Hi,
Just a quick reminder about some great riding planned for this coming weekend.
Friday night night ride a Glentress. There is a spare bed in the bunkhouse if anyone else wants to stay over. So far me, Graham and Robin are staying over.
http://www.gmbc.org.uk/event/night-ride-glentress/
Proper Sunday away ride down near Wanlockhead.
http://www.gmbc.org.uk/event/away-ride-mennock-pass/#comment-2130
Let me know if you have any questions.
Tom
Following on from the post below this has snow-balled into an optional over nighter. So the new and improved plan is:
– Meet at Glentress Peel Carpark at 6:30pm on Friday 14th September ready to ride by 7pm
– Night ride some of the fun trails there
– Optional take away, carryout and overnight stay at http://www.bunk-house.co.uk/
– Optional ride on the Saturday
The bunkhouse has decent availability but I need to book it. If you let me know by this Thursday if you want accommodation I’ll sort the booking out. It is £20 pppn with a £10 deposit.
Tom
After last week’s mini adventure up Dumyat and excellent descent in the dark there was some talk of doing a proper away night ride. This might just be because it was the first chance to really use the lights this year and we hadn’t been soured on it by months of plugging around Mugdock on filthy dark nights. Anyway, the rough thoughts were:
– Trail centre (e.g.) Glentress to avoid getting lost and be fast and fun
– Probably a Friday night so as not to be “school night”
– Start 8ish to allow travel from work / home and a good couple of hours riding
Would anyone be up for this on Friday 14th September? If the date’s an issue please post up as there will be plenty of manky dark Friday’s to chose from.
Tom
Hi,
After some chat last night the plan is for a ride tonight (Wednesday) at Dumyat. Leaving Glasgow at 6pm so will be there around 7pm traffic dependent. So far got four people interested so should be a good ride.
Tom
We didn’t manage to make Carron Valley last week due to the wind / lashing rain (I’ve used all my “man up” already this summer). So before the nights draw in too much how about this Wednesay meet at lower car park at 7pm? There should be enough light for a couple of laps, the weather forecast looks OK at the moment.
Tom
Hi,
I’ve put an away ride on the calender for next month:
http://www.gmbc.org.uk/event/away-ride-mennock-pass/
We will be passing the lead mining museum in Wanlockhead (hold yourself back). They offer gold panning as an activity*, so if you’re eyeing up a new bike this could be the ride for you.
Tom
*they also have a cafe that sells cake
I’ve been wanting to do this route (gps: http://connect.garmin.com/course/1854953) for a while and I finally persuaded three others to give it a bash. Driving up past The Loch the clouds started to lift and we arrived in Glencoe to a perfect summer’s morning to tackle this classic route. Continue reading
Hi,
Does anyone fancy doing a good away ride next Saturday? I was thinking of starting in Glencoe, up the Devil’s Staircase, along the Blackwater Dam, Ciaran Path to Kinlochleven and back via WHW. So it would be a reasonably tough day out and plenty of opportunity to drag brakes and mince down steep slopes.
Tom
Hi,
I just realised that my work is having the Glasgow bank holiday (I didn’t know there was one!) on the 16th July. Does anyone else have the day off and want to do a decent away ride?
As a starting suggestion I was thinking about a ride round the Minch Moor in the Tweed Valley, starting from Innerleithan car park. About 40km all in, although there are tag ons or shortcuts available. If the rain keeps going the way it is we could just ride one of the trail centres in the area, or take up kayaking.
Tom
Hi,
I’m planning on doing a road ride for a couple of hours on Saturday morning, setting off from Milngavie. The weather forecast looks sort of alright!
Send me a message or text on 07709306170 if you want to head out.
Tom
