Time to head West (but not young man !!)

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russ_fae_fyvie
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Time to head West (but not young man !!)

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Just returned from a weeks tour of Yorkshire on my 1998 Blackbird, now after a couple of days a home its time to give the TA its first decent run for me and the missus as we head across to the West Coast of Scotland for a mini tour.

Actually looking forward to giving the bike a decent run, 2 up and loaded to see how she handles it, since I got the bike towards the end of last year haven't really had the chance to use her other then commuting so this will be interesting.

I think those roads will be ideal for the Vee Twin and the route we have planned takes in lots of single trackers and lots of twisties so hopefully the shite summer weather won't spoil it, too much !

Head to the Kylesku Hotel for 2 nights
http://www.kyleskuhotel.co.uk

we were there a couple of years ago and the location is stunning and the seafood, well you just gotta see it and eat it ! They also have a loverly Malt Whisky menu for after !!

Then down to Ullapool for a night and finally Applecross, where we are stopping in the Inn and for anyone who has been there will know what a fantastic road that is and the food in the Inn is fantastic, I suppose next to bikes, good food comes a close second !

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Enjoy the west coast Russ.

And we (me really (thumbs) ;) ) want more pictures of your ace Blackbird :)

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Well Steve, as they say the best laid plans!
Transalp was all loaded up this morning, panniers, new tank bag, etc, but the bloody battery had died!
Was ok yesterday so although I could have used the booster pack to get her going I didn't fancy stopping somewhere in the middle of nowhere with now phone reception if it happened again.
So everything got swapped over to the Blackbird and so we are on that, sipping coffee and Malt whisky at the Kylesku Hotel lounge!!
Bit miffed we couldn't get on the TA so will have to get a new battery and try again sometime this year!
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Here ya go!!

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Finally !!
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is it more than a tenna a night with breakfast

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Here was the one day the sun came out !

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