Highland Mini Meet 3
 

Hi Folks

Angus and I have just got our heads together to set a date for Highland Mini Meet, and have decided on weekend beginning Friday 18th May 2012.

As per the last two years All are welcome - very informal just a few tents pitched at Cannich Campsite and probably a ride out on the Saturday. We haven't fine tuned the details yet but will work this out as we go along.

Given a bit more notice this year - so people can get time off work and save up their beer money !

Look forward to seeing some old faces and meeting new friends

Bruce and Angus

It's in the diary, if I can be there I will!

Laura

Home
 

Whoop, I'll be home and bringing lots of beer money! yay!

I reckon i can make that one be great to see you again Jake.

Its marked in the diary and on the calendar, now to figure out a way to get a day off or maybe even a few days holiday.

Oh Bugger
 

Chizz, Angus, sadly I cant make it to this one as my other half has booked for the pair of us to go to Memphis during the meet. I hope you all have a great time. Last year was one of the best meets I have ever been to and the ride out was nothing short of spectacular.

To any one thinking of going watch out for the Cannich bull run and get the boys to take you up to Applecross, it is breathtaking.

I look forward to seeing the photos on here.

Regards as ever

GM

GM

Gutted you cant make it this year - have a great time in Memphis - glad you enjoyed last year so much - its always a pleasure to show people our great Highland roads and scenery - all being well we will see some new faces this year,

Catch up with you sometime

Ride Safe

Chizz

Excellent Jake - look forward to seeing you

Nice one Laura - look forward to seeing you

Great - look forward to seeing you Milimut - be good if you could make the ride out this year

Chizz

Nice one Geoffshing = look forward to meeting you

Chizz

I'd loveto come up to Cannich....I've not been to an HU meet so hopefully I can get the coo's out into the fields in time......!

Went to the Touratech Travel event last year in the Schwarzwald which was nice but very busy.

FP.

Hey Chizz,

Couple of us here from the Kingdom would like to come! Few beers bier sounds great! Dates in the diary, looks like theres a few good twistys on the way.:D

Look forward to meeting you Strompet ! Oh yeah - lots of twisties

Hi all,Campsite confirmed we should have our own corner as usual.There is a cafe on the site which does good breakfast etc.I spoke to Ronnie the landlord of local pub who has said he will do the usual quality food at a very reasonable rate,there will also be a selection of local ales beer and of course fine malts jeiger(Rorry comes to mind here !).As for the run out we can do poss,a short local one for the less adventurous and by popular demand the Applecross hillclimb!::blink:,but there are many options as we are in Gods own biking country here.
Look forward to see ya all,:welcome:

Sounds good, I should be along to that, I may even bring the bicycle if I'm feeling keen.

Hi Alex, bicycles welcome.Hope weather kinder to you than
Glencoe.! be good to see you again.

Well I have changed my holidays to the week after the meet, and I have requested a holiday day on the Saturday, so far it is looking promising, but to be on the safe side full grovel mode will be implemented. The boss drinks coffee with milk and is partial to shortbread, will be heading to a superior shortbread maker this weekend.
Mike will put his holiday request in next week.
Would it be possible to get an invite to the rally in Dornoch please.

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Hi Millimut,hope all goes well re holiday booking.If you pm me your name and address I will get an invite to the rally sent to you.
Looking forward to seeing you both again.

Angus.

Numbers For Camping
 

Hi All,
I was asked today for a rough idea of numbers for the campsite for the meet.if you could let us know if you are coming that would be sound.:thumbup1:

cheers

Angus

I will certainly be there unless something drastic happens. jake

Hi Bruce & Angus,

It's looking good for me for the Highlands mini meet (although probably not for Chris), although I may arrive late on the Friday as I'm doing a CPD course on the Friday afternoon and I don't know what time it finishes at. Will let you know once I do!

Jake - let me know if you want somewhere to stay on your way up on the Thursday to break up the journey... we now have a very comfy sofa bed with a proper mattress (maybe better for your back?). Is Kieran coming to this meet or did he run away to Germany?

