weather or not to risk it?

[troy2610]

after passing the dreaded tests, had the usual "wanna get out there" buzz, except that the recent weather was, to say the least - Shite - rain driven by gale winds and oh ye, hellstones in summer! which I had the privalage of experiancing the last week or so.

But hay presto, my perseverance, general stuborness and lack of any common sense produced a day of clear skies and no wind - soo what did I do, go out, not go out? I mean, being used (as I was) to leaning into wind, using the human windscreen wipers etc - would I get bored with clear roads, fall over due to no resistance, or get stopped because someone would mistakably think I was sticking the finger up - instead of imitating windscreen wipers?

Heck of course I went out and experianced such a ride, you people out there with non scottish typical summer weather must feel so lucky - I've even got midges blocking out the visor season starting next month to look forward to - can't wait.

Ye and the photo below displays the said clear weather, just in case no one believes we can have it, plus this is my first post sooo, hi everybody.

https://www.mtn-m.co.uk/web%20components/bike/_MG_4454.jpg

[pepperami]

Well where-ever you are , that`s not Scottyland!
I know this...... because it`s not raining so it cant be Scotchland!

I`ve been to Scotland and it RAINS A LOT!
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[BravoCharlie]

[pepperami]

You wanna keep that sun-shine hidden mate or you`ll have herberts like me coming back to sample a dry Scottish road in the sun
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[troy2610]

well actually, it only lasted as long as it take to have a pee, so blink and.......... but tomorrow it's gonna be sunny all frigging day and apparently warm with it, but only where I'm gonna be.....crusing along the B roads to aviemore followed closely (after a quick refreshing pit stop at the posh cafe) by zooming up the A9.

i.e posh, as in the wifes all past this having a pee in the bushes and cups of warm liquid from truck stops.

You'd think she would'nt care seeing as, yes, the bike and me are old marauders.

[BravoCharlie]

i'd love a big Marauder 800, can never find any though!
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[Sako]

Sunday past was almost 20 degrees was on the bike from morning to night, and that was up on the north coast...not normally the driest of places!

[troy2610]

Apologise all, I know I forgot the golden rule " don't mention the great scots weather".

So in line with that I'd have to say that saturday was a dreadful day, just horrible - as can be seen from the photo below, the dinner break was a nightmare!!!

https://www.mtn-m.co.uk/web%20components/bike/_MG_4470.JPG

ye could'nt decide where to paddle the feet......

Sunday was a slightly better, except my wifes bike decided to develop an illness - had diarrhea within the fuel track somewhere and died alone the fast bits of the A9. you know along those rarest of things up here - duel carriageways.

https://www.mtn-m.co.uk/web%20components/bike/_MG_4558.JPG


not to worry, even though we had to crawl back at 60mph, thats fast enough for some excitement along the commonest of thing up here - narrow B roads - especially where sand from the recent sand storm we had is still prevelant on the corners...