May 25, 2011 17:43:18 GMT
ok please clarify la tavern 7pm fri? (feed time) cairngorms hotel 8pm? swally I could be wrong, but..... No arrangements for feeding on Friday night, La Taverna is booked (for those that have let Gordy know) for Saturday and Sunday nights. Cairngorm Hotel bar on Friday night has been nominated as a meeting point.....
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Post by brandane on May 25, 2011 17:46:56 GMT
Is there a starting point and time to meet, Sorry, as a non-bike owner I can't help with that part ;D. (I WAS a bike owner when I booked up ).
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2011 21:01:13 GMT
Right, here are the details for the weekend.
Friday night : Meet for swally, or drinkies at Cairngorm Hotel time at your discretion.
Eating arrangements your own choice.
Saturday Night : Meal time at La Taverna 20.30. Suggest we meet from 19.00-19.30 in La Taverna bar.
Sunday Night : Meal time at La Taverna 20.30. Suggest we meet from 19.00-19.30 in La Taverna bar.
Run Times :
Saturday 10.30 start, meet in La Taverna car park.
Sunday 10.00 start, meet in La Taverna car park.
Can those that have marshals vests, bring them!
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2011 7:39:35 GMT
Can those that have marshals vests, bring them! If you've got a Hi Viz vest bring that ;D (Just in case the marshal vests don't turn up )
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2011 17:46:33 GMT
4 drookit heroes have just arrived at Milton, Dumbarton. Gaynor, Andy, Martin & Dave. ;D
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Post by Fiasco on May 26, 2011 18:10:02 GMT
4 drookit heroes have just arrived at Milton, Dumbarton. Gaynor, Andy, Martin & Dave. ;D Glad you have the round order sorted for this eve Gordy, reckon we will all be asleep by my turn :-)
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Post by fatboy on May 27, 2011 20:47:46 GMT
Whyyyy,!! Who booked the country and western group
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Post by Fiasco on May 27, 2011 22:22:10 GMT
Whyyyy,!! Who booked the country and western group That's why we are at the winking owl :-)
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Post by teejayexc on May 28, 2011 9:05:51 GMT
That's why we are at the winking owl :-) That your pet name for Martin ? Can you see the likeness?
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Post by Doofer on May 29, 2011 15:35:46 GMT
It's very windy here today. I hope everyone else had a good run out. Sadly Tweety spat his dummy out early on and I didn't make it to the first stop due to clutch problems. So I headed back to aviemore, tinkered with Tweety, then went to visit his carniverous cousins and their new babies at the rspb centre Doof
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Post by Pool Boy on May 29, 2011 16:41:35 GMT
Mostly survived the wind (and the rain !) Stunning scenery, wonderful roads, and great company (as always) Thanks to all who helped load / unload our trailer and to those who picked Carol's bike up so she could get out from underneath it - no harm done except to pride thankfully! Roger
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Post by adbru on May 30, 2011 8:07:26 GMT
Hi Guys, Great run on saturday, many thanks to Gordy and the marshalls.
Great to catch up with old friends and meet some new ones :-)
Sorry I couldnt make the meal on saturday or the sunday run but life/work got in the way :-(
Have a safe ride home and hopefully I'll make another run sometime (preferably not waiting 3 years again !! )
Adbru
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Post by newell on May 30, 2011 8:33:27 GMT
[ So I headed back to aviemore, tinkered with Tweety, then went to visit his carniverous cousins and their new babies at the rspb centreWow! Great shot of the Osprey taking a fish Doof! Makes the aggro with the clutch bearable. Well done, terrific 'grab shot' Jen.
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Post by Doofer on May 30, 2011 17:42:01 GMT
[ So I headed back to aviemore, tinkered with Tweety, then went to visit his carniverous cousins and their new babies at the rspb centreWow! Great shot of the Osprey taking a fish Doof! Makes the aggro with the clutch bearable. Well done, terrific 'grab shot' Jen. I can't take the credit for that picture, I'm neither that skilled or lucky. Its a postcard. I've arrived at my lodgings on Skye, without any unscheduled sight-seeing. The view from the croft is stunning. I stopped here on the way, it seems strange without my friends there, but nice to be somewhere I recognised Doof
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Post by Greendivvy Beeb on May 30, 2011 19:12:35 GMT
Thanks to Gordy, Mags and backmarkers including me for a little bit and everyone else for making it a cracking weekend well worth traveling all them miles. After leaving this morning at 8.30ish managed to get back at 4 o'clock without getting too wet or stuck in much traffic apart from the usual build up north of Stoke. Hope everyone gets back okay and glad to see you made it too Skye Doof hope the weather gets better for you this week. Andrew
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Post by charlietbird on May 30, 2011 20:03:30 GMT
Aye, a brilliant weekend! Great runs, great company and a wee bit of adventure thrown in for good measure! Thanks to Gordy and Magsfor organising a fine JR2011 Charlie
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Post by Reaper on May 30, 2011 20:16:36 GMT
After leaving this morning at 8.30ish managed to get back at 4 o'clock without getting too wet or stuck in much traffic apart from the usual build up north of Stoke. Andrew Andy that bit North of Stoke is called Cheshire, J19 to 18 on the M6 is always bad on a Bank holiday. Sounds like I missed a good weekend.
