North Coast 500

[austin]

A few meagre pictures from me.

nearly ready










Dunnet Head




Loch Eribol






Nearly packed up on Sunday Morning (with a guest appearance by Bernard Smith in the green wig/hat)




BMW R1150RT


And its owner with that morning after a nights camping and drinking look


Durness filling station. It took a while to get all the bikes filled up


Some of the many stunning views to be found along the North West Coast of Scotland. Oh, and the scenery isn't bad too.






The exclusive parking area

 

[Lord Vader]

Great shots Austin.
I am too tired to get my pics of my phone so you guys got to wait a bit.

 

[Lord Vader]

A few of my pics

Panzer ready for lift off



Meeting up with Alba at the Baxter soup factory





Sunny Scotland



A quick stop to watch the wild salmon jump which I actually managed to do





Scotland is just stunning



That is the direction the recovery van is coming from


I didn't know it at the time but this is the last building project Frad was involved in. Miss you big guy,this ride would have been right down your street




Managed a pic this time. At the longest day I completely forgot about the pics as I was a bit excited




Dunet head



It's a big old place



Since Lowflier believes he will save money by not using mirrors or indicators we arranged our own pic stops







I post more later. Got to work a bit more now

 

[Hudders]

Great pictures chaps

 

[Lord Vader]

Durness campsite



Stunning evenings but sleeping is a bit tricky. It's always light



A wee dram or two where consumed



Some days where darker than the nights




Another special place for me as it was here where I met Frad proper for the first time



The rod to Lochinver










Just before Ullapool

 

[Lutin]

Nice one Pete.

Keep 'em comin'.

 

[Lord Vader]

The view point just after Ullapool



On the road from Ullapool to Applecross








Applecross



Applecross pass





As usual the pics are nowhere near as good as the real thing.
When we arrived back to Johns,his wife Carol? had prepared a feast for us. Salmon,prawns and lots of other goodies




A big thank you to Austin and Anne for feeding me on Thursday evening and letting me stay

To John to organise (a term which use lightly )such a brilliant ride
PaulS for trying to convince me that front end slides are normal.
Austin for leading the ride up to John's and back
All you other Hooligans, thanks for making it such a special ride

 

[Alba]

Great photo's, instantly takes me back

 

[outrunner]

Cracking pictures guys and it looks like you had a great time. Sorry I missed it although I did mange to wriggle out of the family thing but by then I had ordered the new bike ready to collect on the Friday.


Andy.

 

[Lowflyer]

Cheers guys

Vader, what have you been up to on my computor ?
Now got a blue screen, so think that's pretty terminal. I can only assume that the kraut was up to something in the spare bedroom

Anyways, now means I cannot upload my meagre photos until I get one of those connector jobbies from I phone to I pad

Vader, my route was planned meticulously
I did look in my mirrors, knew you were stopping, just that I knew about some better views further on.
Wife's name is Carol, or affectionately known as GTX ( Caroil )

Indicators ---- overrated in my opinion

Glad you had a good time guys, look out for Steve's photos later on

 

[Alba]

Ready for the off

Meet the southern team needing some warmth

Blitz up the A9 (Vader does actually like this road weird ) and this man has a new toy

First stop and someone starts seeing fish ...

An actual organised stop

Clear pleasant riding

Whose got the suntan lotion?

Quick stop for the view

Unspoiled

Vee know vhat vee are doing

The road goes on

and on

Juice required

top of Applecross, not too shabby

and not a bad road to finish with a great bunch, great company

Rode home in low cloud (now't seen at the Lecht until I dropped down at Glenshee) but it has its own atmosphere

 

[Hamster]

Look,s like everyone had a cracking time.

 

[Steve T]

Finally stopped fitting shit to the new machine and got some photo's sorted:-

JOG






Dunnet Head




Paul S


Dunnet Cliffs


Alba Loch Hope End


Loch Eriboll


Thomas


Raymo


Sango Tent lines


Trough Time


The Motely Crew
Vader - on the phone as usual (actually on it more than Raymo was on his )


Paul S


Alba


Austin


Raymo


Thomas


Lowflyer


1030pm in Durness, where the quote of the run, from Lowflyer, was uttered - " Gosh, I'm tired! Mmmmm, is that a sheep?"



Strom on the rough stuff


Strom at Ullapool


Scenic view


Sunny Selfie


Glen Dundonnel


Alba Ben Eighe


Strom Ben Eighe


Strom at the bottom of the pass


Applecross altitude


Strom Skye view


Africa Twin Repair Time


Applecross bay view


Applecross bay boat


Looking back to Applecross bay


Arty Skye Shot


Vee can get up zer, klien problema


View to Skye


Ze Panzer Sqvaud


Raymo & Son


View down the pass


Going down the pass:-

Lowflyer


Vader


Alba


Austin


Paul S




Steve T

 

[Paul-S]

Cracking pics peeps

 

[Lord Vader]

Wow some cool pics there
Cant wait for the Vids to show up,now they should be a laugh
Thanks again for a great weekend. Managed to do 1750 miles all in. Not bad for a extended weekend ride

 

[-XP-]

Enjoyed reading through that.

 

[Lowflyer]

Nice one guys.
Here is my feeble offering in comparison

 

[Lowflyer]

Ooops,

What happened there ?

Here goes again






Vader doing his dying salmon impersonation








And lastly the big beastie, got her airborne a couple of times

Note to self -- must get a decent camera

 

[Lord Vader]

Note to self -- must get a decent camera

Why dont you try one of these "NEW" digital cameras? Saves you also on buying film spools

 

[Philwhiskeydrinker]

Great pics all, looks like I missed a great trip.