Inverness meet - Aberdeen convoy
Discussion
meeting in inverness at 10am would mean leaving aberdeen 7.30ish to make sure we have plenty of time, anyone else agree/like to suggest a meeting place and make a list of names?
i'd suggest B&Q bridge of dee car park - out north deeside,aboyne and over the lecht being the quietest route with best scenery. i dont like the huntly road tbh.
hollowpockets
i'd suggest B&Q bridge of dee car park - out north deeside,aboyne and over the lecht being the quietest route with best scenery. i dont like the huntly road tbh.
hollowpockets
Excuse the fact that I don't have the road names handy right now but my favourite route is out to Alford, cross River Don at Bridge of Alford, about a mile past Lumsden there's a turn off on the left (just after a bridge over a burn) signposted to the Cabrach, at the end of that road turn left through the Cabrach, at the end of that road turn left and left again into Dufftown, through Dufftown to Craigelachie, left at the A97 towards Granton, through Carrbridge and onto A9 to Inverness. The perfect blend of nice roads and minimla traffic!
theres the ballater route, alford or hunty roads, id prefer alford or ballater as huntly road is boring, tesco westhill sounds good to me
im on the claymore just now, bored out my skull, home at the end of the week, then i'll fit the de-cats and poly bushes to my car, its gonna be loud (maybe not as loud as that viper though)
im on the claymore just now, bored out my skull, home at the end of the week, then i'll fit the de-cats and poly bushes to my car, its gonna be loud (maybe not as loud as that viper though)
hollowpockets said:
theres the ballater route, alford or hunty roads, id prefer alford or ballater as huntly road is boring, tesco westhill sounds good to me
im on the claymore just now, bored out my skull, home at the end of the week, then i'll fit the de-cats and poly bushes to my car, its gonna be loud (maybe not as loud as that viper though)
im on the claymore just now, bored out my skull, home at the end of the week, then i'll fit the de-cats and poly bushes to my car, its gonna be loud (maybe not as loud as that viper though)
...best bring my earplugs then!
I have a go at proposing a route and posting it up here
ViperScot said:
Excuse the fact that I don't have the road names handy right now but my favourite route is out to Alford, cross River Don at Bridge of Alford, about a mile past Lumsden there's a turn off on the left (just after a bridge over a burn) signposted to the Cabrach, at the end of that road turn left through the Cabrach, at the end of that road turn left and left again into Dufftown, through Dufftown to Craigelachie, left at the (A95) towards Granton, through Carrbridge and onto A9 to Inverness. The perfect blend of nice roads and minimla traffic!
Love the Cabrach.
North side of the Spey is nicer though, B9102 instead of A95 but maybe a bit tight for the 'wide boys'.
Personally I prefer:
Alford - Bridge of Alford
A97 Glenkindie
A944 Strathdon
A939 over the Lecht
A95 Grantown-on-Spey
A938 Carrbridge
then onto A9 for the last bit
Overall slightly better roads, and will be quieter.
Not that I can make it...
Nice quandry to have!
alicrozier said:
ViperScot said:
Excuse the fact that I don't have the road names handy right now but my favourite route is out to Alford, cross River Don at Bridge of Alford, about a mile past Lumsden there's a turn off on the left (just after a bridge over a burn) signposted to the Cabrach, at the end of that road turn left through the Cabrach, at the end of that road turn left and left again into Dufftown, through Dufftown to Craigelachie, left at the (A95) towards Granton, through Carrbridge and onto A9 to Inverness. The perfect blend of nice roads and minimla traffic!
Love the Cabrach.
North side of the Spey is nicer though, B9102 instead of A95 but maybe a bit tight for the 'wide boys'.
Personally I prefer:
Alford - Bridge of Alford
A97 Glenkindie
A944 Strathdon
A939 over the Lecht
A95 Grantown-on-Spey
A938 Carrbridge
then onto A9 for the last bit
Overall slightly better roads, and will be quieter.
Not that I can make it...
Nice quandry to have!
good route!!!
strathdon is good fun, had some very spirited drives over there last summer!
hollowpockets said:
alicrozier said:
ViperScot said:
Excuse the fact that I don't have the road names handy right now but my favourite route is out to Alford, cross River Don at Bridge of Alford, about a mile past Lumsden there's a turn off on the left (just after a bridge over a burn) signposted to the Cabrach, at the end of that road turn left through the Cabrach, at the end of that road turn left and left again into Dufftown, through Dufftown to Craigelachie, left at the (A95) towards Granton, through Carrbridge and onto A9 to Inverness. The perfect blend of nice roads and minimla traffic!
Love the Cabrach.
North side of the Spey is nicer though, B9102 instead of A95 but maybe a bit tight for the 'wide boys'.
Personally I prefer:
Alford - Bridge of Alford
A97 Glenkindie
A944 Strathdon
A939 over the Lecht
A95 Grantown-on-Spey
A938 Carrbridge
then onto A9 for the last bit
Overall slightly better roads, and will be quieter.
Not that I can make it...
Nice quandry to have!
good route!!!
strathdon is good fun, had some very spirited drives over there last summer!
Ye that would be my choice too.
The lecht road is quite simply awesome.
Are we in agreement then?
Oi....
I'm heading to Inverness on the Fri. evening, probably around 4 or 5 pm. Ballater, Lecht, Grantown, Forres.
Providing I get my car back in time. 2 Ba....ds broke my rear Pass. window and nicked the sat nav. Worst is that they crowbarred the glass and fu...d the rubbers and scratched the paintwork. This happened this morning in Maida Vale. Only good thing, BIB phoned at 5pm to say they have 2 in custody with a sat nav and can I come and ID it? Went to Paddington nick, and yes that's mine. 2 very happy BIBs. So, now down to Insurance and Hexagon BMW.
Providing I get my car back in time. 2 Ba....ds broke my rear Pass. window and nicked the sat nav. Worst is that they crowbarred the glass and fu...d the rubbers and scratched the paintwork. This happened this morning in Maida Vale. Only good thing, BIB phoned at 5pm to say they have 2 in custody with a sat nav and can I come and ID it? Went to Paddington nick, and yes that's mine. 2 very happy BIBs. So, now down to Insurance and Hexagon BMW.
rpa.janwell said:
Due to a slight prang I will not be joining you. Sagaris in for glass repairs, Chimaera doing the daily run for a couple of weeks.
Damn, damn and double damn.
Damn, damn and double damn.
Nothing to serious I hope Richard. At the lights the other day at the end of Union Terrace, as it crosses Union St, I was on the inside lane intending to go straight across, I was alongside a high sided vehicle.
As I was blind to my right, I slowly moved forward as the lights went green, some pratt coming up Bridge St floored it and turned right, causing me to brake sharply............. some young t
t in a little pocket rocket, barsteward, luckly I was taking it slowly, or I might have the same problem you have, ie a slight prang to say the least. Anyway hope your not off the road for too long.
Edited by vipers on Wednesday 18th April 21:14
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