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A bimble to the Highlands


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Off I went in the searing heat for run north in search of cooler climes, I headed over the Forth road bridge into the Kingdom of Fife and onto Perth and across to Dundee and headed towards Aberdeen before cutting across to Montrose and picking up the coast road North, my first stop was at Dunnottar Castle after 122 miles of riding, just south of Stonehaven, they do a good Aberdeen Angus burger and chips here for a reasonable £7 so it was my planned lunch stop. They also have dedicated motorcycle parking.

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I was going to head up to the monument and sacrifice a sheep but it is Aberdeenshire so non of the sheep are virgins and I had more places to see.

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I then headed North then west towards the Cairngorms and the National Park.

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Continuing my journey I stopped off at Balmoral for a break and a cigar, the estate was closed as it was after 5pm so I gave that a miss.

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While I was there another Harley turned up, a Sportster 883 ridden by a female naturally, all the way from Lincolnshire.

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I then headed off to make my way home past various villages and mountains and even ski lifts and through the most dramatic countryside you could imagine.

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I even found a special “friend” for Pete.

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By the time I got home I had covered 294 miles. The refurbished shocks performed very well and I played around with the air pressure, running them a lot lower than previously and will reduce them a little more on the next ride.

 

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Bloody hell this is actually good 😆

Thats as close to sideswipe as Im gonna get cos of the great pics, love the bits of info. The cigar? Hope "you did not inhale"

Might nick the castle location for my trip end of the week.

Were the roads ok? Im hoping everyones gone to Spain and left them reasonably clear.

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1 hour ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Bloody hell this is actually good 😆

Thats as close to sideswipe as Im gonna get cos of the great pics, love the bits of info. The cigar? Hope "you did not inhale"

Might nick the castle location for my trip end of the week.

Were the roads ok? Im hoping everyones gone to Spain and left them reasonably clear.

The roads were good north of Perth and Kinross region although they had quite a lot of new chips down in the National Park which were a bit loose still in places. After Braemar it was fine. The coast road was good.

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INFORMALBRITISH
verb
verbbimble3rd person presentbimblespast tensebimbledpast participlebimbledgerund or present participlebimbling
  1. walk or travel at a leisurely pace.
    "on Sunday we bimbled around Spitalfields and Brick Lane"
     
noun
nounbimbleplural nounbimbles
  1. a leisurely walk or journey.
    "we were enjoying a pleasant bimble over the rocks"
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2 minutes ago, Buckster said:
INFORMALBRITISH
verb
verbbimble3rd person presentbimblespast tensebimbledpast participlebimbledgerund or present participlebimbling
  1. walk or travel at a leisurely pace.
    "on Sunday we bimbled around Spitalfields and Brick Lane"
     
noun
nounbimbleplural nounbimbles
  1. a leisurely walk or journey.
    "we were enjoying a pleasant bimble over the rocks"

I have to admit it sounds pretty fucking gay..... Ex... Oh I'm going for a little bimble with my ktm... I would be the laughing stock of the bike world if I used that around here.. 

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Just now, Marcel said:

I have to admit it sounds pretty fucking gay..... Ex... Oh I'm going for a little bimble with my ktm... I would be the laughing stock of the bike world if I used that around here.. 

You are the laughing stock of the bike world. 

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1 hour ago, Buckster said:
INFORMALBRITISH
verb
verbbimble3rd person presentbimblespast tensebimbledpast participlebimbledgerund or present participlebimbling
  1. walk or travel at a leisurely pace.
    "on Sunday we bimbled around Spitalfields and Brick Lane"
     
noun
nounbimbleplural nounbimbles
  1. a leisurely walk or journey.
    "we were enjoying a pleasant bimble over the rocks"

Don't panic anyone it was me.

Sorry about hacking your account. You can have it back now.

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Just now, Slowlycatchymonkey said:

Don't panic anyone it was me.

Sorry about hacking your account. You can have it back now.

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