Looking forward to seeing everyone again and to meeting new people! :thumbup1:

Beej

Hi Beej thanks for the offer of a bed thats really nice but i will probably wild camp somewhere in the back of beyond as I have no managed to escape anywhere from bricks and mortar this year so the wilderness is calling. Keiren wont be coming but no he is not in Germany. Catch up soon Best regards jake.

hey fella's,

Alex, you got the bicycle bug ? :-) If the weather is clear you can short-cut over the Corrieyairack, which is nothing compared to the Rannoch Moor epic we did. I did 4 days in the Pyrenees this weekend, a long route with an unexpected 1000 m off road climb in the middle !

good to see this meet still going strong. sadly it's a bit far from Barcelona, and it's 23 degrees here ;-)

enjoy the beers....

No worries Jake, thought you might be wild camping as I know you usually do on the way up to Cannich! Hope you find a nice spot.

And Dougie... stop rubbing it in! Hope all is going well for you though!

Beej

Dougie - 23 degrees - now wait till its 40 degrees - sweaty, humid and to hot to do anything - your a Scotsman you must be like a fish out of water down there in the sun, go on admit it your missing the rain, wind, snow and cold and soon to come out midgies.

Still waiting to discover if I will get a day off on the Saturday. We/I will be there on Saturday night. Until Mike hears different he will be there on Friday evening after work, that is if he is still working in UK at the time. I know all this info is no good for planning, but neither of our bosses are being very helpful at the moment.
I however know that I am on a weeks holiday after Cannich weekend, so at the latest I arrive Saturday early evening and leave Monday morning.

being nocturnal helps, as long as I make it home before sunrise I am surviving :-)

I'd like to attend please?
 

Hi Bruce & Angus
(+ Hi to Jake!)
Looks like I can attend if you have space for me please?
Want to test out the new velocipede!!:mchappy:
Cheers
Col

Look forward to meeting you Col !

A friend also coming if that's ok?
 

Many thanks Chizz,

A friend - John Nichols would like to ride up as well - if that's OK please?
He rides a Triumph 800 Tiger. And I want to try out my Sertao.

Kind regards
Col

Thanks Col - John is most welcome

see you soon

Bruce (Chizz)

I would love to come along!

Look forward to meeting you Ben

Can't make this time unfortunately, am sure it will be fun and with any luck it won't totally piss it down like a couple of years ago :)

Cheers for that Mike,doh.Sorry you can't make it.

Jake had mentioned about this meet in another thread of mine. It will be nice to see you all.

I will try to try to come on Saturday just for the day. It depends on my trip to Brighton this week. I am starting tomorrow. I have taken the whole week off to do the trip.

Chandra

We are hoping to get thru for the weekend so fingers crossed we will meet up again.

Liz & Mike

Chandra,

It'll be good to see you again, glad your still enjoying the bike!

Beej

I am still trying to get the bilge pump rebuilt after a complete winter 6 month restoration and modification into a HPN dakar and painted up like a tarts handbag. But the clutch bearing is knackered so waiting for that from motorworks then the new front brake is still an issue with a few problems getting everything to fit and line up correctly. I hope to have her running and back together this weekend and MOT done at latest next week. I then need to ride her a bit to test everything before setting off north for the weekend with El Chico and his mate. If there are many more problems with the build I then i may struggle to get sorted in time. Keeping the fingers crossed and still looking forward to the weekend. Bye the way chizz I should be there on time this time round as i have now got one of them new fangled Garmin things - with maps inside it - but its so complicated to work the damn thing I leave it switched off. Much better fun just getting lost.

Borrow my "spare bike" Jake?
 

Hi Jake - if you get stuck with the Bilge Pump not being ready, why not borrow my KTM Adventure? I want to try out the Sertao, so why not?
Hope that's OK, not as good as using your "tarts handbag!"....

