UK North with Ideal Weather

[Euro-Feejer]

Fang and I really enjoyed your ride report! Makes us want to go back. Heck, it's almost as pretty as Northern California (is the Mrs. from NorCal?).

BTW, did you run into Mr. Darcy at Pemberley, at all?

JB

Yes, the little lady is from San Jose area. Didn't get to Pemberley, but saw a few mansions that could have been used in those kinds of films.

 

[Intech]

Nice report! The wife and I just did a trip to Scotland this past May/June. We rode in the highlands. I was most impressed with the quality of the roads. The weather and having to drive on the left were the only issues. Breathtaking scenery, though. Still reliving it through all the pics we took.

In 2006, we really enjoyed the highlands via motorcycle (Honda Deauville 650 that time). It was the 2nd half of June, but the weather was amazingly unusual... only rained about 2 hours around Fort William. Most of that trip up from the south of Germany to Inverness, Scotland and back was dry (while we were enjoying 70F sunny days in Scotland, Wimbledon tennis tournaments were getting heavy downpours in England that year). The Lake District of England reminded me of the lakes we passed in Scotland that 2006 trip (Loch Lomond, Loch Ness, Loch Tay...), but nothing can compare to the the ruggedness and more spread-out landscape of Scotland.

the first half of our trip we were on a tour. We visited the Lochs from south west to northeast ending in Nairn. that day we left Spean Bridge and there was a gale. We were barely able to pass due to trees down. We found out later that day that >100 mph winds were recorded in the area we were in and two people were killed by trees. Little scary, but the weather was more "normal" for the rest of the trip.

 

[Euro-Feejer]

Added an overall map of the trip...

 

[GeorgiaRoller]

Great ride report!!! Thanks for sharing. Very thorough & informative with terrific pics. The countryside of the U.K. is another place I'd like to visit as well. It's nice to see the many centuries old buildings over there that we just don't have here in the U.S.

I've never seen or heard of the "Fallkirk Wheel". Pretty bloody ingenious! :clapping: