Scotland 2024...

rwthomas1 said:
The road conditions do give me some pause, but still very interested.
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Its tiring, staying continuously alert draws a lot of focus on the road which gives less time to appreciate the scenery...
My GF, not used to such long distance stuff always felt quite exhausted...
Avoid any puddles of water as they most certainly hide a massive pothole...
 
The pay toilet thing is extremely odd as a US citizen. I've not encountered them in the US and I'm guessing because 1) behind wherever the pay toilet was, it would smell like a urinal 2) within 48hrs the locks would be inoperative, or simply gone.
 
The parking fees for bikes is a strange one, I've never paid in Scotland. Or England for that matter.
I know they've cracked down on pavement parking north of the border but I don't know how strictly it's enforced. Even in the middle of Edinburgh it's not an issue to find free parking.
The most expensive parking I've ever paid was in Ghent, Belgium last weekend. But it was a heated garage with an immaculately painted floor in the no traffic zone.
The floor wasn't as immaculately after I put The B on it's centre stand!
Upt.
 
I want to go up to the Sheltlands, did all the planning for three weeks this year, the grand plan was to ride up to Europoort then across to Newcastle and take the Northlink ferry to Lewick. Sadly it didn´t happen, perhaps next year.
 
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