B974 To banchory..

[Stumpy Nugget]

Had the pleasure of heading up to Banchory today from glasgow and the GPS took me over one of the best roads I have seen in a while. (B974 fettercairn to Banchory)... magic. Surface was certainly better than any roads down here and it was dry.... If you aint done this before give it a shot, some nice steep climbs to go up full pelt...

[tut]

Wish I had a tenner for everytime I have done it, but you are right, belter of a road.

Where did you join it, as best bet when coming from the South is Blairgowrie, Kirriemuir, Edzell, then Fetercairn, over the Cairn 'o Mount and onto Banchory.

tut

[MacK]

I cooked my brake pads* the first time I was on that road, headed south from Banchory.



*In a Vauxhall, van.

[Scotty C]

its called the "Cairn 'o Mount", you should have done Glenshee on the way home. Would have made it a nice round trip.

[Stumpy Nugget]

I came from the A90 to Fettercairn then on to Banchory, however, on the way back I went a different route back through Fettercairn onto the B966 which was a good wee blast also... Not bad for a day at work.. especially when you get mileage.. so technically I did get a tenner for doing it..

[Stumpy Nugget]

I cooked my brake pads* the first time I was on that road, headed south from Banchory.



*In a Vauxhall, van.

Funny enough there was a vauxhall van (silver) went flying past me today... He was shifting.. must have been a local...

[72elan1304]

I commute on this road at least once a week, great fun in the daylight, but I'm always worried about hitting a deer at this time of year.

[Kinger]

I came over the Cairn O Mount on Sunday afternoon on the way back from Glasgow, just as I came over the top I was gob smacked, a guy in full biking leathers was jumping on a skate board for a ride down the hill. I sat behind him all the way down, I couldn't believe it when he was doing 45/50 mph. What really upset me was the fact that a had the camera in the car a didn't get it on film. Still it was an amazing sight.

[Uldis]

I can help you with that.

Here you go: http://www.vimeo.com/16422570

Hello all!

[kerryxeg]

Uldis - Welcome back, where have you been? Might need another thread...........

Kerry

[Kinger]

Hi Uldis,

That was some run, I guess you did it a few times on Sunday. Looked absolutely fantastic.

Cheers

[Rag_It]

OMG - Uldis you are mad!

[Mike Scib]

First thing this morning...



It was interesting on the way down, even more so as the van has less than 500miles on the clock

[Uldis]

Hmmmm... no skateboarding there then... (for the time being)

[alicrozier]

Hmmmm... no skateboarding there then... (for the time being)

just take the wheels off!