The Best of Scotland

The group will meet in Newcastle, have a short briefing before we head North through Northumberland and cross into Scotland at Coldstream and stopping for lunch at the Kelpies. Crossing the Forth River to ride through the middle of Gleneagles Golf Course. We will stop to admire Loch Tummel from the Queens view then up into the Cairngorms for the night.

We start the day riding through the Cairngorms National Park making our way through Inverness over the Moray Firth. Heading for the West Coast and the famous Bealach Na Ba to Applecorss, some would say the most challending road in the UK. We then head East again riding the bank of Loch Torridon and back to Strathpeffer for the night.

Its Loch day today as we ride the banks of 41 different Lochs. Heading North West the first stop of the day is the view point of Loch Glascarnoch, stunning. Next its Ullapool for coffee. We head up the stunning West Coast Road for 90 miles before heading East at the top of Scotland with a visit to the Smoo Caves if you are good on stairs. We then follow the Northern Coast Road for 70 miles to reach Thurso and our hotel for the night. What a breath taking day on your bike.

Leaving Thurso we head East to John O Groats for the photo op! Following on for the day we the head up to Dunnet Point and view the lighthouse. South through Forsinard Flow Nature Reserve, Naver Forest and Loch and down to Inverness for the night.

Its South all day starting with riding the East shore of Loch Ness, coffe in Fort Augustus. Next stop is the Commado Memorial, Fort William and onto Glen Coe. Loch Lamond links us onto the Ersking Bridge, skirt around Glasglow and stop in Motherwell for the night.

After a relaxing night in Motherwell we head East to Peebles into the Kielder Forest with lunch overlooking Kieider Water. From here its a short hop across to Newcastle and our last night together. A 10 minute walk over the Tyne Bridge gets us into the heart of Newcastle and a great last night.