Kingster Posted October 1, 2019 Author Share Posted October 1, 2019 ... or are we still better off going via St Johns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davep1 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Not sure about N of Dalmellington, but S to Carsphairn is a fast A road - quite scenic, but busy, not my favourite. The Carsphairn (great cafe!) to Moniaive road is very good - a lot of it single track, with cows / sheep. It would be a shame to miss the Galloway forest part, especially the Newton Stewart to New Galloway road. Dave. PS - I would probably favour the St Johns to Moniaive route if bad weather. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSkyBrad Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 Ahh, forgot you were doing this. Just back from a week in Prague and now in the middle of painting the kitchen, so won't be able to meet on your trip. Hope all goes/went well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 I decided to forgo tomorrow’s part of the trip due to the probability of tonight’s downpours making the roads somewhat dodgy. but we had a good 10 hrs out in the cars today 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 Was a fair trek in one day and mostly dry - the new £20 hood helped though 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted October 5, 2019 Author Share Posted October 5, 2019 On 01/10/2019 at 08:59, Davep1 said: The Lockerbie to Langholm is a fantastic road - a bit rough in places though. You’re not kidding about it being a bit rough in places! Crickey - there were a few brown trousers moments when I realised why the car I had just overtaken has slowed down! But equally, in other sections it was a corker! We were really lucky getting a totally clean run from St Mary’s Loch down to Moffat - last time I was there it was rammed with camper vans and cyclists. Also had a huge bird of prey feeding on roadkill just in front of me at one point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davep1 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 10 hours ago, Chris King - Webmaster and Joint North East AO said: I decided to forgo tomorrow’s part of the trip due to the probability of tonight’s downpours making the roads somewhat dodgy. but we had a good 10 hrs out in the cars today 😁 Probably a wise decision as the overnight rain was (and still is) very heavy. Kilmarnock in the heavy rain would not be a holiday... Hats off to you for doing the mileage you did - but try and come back to Dand G sometime. Enjoy the lie in! Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigSkyBrad Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 You stopped at the cafe at St Mary's loch on the A708 up from Moffat(?) - brilliant road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingster Posted October 8, 2019 Author Share Posted October 8, 2019 10 minutes ago, BigSkyBrad said: You stopped at the cafe at St Mary's loch on the A708 up from Moffat(?) - brilliant road. Yep that’s where we took the picture. As you say, cracking road! Even better when there’s no other traffic on it whatsoever 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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