Speyside Distillery Cycling tour

https://www.flickr.com/photos/itsbruce/sets/72157644974396943/

So I plan to run at least one repeat of the Speyside distilleries cycling tour I led last year. You can see how it went (and how beautiful the region I grew up in) from the Flickr album. It was a three day event. Our planned routes (from which we deviated a little here and there): http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4801639
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4822176
http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4872658
. We took an overnight train to Aberdeen arriving Saturday morning and caught a train from Keith early on Monday afternoon, with a change at Aberdeen. As you can see from the gradient charts, the Grampian highlands are not flat but rarely steep and quite doable on a fixed gear (no challenge to geared bikes at all).

So it's time for me to start planning this. Who is interested? Note: the buff guy who keeps taking his shirt off won't be along. Cocktail stops are a certainty, however.

No fixed date yet so I haven't put up an actual event yet. That will grow from responses to this thread (although I am also recruiting elsewhere).

Very tempted, @mands, you up for this?

Would be keen on this Bruce.

Yes.

Hang on wait, no buff guy? maw!

Aug Bank holiday?

FFFFFF___ck yes, always wanted to do the Speyside whisky festival,no camping tho

July , August and the first half of September are ok, ...Mands please say yes it will be a blast( I will supply the aspirins)

Camping/glamping not necessary. Loads of cheap hotels and b&bs.

distillery tour you say ?

Provisional yes*

Can't do September 1-12

Outside of this I'm keen

provisionally, yes

Mands please say yes it will be a blast( I will supply the aspirins)

maw yes! but wouldn't want to deprive you of your daily medication matey!

IN!* - pending dates I can do
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*promise i won't take my shirt off

Tempted - seriously tempted therefore name's in the hat.....checked fares 3rd July to 6th July as a guide £138!!!! return in the sleeper!

That's cheap! Does it include a bed or is that in a chair?

^ sleeping on saddle, track standing

Any dates yet???,,,,to put the£138 train fare in perspective it would cost me £240 in diesel for my van,,,

bump

bump bump bump, summer is going by,
http://www.maltwhiskytrail.com/pages/view/news/autumn-speyside-whisky-festival

nu?

Having a bit of a shit year, so this is on hold. What I will do is put up an account of the route and the practicalities/difficulties wrt trains and accomodarion.

made it , bump

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Excellent pics - my namesake Distillery and my favourite malt. Enjoy (sensibly or not so sensibly)

This looks fun...

Is it an open invite?

It you're keen on the whiskey Edinburgh Fixed Gear are currently planning a highlands and islands distillery jape at the start of April.

Come...

This looks superb.