Proposed Programme On Yer Bike day trips summer 2007

Hi Folks here is the provisional On Yer Bike day trip programme for summer 2007.

SUNDAY 03 JUNE 2007

Argyll – Holy Loch/Loch Eck 21mls skill level intermediate, overall difficult to challenging

SUNDAY 24 JUNE 2007

Glentress – The Borders Overall difficult to challenging
Dedicated Skills Day

Fri, Sat. Sun. 13,14, 15th July.Depart 4pm Fri Return. 8pm Sun.
SYHA Cairngorm Lodge, Cairngorm Rothiemurchus,Glenfeshie Area. Mixed, skill level intermediate to difficult overall difficult to challenging total distance aprox 40mls over two days

Sunday 22 July 2007

Glen Tilt Perthshire 15mls skill level intermediate, overall moderate/difficult

Sunday 12 august 2007

Aberfoyle - Braeval Loop 15mls, Sill level easier to moderate, Overall difficult

Sunday 26 August 2007

Tweed Valley Area - Cardona Forest Trails 12mls skill level easier to intermediate overall moderate

Sunday 16 September 2007

Aberfoyle Area
Queen Elizabeth Forest Park Loch Ard, 12mls Skill level easier, overall easy

Sunday 07 October 2007

Carron Valley Area Skills development day, skills level intermediate to difficult overall moderate to difficult

Sunday 28 October 2007

Mugdock Country Park 13mls Milngavie to park and surroundings skill level easier, overall easier to moderate.

Cost: £20 for day trips
Bookings should be made through Jane Damers Office at Glasgow Culture and Leisure.

Sunday's On Yer Bike Trip

The trip to Mugdock Park. We started of from Milngavie Railway Station car park and cycled skirting the town centre making our way to Mugdock by road to the hole in the wall car park. Here we left the road and used some of the paths through the park, joining the West Highland Way for a short distance and then climbing up over some challenging ground to the estate road at Mugdock castle. Then of around the loch to the visitor centre for a well earned break and some refreshments. Our route then took us out through the main car park and onto a quiet country road for a short distance. Then of road on to a local path which eventually gave some startling views of Blanefield and Strathblane. It also provided us some long gradual down hill sections which tested people skills and bottle. Some basic tuition on picking lines and looking a head as well as how to hold a safe downhill line by moving body weight around and feathered braking. Then on around the park boundary on country roads through Mugdock village and back to the hole in the wall. We took the same path as we used earlier but turned of following the signs for Milngavie. This took over some recently surfaced paths and eventually with some more downhill sections on to the West Highland Way path again . Using the very scenic route to return into the town. Whilst some parts of the route provided the group with some riding challenges overall the feedback was a good day although some thought that the route was at the moderately challenging end of the easier grading.

On Yer Bike trip to Mugdoch Country Park Sun 22 April

This months On Yer Bike trip is to Mugdock country park Milngavie. This trip is graded as easy and the skill level is also easier. Meeting at Bellahouston bike container 9.00 a.m. return for around 16.30p.m. If you have your own bike try to bring it to use on the day.

Rob Roy Way

This walk appears to growing poularity this year with the number of bookings for baggage and passenger transfers increasing almost daily.

This week we had one customer who started on the 2nd having to return home to Ireland as his aunt died suddenly. Our thoughts are with him and we look forward to him returning to complete the RRW some time in the future.

Ben Ann by Loch Achray, Trossachs

A party of 2 who started the way on the 3rd. Planning to have five stops, Drymen, Aberfoyle, Callander, Strathyre, Killin 2 nights and Pitlochry.

We also have another party of 2 starting on Wednesday 4th with 6 stops planned. This group have arranged to stay at Acharn on south Loch Tay in addition to Aberfeldy which differs slightly from the above couples overnights.