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    Scotland NC500 on a GS850GN

    I've been using this forum to help me get my bike fit and now it's time to share the fun.
    I live in Cornwall UK (Lands End) and thought a likkle trip to Scotland (John o Groats) would be a perfect trip during these uncertain times. I rode to Wye Valley in wales, up to the Lake district then on to Glasgow. From Glasgow to Inverness where I picked up the NC500 route to John O Groats. My mates had a 1904 ketch sailing around the Outer Hebrides so I caught up with them in Oban and then snaked up the West coast of Scotland to Ullapool via the Isle of Skye.
    It's a fantastic country with lonely snaking roads and some breathtaking passes. I wild camped and got a cheap bunk house when the weather demanded. I'll share some photos but just to say that the whole of the UK off of the motorways is really astonishingly beautiful. I pointed home via the Cairngorns, Newcastle Upon Tyne, the Yorkshire Dales and Nottingham where I stumbled upon a biker fest to finish off my trip.
    The GS never let me down and loaded with some whiskey in the panniers, i'll re live this adventure with every wee dram!
    Cheers fellas!
    (P.S. my carb manifolds are a bit broken now. Anyone know of some supplier for a GS850GN?)
    Travel wide my friends!

    Pasty.
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    #2
    Beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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      #3
      Cool, Are you far from St Just and Sennen Cove? It's all lovely round those parts.
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        #4
        He's got a GN, 79.
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          #5
          Lovely story and refreshingly brief. Obviously you're not a self promoter.
          Thank you and pass the bottle if you please. ; )
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            #6
            Good on yer for taking the time and making the effort - I remember that Scottish sky.......
            Looking forward to more photos.
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              #7
              And I thought NC500 was an undersquare Honda. Learn something new everyday.
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                #8
                Originally posted by Pastychamp View Post
                sailing around the Outer Hebrides so I caught up with them in Oban and then snaked up the West coast of Scotland to Ullapool via the Isle of Skye.

                I pointed home via the Cairngorns, Newcastle Upon Tyne, the Yorkshire Dales and Nottingham
                I feel like I just watched a scene from Lord of the rings......
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                  #9
                  Thanks for sharing your story pastychamp.

                  Thanks Rich, for reposting that beautiful pic.

                  I was stationed at RAF Whetherfield & RAF Mildenhall from Feb89 to Sep93 and married a Scottish lass who’s family migrated from Coatbridge, which is just outside of Glasgow.

                  Of course during our courtship, we drove up to Edinburg and did the bed & breakfast thing. We also visited my future wife’s auntie Lottie in Coatbridge. The drive from RAF Whethersfield in Essex to Edinburg was great! Beautiful countryside the closer we got to Scotland.

                  Lately, our family has been talking up another Eurotrip (we went to Ireland in 2019) and visit southwest England. There is so much to see and even living there for 4.5 years was not enough time to see it all.

                  Let us know how you get on with your bike.

                  Ed

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                    #10
                    Cheers Grimly. Appreciate the link. Hopefully I can source in the UK but there's definitely more love for the GS State-side.

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                      #11
                      Yeh, that ride from Hayle to Lands End along the North Coast is epic ( apart from school summer holidays when it's full of @#* caravans)

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                        #12
                        The Isle of Skye, next to the Fairy Pools. I'm not making this up! Skye.jpg

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                          #13
                          Nice! Looks like you had decent weather too! How were the midges up there? I used to go up to the Oban area a lot as a kid...
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                            #14
                            Originally posted by salty_monk View Post
                            Nice! Looks like you had decent weather too! How were the midges up there? I used to go up to the Oban area a lot as a kid...
                            Oh gawd..... the midges.....
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                              #15
                              Such nice country. I haven't ridden there, but I've driven all over Scotland and loved so many spots.
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