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| Author: | purps [ 16 May 2009 21:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Scottish meets |
So, I'm up for organising a couple of meets north of the border.... Any suggestions for locations that will be sort of central to all? |
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| Author: | Mitch [ 17 May 2009 23:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
i've not been to Scotland for a few years now. love the place especially the west coast. haven't got a clue where a good location would be though. there used to be a motor museum at Doune (sp?) or if there is something similar around maybe that would be a good idea as they may be used to holdoing meets. |
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| Author: | CJ [ 18 May 2009 11:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
I visited the Doune Motor Museum in the 1980's and thought it was pretty good, unfortunately it closed in November 1998. We used the Falkirk Wheel for a UKBEG meet last year which worked quite well. Their web site: http://www.thefalkirkwheel.co.uk/ A quick search of the internerd shows this http://www.srps.org.uk/railway/ as a possible meeting place for those of you with an interest in all things mechanical. |
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| Author: | Dave from Scotland [ 18 May 2009 22:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
Purps, If you're just looking for a meeting place, the Green Welly Stop is pretty central and quite popular with bikers. It even got a "loo of the year, 2009" five star award! http://www.thegreenwellystop.co.uk/ If you're doing a stay-over event the Argyll Hotel in Inverary is biker-friendly and has some fantastic views, plus a suberp range of malts: http://www.booking.com/hotel/gb/argyllh ... 3d406d0a53 If you end up riding up the west coast, make sure you stop off at Kilmartin Glen. Stone circles, cairns, ancient rock art, a truely remarkable churchyard (check out the Templar gravestones) etc: http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/k ... index.html http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/k ... index.html On the east cost, I can recommend the Scottish mining museum (maybe I'm biased - I did mining etc as a degree course!) but if you can organise a tour of the "large object store", there will be things to interst anyone of a mechanical bent: http://www.scottishminingmuseum.com/museum/index.asp I can also orgainise a special tour of the Edinburgh City Observatory for you* - during the day, you'll only get to see the site - for an evening tour, you can get to see the sky through the scopes as well (don't blame me - you can't use telescopes in the daytime: also, don't blame me if its couldy - I don't control the weather!) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Obser ... _Edinburgh (* one of the few fringe benefits of being a previous President of the Astronomical Society.) If you get the dates right, a trip to the 1/4 mile strip at Crail is well worth it. I've done a fair few timed 1/4 mile drag runs in my life - most strips have a huge "run off" area, but Crail is different: get it wrong and you're straight into the ocean. Their website is so crap that I won't even post it. Let me know what date(s) you plan things for - hopefully I'll make the run up. Dave |
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| Author: | AndyC [ 18 May 2009 23:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
What about the Air Museum at East Fortune? You can even go on Concorde. The Green Welly is ok if you live in or around the central belt - for those of us that live slightly further south its a crap drive throu Glasgow - Moffat is a nice wee place with some cracking roads around it, there's also the cafe at St Mary's Loch - again good roads and a biker friendly cafe. |
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| Author: | Dave from Scotland [ 18 May 2009 23:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
AndyC, Look on the bright side! If you take a ride up through Glasgow you get the opprtunity to stop off at the utterly wonderful, super-Buell-friendly- place that is West Coast Harley Davidson. I can't imagine anywhere I'd sooner visit on a run out  Dave |
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| Author: | purps [ 19 May 2009 21:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
Thanks guys Any of the Scottish contingent wanna step up and identify themselves.....and where they would want to meet??? Would help picking locations dates etc...... |
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| Author: | AndyC [ 19 May 2009 21:27 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
Purps - I live down in Dumfries so anywere in the Borders is ok - could probably stretch to t' Green Welly although it would be a fair stretch - furryboots are you 
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| Author: | purps [ 19 May 2009 21:31 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
North of Aberdeen.... But riding down to Dumfries/ Borders for a meet is nae bother |
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| Author: | AndyC [ 19 May 2009 21:39 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
The green welly may be the most central 
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| Author: | purps [ 19 May 2009 21:57 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
But is it the most fun???? |
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| Author: | richie [ 20 May 2009 22:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
get a room 
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| Author: | norrie [ 24 May 2009 22:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
How about Samye Ling's the Tibetan Buddhist Monastery just off the A68 near Langholm. http://www.samyeling.org/index.php?modu ... d=16&pid=1 |
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| Author: | fitliker [ 27 May 2009 14:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
I'm just outside Aberdeen as well so let me know if you manage to organise anything. If there's anymore local why not a meet at the feuchside and a run upto braemar for a start |
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| Author: | Gasaxe [ 02 Jun 2009 19:12 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Scottish meets |
Sorry for not responding earlier,I never look at meets ,cos I didnae think there would be any outside of Englandshire. I stay outside Keith on the way out to Banff. What about a blast over to the west coast, Ullapool is only a couple of hours away from here. Lee |
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