Day 1 Off we go

Day 1 of our first trip away to Scotland in 2012 and we are a man down as team leader is livin the dream in Russia ! So just the two of us on this jaunt.

As usual we meet at Southwaite services and then crack on up towards Largs. As we leave the services Nige tells steve to take the A75 from the motorway and head towards Dumfries. A few miles later Steve then takes Nige on one of the best biking roads he`s ever been on, unfortunately it`s heading in the wrong direction and he`s off to Stranraer...... The sun is out and we cant believe our luck as we stop at Fairlie and take a well earned rest. 20.0c according to Steves onboard computer. It`ll be like this all the way.......................A group of four locals strike up a conversation and they have been digging for fishing bait while the tide is out, they seem to be smoking some kind of strange cigarettes as they have funny grins and wobble about a lot.......Nice lads though.

We book into the Oak Tree in at Loch Lomond with Agnes who we know and get the keys to our cottage down the road, as usual Nige has blagged a bargain and we get an onsuite twin room with a full breakfast for two for the special offer price of £37.50! We like Oak Tree the place has a good feel, the meals very good and the rooms clean and modern. We get talking to a group of bikers from Yorkshire who are up here for 5 days going to similar places as us, they say that the weather is to get much colder and snow is forecast on the high roads? We`ll see.

I was going to post a picture of the room but realised I havent got one, so here`s one of Steve tucking his bike in for the night.