A great run today organised by Ian McIntosh. Six of us met up at Crieff – Frank Dolan, Alan Graham, Alex Muir, Ian McIntosh, an old friend Ian Muir and myself. We headed via Lochearnhead and Crianlarich to Glencoe then the short hop over the Corran ferry. Once off the ferry we stopped for a spot of lunch at the wee lunch van, and a catch up blether. For a change we then headed up the west side of Loch Linnhe and along the south side of Loch Eil – a great, perfectly surfaced single track road. It was then along to Banavie where we turned left up the road by Neptune’s Staircase locks, another great single track road that brings you out at the Commando Monument just north of Spean Bridge. It was then a blast along to the Laggan Bothy for a coffee, then south through Dalwhinnie, Trinafour, Tummel Bridge and Aberfeldy to finish at Crieff (although Alan and Ian Muir headed straight down the A9). Thank you to Ian McIntosh for organising one of the best runs in a while, on some roads that were new to us and thoroughly recommended if you have never ridden them before.
Run date 24th July 2025
Grant Anderson
Hi Grant, thanks for providing this summary of our day out yesterday. Glad you enjoyed it.
I think we had a nice selection of roads and, even with a bit of holiday traffic, we made reasonable progress on what was a reasonably long run. Just had to be mindful of those foreign plated cars and vans. After some initial comments at our starting point about the road surface in Ardnamurchan I was a bit dubious about including that part and maybe just missing out the ferry crossing altogether. Very glad I didn’t as that turned out to be one of the highlights of the trip. Got to be one of the best ways to view Fort William.
The A86 from Spean Bridge to Laggan was as much fun as always and has to be one of the best stretches in Scotland.
Nice little run back through Trinafour, Tummel Bridge and Aberfeldy to our finish in Crieff. Well, my finish at least, as everyone else had at least another 45 minutes to their home. I appreciate the effort in attending what was already a fairly lengthy run.
Until the next one.
Sounds like a great day out on the bikes, shame I couldn’t be there.