Our friends Martin & Sure from Oxford were holidaying in Scotland last week with some of the Scottish Guzzisti so it would have been rude not to join them for a night at their planned stop at Kinlochleven. A nice run up the A82 and not too crazy busy, long lines of traffic following unconsiderate Motorhome drivers were the norm though but in general easy enough to pass on a motorcycle. The weather forecast wasn't good but it was pleasant and dry all the way however, after booking into our wooden shed the rain started and it meant the rest of the crew arrived pretty wet.
I thought we were meant to be back to some kind of normality but thanks to some of the staff at the McDonald Hotel they are still determined to make it abnormal, we got thrown off the table we sat at as it was needed for food service (there were other spare tables) then we were told we couldn't get a beer until we were sat down for food, staff making up their own rules again, we were all pretty pissed off with their attitude but we were stuck, luckily the travelling Guzzisti had copious beer supplies so we stood in the campsite and had a beer whilst enjoying the hordes of midges. The midges were beyond a joke, as I write this a couple of days after I have at least 100 midge bites, not funny.
Anyhoo when we did get inside we had a fine night but the 10pm last orders thing caught us out as usual, unfortunately Sue and Martin provided us with a nightcap so we felt sufficiently rough in the morning. Goodbyes said, waterproofs on and a reasonable run home with a rainstorm of biblical proportions as we neared home. Great weekend, could have done without the rain and the midges but hey ho, what would have been the fun in that?
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| Tea stop in Rannoch Moor |
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| Bleak but warm and dry at this point |
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| Usually a strong wind here but not today |
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| View from the campsite isn't bad at all |
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| Arrival of the touring Guzzisti |
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| Wet |
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| Wet |
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| Wet |
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| Wet |
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| Ians Griso |
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| Wet |
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| Fi's bike developed a misfire on the way home, pretty sure its to do with the rain |
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| Donalds Breva gets a rare outing |
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| Yong Deer |
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| Inside away from the midges |
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| Stopped for adjustments |
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| Group photo |
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