Alan H wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 6:58 pm
Go for it Steve, and take plenty of ibuprofen with you!
Well, back home and ibuprofen is slowly curing the achy bits - neck, shoulders & legs - must admit that the bike is very comfy to ride, but it's been a very long time since I did any sort of high mileage remotely like that in such bad weather.
Sunday - home to Dumbarton - rain & strong winds most of the way - 264 miles.
Monday - Dumbarton to Alness (Inverness) - lots of rain showers - 209 miles.
Tuesday - Alness to Scrabster via John o' Groats - sunny! - 120 miles.
Wednesday - Scrabster to Ullapool - sun & showers - 162 miles.
Thursday - Ullapool to Home - heavy/light rain but no sun - 463 miles.
Total mileage 1218.
Total actual riding time - about 31.5 hrs over 5 days, so average just over 6 hours a day. No wonder I'm knackered!
Extras.....
102.9 litres of mixed E5 & E10 (some places didn't have E5) at a total cost of £155.83 gives an average of 53mp (imperial) gallon or 11.84 miles per litre. Set off with a brimmed tank, and brimmed it 2 miles from home on the way back.
Wuh,
Thanks for detailed itinerary mate. Very good.
I like to know which route you went mate as i've been most of that way myself.
Didn't have that much s..t, I mean rain when we went thank god
You can knock off the last fill up and you will have even more to the gallon
So you're an amphibian now ! Well you do like being in the water
Thinking of doing east coast for a change one day.....we'll see
Glad yam back mate.
C ya soon. Scotch.
Due to 7 mile tailbacks on the A82 due to a bad smash and the road being completely blocked, my mate Paul ended up on the A86 towards Laggan and getting on the A9 southwards to go home, completely missing Fort William too. After several coffee/pee stops he got home at nearly midnight after leaving Ullapool at about 9.15 am, then doing the Poolewe, Shieldaig, Applecross, Shiel Bridge, Spean Bridge, Laggan route to catch the A889 & then the A9 near Dalwhinnie (I think). He wan't too sure and let google maps do the navigating! I reckon that days milage would have been near 600 for him.
I couldn't have done that and would have had to stop for a night's sleep probably in Stirling
Have a think about that route, Scotch!!!
