Motorcycle life – motorbike travel and pictures
Motorcycling in Scotland – 3 towns and 1,000miles – Part 3. This is the last part of the three part post following last week’s short Scottish trip. In Part 1 I wrote about travelling from the North West, through the Yorkshire Dales and my stay at The Buccleuch Arms Hotel in Moffat. If you missed Part […]
Motorcycling in Scotland – 3 towns and 1,000miles – Part 2. In Part 1 I wrote about travelling from the North West, through the Yorkshire Dales and staying at The Buccleuch Arms Hotel in Moffat. If you missed Part 1 – this link will take you back there. This second part of the 3 Towns […]
Motorcycling in Scotland – 3 towns and 1,000miles – Part 1. Anyone following my blogs either here or over on the rainycity.blog will know that I really do like visiting Scotland. The last time my wife and I were there was around about this time last year. On that occasion we stayed in Newton Stewart. […]
Sunny days – three towns and a thousand miles in Scotland. Just back from making the most of the good weather by taking a short trip to Scotland. I think it was August 2023 when I was last there (on a bike). This trip saw me take in some great roads (many of which I […]
BMW F900 XR – what do I think after the first 1,000 miles Following a short but really enjoyable trip to Scotland I wrote and posted a three part blog post. If you missed that you can head to Part 1 at this link and you’ll find that Parts 2 and 3 link from there. […]
BMW F900 XR – short motorcycle trip to Scotland and the A708 (part 3) This is the third and final part of the series of blog posts covering the short trip to Scotland. In addition to wrapping up my short trip, I finish off this post by offering some thoughts about what I think of […]
BMW F900 XR – short motorcycle trip to Scotland and the A708 (Part 2) In Part 1 of this post about my short trip north of the border to Scotland I finished off by mentioning my stay at the decent Southfield Hotel in Girvan. I followed my night in Girvan by travelling for an overnight […]
BMW F900 XR – short motorcycle trip to Scotland and the A708 Anyone that has read my blog over the years will know I love motorcycling in Scotland (here’s a link to my last trip there in 2021). You would also know the A708 between Selkirk and Moffat is one of my favourite UK roads. […]
Trip postponed – sometimes the best laid plans don’t happen. I had plans in place to be away and on the road for a couple of weeks. I had been planning to head off this coming weekend to some of my favourite biking roads and places (and some new ones). Plans included ferry bookings with […]
Road trip to Scotland and finding the ‘left road’ – Part 1 Although we are not yet fully free of all the restrictions the series of lockdowns have imposed on us over the last 15 months or so, it is fair to say that many areas of daily life have started the gradual return to […]