My 90 has been shut away all winter in storage so I decided to get it out and take it to get the Sunday papers.
I ended up taking it for a nice on-road run to charge the battery and blow the spider's webs out of the turbo.............................. 243 miles later I got home!

You can type these routes into Google Earth/Maps and see where I ended up for lunch.
Collected the paper from the village shop and then drove east along the A811 to Stirling to fil up with taxi juice.
Stirling to Callander on the A84 then on to Lochearnhead, Tyndrum, Crianlarich where I joined the A82 across Rannoch Moor to Glencoe where I stopped for lunch at the National Trust Centre then ran down to Ballachulish
to see the sea! Turned around there and took the A82 back to about a mile before the Glencoe Ski Centre and turned right onto the old Road to the Isles to the head of Loch Etive at Gualachulain - this is s great single track road that follows the valley of the River Etive and even today there were plenty of white water canoeists playing in the river - the water must have been freezing!
The roads were not totally free of traffic but with there being miles and miles of straights and a pretty good surface even the 90 was able to cruise along at 60 quite happily in 5th gear and I was even able to find long enough clear section to actually get to overtake coaches! As I'm running on BFGoodrich MTR's on the 90 it's not such a nice experience doing the high speed thing for any length of time though - the steering is a bit vague and braking isn't a good as it is on All Terrains
Glen Etive has very dramatic scenery and I though you might like some photos................


Looking east back toward the pass I had just driven through - the road is paved but single track with passing places and there is a big sign at the turn off the A82 that says "Not Suitable for Buses, coaches, Motorhomes or Caravans"

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Well done Tim!

We ended u going 1 mile and getting trousered so excuse any typo's!!

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Paddling down the River Etive counts as a great day out. Ran that river in a kayak a few times (although sadly not in the last dozen years) and survived to tell the tale. Back then it was quite rare to see (or even hear) of anyone running the Etive as many assumed it was a lethal mix of big falls, stoppers and sumps. Now Uni students seem to run the thing 3 times a day in really short, tough plastic kayaks - after just a few months training. RRS TDv8 HSE Rimini
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Mrs TB and I had our own little road trip on Saturday.

It was a bit boring sitting around the house with nothing to do and the sun was shining outside, so we jumped in the car and "headed for the hills".

We set off west and just kept going and soon found ourselves in Llangollen. We stopped at the top of the Horse Shoe Pass for tea and biscuits in the Pondarossa Cafe. Lots of really nice motorbikes to look at, including a vintage Norton that we followed out of Lllangollen and up to the cafe. The scenery up there is quite breath taking but we didn't take any photo's as the wind was enough to blow your head off and the temp had dropped quite a lot compared to when we left home.

We then headed further west and drove around Bala before heading for the coast. We had a quick look at the sea in Rhyl of all places. God how that place has changed since I was a kid. Before heading for home, via the A55, M56 and M6. We had a really great time and can't wait for the next sunny weekend to see where our little adventures will take us.

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I love doing spur of the moment road runs - my other favourite at this time of the year is to drive the A9 from Stirling to Dalwhinnie (stopping at House of Bruar for a lunch/coffee and to wander around the shop looking at all the vastly overpriced but very nice clothes they sell! Resume the trip and drive to Dalwhinnie where I turn off the A9 and take a route over the moors to Laggan and cross the ford through the River Spey near the village and follow the single track roads up to the start of the Corrie Yarrick Pass. Then head back home on the A86 via Spean Bridge and Fort William and the A82 again. 300+ miles but a great drive when the traffic isn't too touristy!
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I so envy you up there....those are stunning roads (I love the drive up to Fort William from Glencoe) and despite the rumours I havent see a bloke wearing a skirt in any of the villages yet...... RRS TDV6 SE Java Black +towpack +tintent +Permagrin

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Very nice Tim.

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Nice mate. I used to love going on spur of the moment drives too.... can't do it so easily with the kids now though  

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