Scotia Take Two

Had to swap my day off for some reason that escapes me but instead of the normal Monday off it was to be Thursday, so you can guess how this story starts? yep correct weather was lovely Monday, infact nice all the way up to Thursday when it blew a gale all day and we spent most of it dodging showers!!! however not to be deterred I was going to add to my Scotia challenge check points come what may.

The first check point was an AA box situated near Bancory, Aberdeenshire. This took some finding as we took the wrong road into bancory for the checkpoint (forgot to take map) still after a bit of faffing and a little help form a DPD delivery man we found it.

Next one was found by accident. After riding what seemed like forever into a strong head wind we eventually came across Braemar and stopped for a cup of tea and a slice of Victoria sponge ( the Scotia challenge takes a lot out of you) but here it is the Memorial to the wellington bomber crew which crashed on a training flight in the area.

The pictures may look all nice and summery but believe me they don't tell the whole story of wind and rain that followed us on the journey.

 

Scotia Challenge

This year i thought i would give the Scotia challenge a go. This is run by the Scottish Classic Motorcycle Club and you have all summer to vist and photograph your bike at various checkpoints to try to gain one of three awards,Gold, Silver or bronze, ideally this would be carried out on a classic machine of 15 years or older but you can participate on a modern bike if you wish, you just cannot win the Gold award.

As per usual I have been my usual slow to get going self and managed to have neither of my classic bikes ready (or anywhere near ready) for participation, so this year year I am going for the bronze award which entails travelling the length and breadth of Scotland collecting 30 checkpoints and next year i shall do it on a classic bike!!!

Here are my first four gathered today:

 The Tullies Stones

 The Falkirk Wheel

 Spitfire Monument, Grangemouth

 Not the Sunshine State Unfortunatley

Only 26 more checkpoints to go, it's going to be a 

busy Summer.

SCMC St Fillians Gathering 22/09/2013

The odd shower couldn't put a dampener on the SCMC meet up at St Fillians on the banks of Loch Earn, a good turn out of classic bikes ; a cracking ride in some beautiful countryside what more could you want?

Tummel Trundle

Rode across to Perthshire to take a look at the scmcc club run, big attendance and a lot of lovely bikes on display, sadly the Sportster didn't make it as I had a slow puncture that turned out to be so slow that Glaziers move quicker! but I wasn't taking any risks with the front tyre.