Cairngorms loop sept?

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Lee and Jenny managed to cadge a lift from an estate tractor thing, taking them through the ford. I think they were already considering abandoning the inner loop. Possible they are currently in the Pine Marten 😄
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Thanks everyone for today. Pretty gutted but glad to be dry. Nice meeting everyone and see you again. Howard, your a bad ass :-bd
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Same story here. Disappointed, but at the same time glad to be home, dry and warm. Always a learning game. Today's lesson is don't let FOMO get in the way of rationale.

Great to meet those I met for the first time today and equally to see those I already know.

Howard is pretty amazing, huh. I'll be following his dot.
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Howard is awake. I wonder if he has noticed that his Spot batteries are low?
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ScotRoutes wrote: Sun Sep 01, 2019 8:53 am Howard is awake. I wonder if he has noticed that his Spot batteries are low?
Heading towards civilization and a train home, it would be the wise decision or is he going to pick Lee and Jenny up from the pub and get them back on course
At my age you would think I would be very wise, but alas still stupid enough to get into trouble
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Try and find Lee's video on FB of the Gaick crossing, Jenny hysterical laughter and a ranging torrent -- and that's no ordinary estate vehicle they got a lift from! Not sure is this link is public but it's epic: https://www.facebook.com/stories/2131157663576868/
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Guys I am going to give it another crack this weekend as an ITT. Prob start a bit earlier on Saturday....
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JayTwizzle wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:21 am Guys I am going to give it another crack this weekend as an ITT. Prob start a bit earlier on Saturday....
I'm on standby to do the same. Weather dependent this time :roll:
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Swayndo wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:08 am
JayTwizzle wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:21 am Guys I am going to give it another crack this weekend as an ITT. Prob start a bit earlier on Saturday....
I'm on standby to do the same. Weather dependent this time :roll:
Interested indeed
At my age you would think I would be very wise, but alas still stupid enough to get into trouble
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Karl is doing it this weekend too?
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JayTwizzle wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 8:21 am Guys I am going to give it another crack this weekend as an ITT. Prob start a bit earlier on Saturday....
Will you have Spotwalla set up again?
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Will get a SPOT set up. You can laugh while I find Howard’s bridge.... what time are folk thinking?
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No bridge needed yesterday...

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JayTwizzle wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2019 5:04 pm Will get a SPOT set up. You can laugh while I find Howard’s bridge.... what time are folk thinking?
Wow. Some difference. Take it you road through the whole thing without getting your feet wet :-bd
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I just rode down to the ford and back to see what it was like. Ankle deep at worst. Deepest bit would be just as you enter on the south side.

Found the Tromie Taxi too.

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My current plan is to leave BA Friday afternoon aiming to get to Glenmore for a lochside bivvy and a couple of pots in the PM. Aiming for dinner (and more beer) in the OBI Saturday night and a bivvy between there and Forest Lodge.

We'll see.
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oh as we are heading up this weekend to ride the loop, i see we will possibly be having some campany :-bd

Will be heading up from leeds fri morn, so hoping to ride in the arvo and see how far we get. What-where is this OBI u talk off i assume they sell beer :-bd
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Old Bridge Inn.
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Cheers col, where is it :lol: i dont recall passing it last time? Oh and do u have the revised bits of route please icould look at mate
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The OBI is just off-route as you go through Inverdruie. Turn left and follow the NCN7 signs.
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:-bd thanks colin i think i passed it thinking about it last time when i had to get new brake pads from the bike shop in town. Man that cairngorm grit eats pads when wet!!
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The thing I've noticed since moving here (and that wasn't a thing previously) is jockey wheels getting worn quickly.
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ScotRoutes wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2019 3:35 pm Karl is doing it this weekend too?
Yep I'll be starting at 5am on Saturday morning. I'll hopefully get a spotwalla page sorted before I start.

Hope to see some folks out on the trail, say Hi as you pass!
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ScotRoutes wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2019 6:31 pm

Found the Tromie Taxi too.

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Ahh, thought I read it was an Argo which seemed ambitious but that's a BV206 which is a much better bet :smile: Most likely ex royal marines.

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