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Post by stewped on May 30, 2011 20:24:39 GMT
Thanks guys, I had a great time, was good to meet some of you, managed to stay mainly dry, wind was bad though
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2011 20:26:12 GMT
Not long extracted myself from under the blankets Four days on a bike in some very strong winds is knackering. What a great time Mags and I had. Great company topped off by all the appreciation voiced for the run routes. They were a wee bit overiden by the Tomtom, but Speighty and Mac assured me this is not unusual. We had a great run back with only a couple of showers and much less wind! I never fails to impress me how many come up here in the unpredictable weather, take all it throws at them and come up smiling. My mission, which I feel like accepting, is to come up with a new JR venue for next year. ;D (Unless somebody else wants to do it )
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Post by n4naked on May 30, 2011 20:39:46 GMT
big thanks to gordy and mags for organising a great weekend. great to see so many folks again. thanks also to charlie for the loan of the wheels, stepping into the breech to mitigate the crappiness of my 3 year old hagon shock which decided to shear off on the way up. martin, the bit of metal you found under the bike was, indeed, part of the shock - sheared through in two places
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Post by ContourMac on May 30, 2011 21:37:26 GMT
Debs, Peter & myself got back to Northampton about 6:30. Thanks to Gordy and Mags for organising a fantastic weekend and to all of the backmarkers who helped on the 2 days. Thanks also to all, with special appreciation to Johnny Fazer, for making Peter welcome and for bearing with him when riding into the strong headwinds and to everyone that assisted with the unloading and loading of the bikes. Good to see you all and looking forward to seeing you all again very soon.
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Post by fatboy on May 31, 2011 7:30:34 GMT
what a great weekend, nicki was realy happy lots of place`s to spend my money!!!! thanx too mac for storing my trailer looking forward to next year already
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Post by billywhizz on May 31, 2011 8:51:25 GMT
Fantastic weekend, great company, and stunning scenery. Many Thanks to Gordy and mags for the runs, and all who helped during the weekend to make it such a good one.. weather was lots better than expected, ok them winds were a bit 'strong' but what a laugh...
We went home, via the Forth road bridge, and A7, cracking road, ( thanks AGAIN for that tip Gordy) got caught in a hailstorm at Hawick though.... took a little longer to get home than the dreaded A74m and M6, but well worth it.. 9 hours!!
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Post by gimrie on May 31, 2011 20:47:39 GMT
Gordy, Mags Ditto all of the above complements
Fantastic Weekend . I would say one of the best Jock Runs to date.I made a slight mistake at a roundabout and we ended up going over the Forth Road Bridge, but we made good time. Left at 10 home at 4.15. Bike was washed and blowdried by 18.00 ready for the TT adventure.
Thanks to Roger and Carol for dropping the waterproofs off.
Great to see everyone and you get my vote to organise next years run
Ride Safe everyone Gaynor and Andy xx
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Post by speighty on May 31, 2011 21:58:55 GMT
Arrived back at 2.30pm today after a quick run round the trussocks over Dukes Pass, proper scary road !!
Awesome time peeps, despite the horrendous trip up on Thursday and Friday. I have some Video to sort through over the next few days and i'll post soon as.
Jolly fine time it was too, I know my bro enjoyed it as well.
Thanks to everyone for making it so much fun, I had a lot of fun trying to catch people on video on both days :-)
Chris
Chris
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2011 10:03:19 GMT
Arrived back at 2.30pm today after a quick run round the trussocks over Dukes Pass, proper scary road !! Chris Chris That road was my evening fun when we stayed 10 mins away from it ;D I go back for nostalgia trips regularly Big bikes are a handful on it. Enjoyed the FB vid Chris, looking forward to the rest
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