Cheers
Col

Hi Col - Logistics might be a bit of a problem you and your ktm are way down in Yorkshire I am up here and then I am not sure if my insurance lets me use other bikes in any case ( as I have a classic bike policy now - have to check that one) but if all else fails and if its feasable then I may well take you up on that one thanks very much Col.
I am hopeful and fairly confident that the bilge will be working by then though.

Jake.

Hi Angus,
Another one here I think. Have cleared the decks at last for a 2-3 week trip departing today. Will aim to arrive on the Friday 18th.

Thanks
Ken

Hi Jake

Hope motorworks come up with the goods - I have always had excellent service. It would be great to see you again

Bruce (Chizz)

Mike/Liz

Look forward to seeing you

Bruce

Be good to see you Ken

I think you will be our furthest traveled this year

Bruce (Chizz)

Just back from South America for a couple of months but the bike is relaxing in Montevideo awaiting my return. The car's MoT has been passed and I hope to arrive on Saturday for a beer and bulls**t session. Ride safe.

Look forward to meeting you and especially hearing your stories of SA

Chizz

Sorry - got to pull out
 

Hi guys
Sorry - but I'm suffreing from an 'orrible carpel tunnel problem with the left hand.. So am going to apologise and not go next week... need this to heal and I keep upsetting it! Got one of those glove splint things to try and stop me using it.
Hope you all have a grand do!
Kind regards
Col

Hi, Andy and I will hop on our Bonnies, brave the Scottish weather; all this to share adventures and especially to sqeeze Mike!
Maya.

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Nice one - look forward to seeing you both -Chizz

Bad luck Col - I had the same problem a couple of years ago and missed a meet in Glencoe - since been operated on an no more numb hand

Maybe see you next year

Bruce - Chizz

At last front brake sorted, waiting for a seal for the gearbox and if that arrives by tuesday as promised then all being well I should have the bike sorted Motd and be ready to come along. Lets hope there are no other hiccups along the way. jake.

Hi

Does it snow in Scotland at this time of the year, or can I bring my bikini? :D

Maybe a snorkel and flippers ! - Look forward to seeing you

Bruce (Chizz)

Jake,starting to sound promising for you,be good to see you again.:thumbup1:.
Debseed,would bring woolly bikini if I were you :freezing:.Weather been a bit unpredictable at the moment.Forecast looking better towards end of week.Will be a laugh no matter what.:mchappy:

Would love to make this but cant this weekend.............are there anymore of these kind of things later in the year around scotland?Never toured before and would like a group to hold my hand before I think of going solo.......:blushing:

I may be able to attend Just Saturday. Please let me know when and where to meet you guys.

Hi Chandra,what time do you expect to get to Cannich?

For those looking for a wee bit of luxury the campsite in Cannich have opened new heated camping pods which I believe are quite reasonably priced.Click on to Cannich Caravan & Camping park for details.

Angus.

Hi Angus afraid its looking iffy to get up there - as I have another issue after a test run on the bike ( as its had so much work done and most of it non standard stuff its become a trail of little problems to sort. So I can not get the MOT done (its a brake issue) and I need to work on the caliper mount to get it right. If I can get this sorted , the gearbox is done then I may get it MOTd in time to travel up but I think I am going to be pushing the limit a bit. If I can get sorted I will be there but I cant make a promise at this late stage. Jake.

As you can see the bilge pump has been transformed into a full on Dakar HPN type bike ( as I wont be travelling any more other than a few 3 week trips then its been a bit of an indulgence so from this http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...e/P1010022.jpg into this the tarts handbag.http://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...e/P5140126.jpghttp://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...e/P5140131.jpghttp://i1244.photobucket.com/albums/...e/P5140127.jpg

I left home for the MOT garage this morning all issues I had were now resolved so get the MOT and tax then we are ready to head north tomorrow - but the short 15 mile run to the mot garage sorted that, the fork seals leaked badly on the bike on its maiden run out - so that was an MOT failure. The forks were overhauled by white power last week and new seals etc fitted - so a bit of a problem to solve I am afraid so again no bike.. till this is sorted. So have to miss out on the weekend sorry to say - hope you all have a great weekend and it even looks like your going to get a reasonable weather window for the weekend - hope to see you all sometime soon - Jake.

