Scottish Tour

Posted byColin

Following on from the family visits I embarked on a two week motorcycle tour of the Outer Hebrides with Dougie, Martin and Sam. Here are two videos about the trip…

I set off from Sara’s caravan near Keswick and met up with Dougie and Sam at the Devil’s Porridge Museum near Gretna. This is the route we followed…

Map of the route
Overnight stop in Creetown
Keep it tidy
Banana porridge breakfast in Wigtown.
Cheers
On the hotel terrace.
Hotel in Rothesay.
Posh hotel breakfast, including Haggis !
On the ferry, one of nine in total.
Climate protest in Oban.
Lovely local Langoustines – most of them are exported to the EU.
Monument above Oban.
Cake ! Whistler’s mum has never had it so good.
Fish & Chip van in Castlebay, Isle of Arran
Memorial of a crashed Catalina flying boat – photos of the crew.
Memorial to a shipwreck – emigrants heading for America.
Barra airfield is on the beach !
Tour of Barra on a hired bike.
Otter sculpture.
Blueberry scone and coffee.
Lunch
Dougie power-napping.
Cake !
Bear sculpture in Langass Woods – memorial to a real bear.
Burial mound near Langass.
Haggis, tatties and neeps.
Breakfast – poached eggs and black pudding.
At the Butte of Lewis
Morning light.
Oysters !
Picnic stop.
Scotch pie.
Its a sign !
Trying to dry my wet boots and socks on the heated towel rail.
Just made it back t the caravan with a threadbare rear tyre and a slow puncture in the front. Phew !