First casualty from the north was Lowflyer not making the trip due to commitments, SteveT's Alp had a dead CDI unit which had to be swapped out before we could leave, next out was Rickskye, trailed home with a puncture! Next to die a death was Raymo, electrical problems. So, six down to three! Myself, SteveT and Largewayround managed to complete the trip and return up the road to the north.
The Friday night was a night of drinking and meeting people! There were a few sore heads by dawn! The run started off at 10.30 Saturday morning, we covered quite a lot of miles on forest tracks, some loose bits, some ruts but generally good logging roads. Lunch was had at the bothie on the hill followed by a group photo shoot! Further miles were covered, unfortunately the last track for the day was deemed unpassable following a few going through a water splash, the bottom of the gully was very soft and would have caused grief! So we decided to abandon it and head for the Forestry commission cafe for refreshments before returning to base. Around 50 miles were covered offroad.
The evening was quite quiet with a small fire to sit round and chat but most were pretty worn out by the days efforts!
Sunday morning, we packed up after breakfast and said our goodbyes, a long haul back up north took us until 6.00p.m to get home!
A good event, the campsite was very good and the location was stunning, I will definately return to that part of Scotland again, the scenery, the roads, just brilliant!
Good to see old faces, XRVJim, SteveR, Piguglyshandydrinker, Boris from past XRV events and to meet new folk as well. Roll on the next gig!
(I'm fourth from the right in the pic! SteveT's first on right and Largewayround is 3rd, next to me)
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