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It's going to be a long 300km...
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[QUOTE=*Touring Ted*;421616]Me and GreenManaleshi have built a huge motorcycle trailer over the last few weeks, and that's what we're dragging the bikes up on.

Towed ceremoniously by a Gold Citroen Berlingo that wouldn't look out of place in Colonel Gadaffis front line... I'm sure Greenmanalishi has got a golden 44 Magnum in the glove box too.

What started out as a drunken 'Back of a fag packet' idea has turned into a £700 bohemoth that has dominated my garage for too long.

We're using it out of pure stubbornness as it was going to be necessary as our girlfriends WERE coming along (who wouldn't fit on the bikes) but then they dropped out like whiney old women leaving us half way through a project build.








Look forward to seeing you Ted and Stan - hope the weather brightens soon - Stan - no rideouts decided yet - just whatever folk want to do weather etc permitting - how about we decide in the pub the night before !

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Didn't realise there was such an active community in the Frozen North - may just pop out from Edi to meet and greet - sorry, I do my travelling on 4 wheels! Hope that doesn't preclude me :-)

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Didn't realise there was such an active community in the Frozen North - may just pop out from Edi to meet and greet - sorry, I do my travelling on 4 wheels! Hope that doesn't preclude me :-)

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It is not a bad idea to come by car. Weather appears bad.. Let us hope for the best.
BTW do we worry about rain or cold.

I am planning to hit the camp site to join the ride out on Saturday. love to see you all.
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It is not a bad idea to come by car. Weather appears bad.. Let us hope for the best.
BTW do we worry about rain or cold.

I am planning to hit the camp site to join the ride out on Saturday. love to see you all.
Even if it's just a piss up in a campsite.. It will be a good laugh.

It's a 500 mile trip for us so the car/bike/trailer combo might be quite good.

We're planning to visit John O gorats, Skyke etc and keep Cannich as a base..
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Slight change of plan
Hi Guys, due to circumstances beyond our control we will be arriving on Thursday and we will both be on bikes. We are stying in Edinburgh on Wednesday night and rocking up to Cannich around 2pm the following day. Our plans to stay until Monday morning have been shot to pieces as well we will be leaving Cannich on Sunday morning and going back to Edinburgh.

See you all when we land.

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The circumstances are that we're just too f**king hardcore to turn up at a adventure bike meeting in a Gold Berlingo towing a trailer with our bikes on..

That's what E&C would of done before they started filming....

And secondly, we're all out of spray on mud !!
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ahhh, hello there....!

I'm nearly free from my incarceration, and might just make it up for the friday night. Am I wrong that there were curry pasties on the first time of a meeting in Cannich (2009) ?

Are you boys coming into Edinburgh on Wednesday going for a ?

hasta mas tarde, caballeros!
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Hi Dougie, not sure what is happening on Wednesday evening. I am frantically trying to contact my brother who lives in Joppa. I cant get hold of him we may be camping on the public ground by the Rockville pub just down the road from the Ormaleigh!
Watch this space, without putting out your address what part are you from and which is the nearest pub to you?

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Hi Dougie,good to hear from you.It will be good see you back up in Cannich,not sure about pasties but grub will be good as usual.
And to the dynamic duo from Merseyside will see you in the pub on Thur if not at the campsite.
Looking forward to seeing all the hardy soles who going venture up,

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Thanks Angus, I'll have a pint of Heavy and something to wash it down



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Hi Dougie/Rory

Good to hear of some "old" faces making a return to Cannich - it will be great to see you both.

Stan/Ted - glad to see you will be braving the elements - have asafe ride up

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Bags packed, suited up and engine running, weather forecast is torrential rain Will see everyone there if I dont die of pneumonia or hyperthermia on the way up. Ted has started building an Ark and I am trying to find a good side to this venture apart from the sparkling company

At least Chiz and Bruce will have organised ring side seats for the Cannich Bull Run for us?

See everyone over the next few days

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Didn't realise there was such an active community in the Frozen North - may just pop out from Edi to meet and greet - sorry, I do my travelling on 4 wheels! Hope that doesn't preclude me :-)

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It'll be good to see another countryman in these parts! See you there
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Were on the m6 now... In the van lol. Its been twatting it down all day but starting to Brighton up. Still, with the forecast were glad to have a roof and a boot full of fun times

Its like Game of Thrones.... going into the wild lands, over the wall....

Winter is coming.........

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