Sorry to hear this Jake - was looking forward to seeing you again - the bike looks great! hopefully it will be sorted soon -

All the best Bruce - (Chizz)

Holy moly, that is one smart looking bike Jake, lovely. Just get some gaiters around the forks and tell the MOT man to slap a ticket on it:-)

Chizz and Angus, I should be joining you on Friday evening and despite the motorbike running great I think I'll bring the pedal bike this time, maybe get there about 10.30pm or so. Keep the bar open:-)

Nice One - see you tomorrow !

Bruce

Thing is the oils dripping down the legs its peeing out it will knack the new brake pads and cover all my nice new shiney thing with oil - Ive done to much work to run it knackered anyway. Plus the cost of repair (if it needs chrome to the stanchions is £195 ) now that's about what I might need to spend on Beer, whisky and fuel - keeping up with the highland lot for the weekend. Its sad to miss out I was really looking forward to getting away but tis life. eh!.

:cursing: Unfortunately I cant get the day off from work (bloo** annoyed) but half of us will be there Friday night. Mike will be leaving from work should be there around 2000 ish. Beej he may need assistance to get the Tipi put up. I will be thru after work on Saturday.
Is the hotel doing the usual buffet?
See you all in the bar.

Jake,bike looks great,I would'nt want to get it dirty either :innocent:You know where we are be good to see you some time.
Alex you are hardy,:taz: do you want a bunkroom in pub booked as you will be late or do you want to camp?

Hi Angus I think I will try to have a run up in a few weeks time once the bikes sorted as I really need to give her a trial run, so oop North looks good maybe camp over one night in Cannich will let you know and if your about maybe a few beers with you and bruce. Jake.

And we're off! Don't put a stopwatch on this though - I might be some time :D:wheelchair:

Jake - the bilge pump looks amazing... you must be soooo pleased! Hopefully catch up with you in August on our return from Europe, will email you the date to see if you'll be around.

Currently at work wishing that I was on my way... made even more annoying by the fact that Chris actually has today off as well! Oh well... Chris & I will hopefully arrive around 8-9pm... as long as I get out of work sharp!

See you all soon, Beej x.

One shift to survive then I can join you all. Hope you all have a great ride out. See you all later.
Mike G hope the hangover has gone before I get there and the coffee is ready or better still a Crabbies.
Liz x

Thanks to chizz and Angus for organising this meet. One to put in to the calendar for next year. :thumbup1:

Ditto. Ride safe.

Thanks Debs/Mike

Look forward to seeing you back in Cannich

Bruce (Chizz)

Hi Bruce and Angus, thanks for hosting a very pleasent weekend.

It was a pleasure - and great to meet you and Maya


Chizz

Thank you!
 

Just wanted to say thanks to Bruce & Angus for organising the mini meet. We both had a great time and were very pleased that the rain stayed away!!

Beej n Chris

Same, thanks guys and good to catch up. The cycle back to Inverness was lovely and much less of an ordeal than the cycle in! Until next time...

Thanks
 

All thanks to Bruce and Angus for a great weekend meeting. And a very nice ride out to Applecross.

Campsite is brilliant too. And dry weather as well.

Same time next year maybe.......
Cheers. Ken

Thanks for a great weekend guys but an even bigger thanks for the weather specially ordered in for us. Currently sunning ourselves in gairloch letting the coffee dilute the whisky consumed last nite. Orkney was warm, Durness warmer and Mike says the roads up there are as good as the Alps. Cheers til next time Liz n Mike

Home and all,s well, wild camped just outside Braemar last night. What a great week to choose to tour Scotland. Fingers crossed Shetland is as good for me in a few weeks time.

Liz n Mike