Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

The short way to John O’Groats

Day Ride

I don’t have great ambitions to do long, epic motorcycle rides, but one trip I did want to do was a ride to John O’Groats, just so that I could say I’d ridden to John O’Groats! So, with a few dry days forecast, I loaded up my autojumble tail-pack and headed off to ride a loop around the east side of the NC500. The ride up was straightforward, avoiding the main route north by riding the much more interesting roads through Crieff, The Sma’ Glen and Aberfeldy, before unavoidably joining the main A9

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