if any of you were thinking of crossing the Forth using the new Queensferry crossing, to have a look, DON'T.
There are horrendous queues as there is still lots of work going on.
Use one of the crossings west of Kincardine e.g. Stirling.

Eric,
I hope to make it to Ullapool and put a face to a few of the names who are regulars on this forum.
I have met Steve T a couple of times.
Camping is my plan.

Ian.

I am usually in Scotland at Easter ; actually usually at home cos the roads are toooo busy ,but, and it,'s a big but I might go camping at Strontian soon . !!

B) I bought one of the £7.99 jobs;the braided sleeve had a fee jaggy bits poking out, the arms are not as nicely made as my MSR windpro and the burner got red hot in operation.
Boiled water as quick as the MSR and simmer control was OK.
I am a bit concerned about the burner head going red though !!

+1 for going to a Go Outdoors shop. You will see a decent enough range of tents to let you establish what you don't want as well as clues to what you do.
They keep some RAB sleeping bags so again a view of what size/bulk money buys.
Do not walk out with a tent and bag under your arm ---- !!!!

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B) Out of interest what does it measure across the panniers and the handlebars ? Is that the Yamaha rack system for the bike ?
Hope you enjoy piling on the 1000's of miles.

:) I lurk on this forum but don't normally post ---Tent and Camping threads do interest me though. First off I had a Street Triple before I got Tiger 800. Secondly I have a number of tents including Vango & Coleman examples and been using tents for decades. The advice that has been posted thus f...

How about Moto Al telling is if he has heard any more about the new Holdall and Panniers from Lomo ?

The currency might be Groats again, soon !! :woohoo: