This is the view from the west of the summit of Ben Lomond. Perhaps due to its proximity to civilisation, if Glasgow can be called such!, this hill doesnt have any real attraction to those who live for the wild places. It is often busy, which robs it of the isolation and maybe even the sense of risk that walkers desire. Nevertheless, as a bike route it has some good attributes. The west highland way, which runs along side Ben Lomond, is pretty good riding at this stage. You can be up it in under 2 hours, with good sections being rideable. It is a pretty reasonable technical descent. Nothing mind boggling, or with crushing exposure, but a good solid work out for rider and bike the whole way down. I had never considered the Ptarmigan Ridge of Ben Lomond before (which is what i am looking at in the above picture). But, you know, i might just have to pretty soon...it looks like it might be a little more involving...and that is no bad thing.
These are not termed the bonny banks for nothing...
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Please can you set up Daisy's adventures to require you to hit play?
That pish music that accompanies it is making me a less frequent visitor.....
your wish is my command :-)~
i think i had the volume UP when i put the vid together and dunno how to edit it!...oh well, gone now
Woop!
Ta.
If you want a fellow crash test dummy to ride the Ptarmigan Descent, let me know. I've often wondered about it. Rode the Loachnagar 5 on Sunday - Glas Alt descent is pretty terrific.
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