NC500 Scotland Trip Day 7 // BMW R1250 GS Motorcycles // THE FINAL VLOG!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ธ.ค. 2024
- Hi All! 🙌🏼
Well, I am sorry to say... this is THE LAST NC500 VLOG!!!
I did vlog the ride down to Manchester but it was solid motorway and just super boring so I thought I'd rather end it on a high with some cool roads, at the place we stayed with some super fond memories.
If you have any recommendations about where we should do our next trip, please let me know in the comments below! :)
Thanks again for watching everyone!
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Pinning this comment as I get it alot. I watched the Motojitsu video a couple months back about turning the bars away from you and shifting your hiney over to side to make life easier getting off the side stand. This vlog was filmed in July 2021. I have since tried it and it does work on flat surfaces... not so much on certain slopes, if you haven't got the leg length, you just ain't got it, trust me 😉🤣
Ooooonh Kate, your absolutely right when you say “ if you haven’t got the length, you just ain’t got it, trust me.” 😜👍🏻
Been riding for over fifty years and was amazed at this method and yer it works😁
I too use this method , handlebars far right and the bike almost stands itself up ! So much easier . Great series by the way Kate. Keep up the good work 👍
A complaint I frequently hear from Mrs Boulder....
Ok 👍👌 Kate
I kept expecting you to produce a wet soapy raq as the windscreen was absoltely filthy! But no.... you must enjoy hardly seeing what Mike is doing on aome corners!Apart from that scenery very good and I almostate your breakfast at your B&B stop (in-ver-aray).
Haha I dont like looking through screens, I look over them 🤣 hate the warped perspective. Also, the breakfast was scrumptious 😋
Fantastic scenery make brilliant weather road trip Scotland safe riding 👍💜
There's only one problem with Scotland.... I never wanna come back!
Super tour series Kate & Mike, fabulous weather, roads, scenery, and commentary. As soon as you said you were on the A830 from FW, I knew you were headed to the HP, Glenfinnan viaduct, the theme tune had me chuckling!
Oh its so good isn't it!
@@UsernameKate as it happens, I'm off to bonny Scotland tomorrow! Teesside to Glencoe via Dumfries and Galloway and Loch Lomond, the A82.
Hi Kate, greetings from Australia,thank you so much for sharing this Scotland trip, Has inspired my wife and I to plan a Scotland Motorcycle trip in the next few years.
That's amazing to hear!! I'm sure you will love it! 😊
Random car in a ditch, fit icecream and huuuuugjjjjjjj strawberries. Epic.
Great video cold ,hot ,raining no matter riding a G S always great
Kate am easy hack when you're trying to tip the bike up. Turn the handlebars right hand down first before you tip it. You will be amazed its a fraction of the effort to tip the bike up 😃
Great to let people sea it from the other side I’m. Lucky as I stay In Glasgow but coming back through in my favourite best place in the whole world x
Nice one Kate, can't wait to be back in Scotland this June....
I've absolutely loved this series 👍👍 thanks for sharing the adventure.
Brought back so many memories of my 2019 trip to Scotland,thanks kate
Well the final chapter of the Kate & Mike's NC500, it has been great watching you both have an amazing time up in Scotland. Until next time, ride safe
Nothing like a powerful motorbike for overtaking. Great vlogs of your trip around Scotland. Nice memories to look back on. That windscreen of yours took a lot of cleaning at the end I’d say.
I tried to give it a bit of a clean before it went back to BMW UK, but I did a bad job 😅
Bridge AKA Viaduct 😊😊
Good series of videos Kate.
We go here almost every year as a family love the west coast of Scotland and especially the highlands. Travel to Malaig and then get a boat to eigg it’s amazing.
Really appreciate your nice road trips Kate so interesting and fantastic motorcycling thanks can't wait to watch more on your brilliant channel 👍💙
This whole trip series was great Kate and Mike. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic kate. Really enjoyed following you both around Scotland. I was over in òctober, hopefully get back again now in may.
Aww well done Kate 👍 I'd love to do this trip looks fantastic you got me started now☺️ thanks young lady your amazing 🤗
Have enjoyed these vlogs, thank you for all the nice comments about my wee country lol.
It's a nice country to comment on 😊
What a weeeeeee nice ride with most spectacular countryside. Thanks for that 😘
Such a cracking series, also loved Mike's impression of a telly tubby 🤣😅 dipsy
Thanks Kate and Mike. Really good trip up and down the west coast
Cheers
Thank you both for letting us follow you your trip. Some nice roads and places and your videos sure cheer me up !
Yay! Great it cheered you up! I hope you're okay!
Yippee! At last the final Scotland instalment. 🤣. As usual, another entertaining vlog from you.
As for suggestions for your next big trip, just get abroad, it's all great especially Bavaria and the Alps. I'm shure that whatever you decide, we will all benifit from your choice and, after course your fabulous singing voice! 😂.
really enjoyd the trip kate cant wait for the next one but ido watch all your videos
Another great video Kate.Thank you for taking the time.
Nice video guys 👍 I’ll take a trip up there one day 🏴
Quality Vlogs from start to finish, love the sound of GS when it starts up. Fantastic roads etc.... 👏
Defo pic of bike in middle of that grass slap bang in middle of bridge like a ribblehead snap
It's a long way to Inverary.....
But I've been there a few times, and what lovely roads all over the north of Scotland...
Alas Mrs Boulder won't ride pillion which means I have to go by myself....which is exactly what I am hoping to do later this year.
Enjoyed your vlog of the tour, and looking forward to the next one.
I can highly recommend the Pyrenees and what a video series that would make. Closer to home I can hugely recommend Poole Quay on a summer Tuesday evening. Literally thousands of bikes start to arrive from 6:00pm, and the hotter it is, the more that turn up. I bet if you did a ride-out you would have a huge turn out...what a fun trip that would be.....
Green welly to Inveraray 👍crackin Road.
Yeah, great roads and some lovely twisties too:-)
Hi Kate, The Green Welly, fond memories of my trip around the same roads !!Last trip for you on 2 GS's 😉
Kate, following Doodle's advice. Turn handlebars to the right before trying to lift bike off sidestand. It does help.
Great Vids regardless of the lens issue. Thanks.
Riding thru Glencoe is breathtaking.
Another great vid, Uk, cheers...! 🙂 If you're looking for a trip not too far away from home then I can recommend some of the twisties around the Buttertubs Pass (between Thwaite and...titter...Hawes) then on toward the North Yorks Moors/Whitby. I used to live in Richmond/Catterick Garrison and riding my V-Max around there was...well..."entertaining" let's say 😆
Absolutely beautiful ride! Thank you for taking us along
Made us wait for the last couple of parts of that vlog but well worth it, I watch a lot of the NC500 stuff as i am lucky enough to live in the Highlands and travel these roads a lot and have to say this was the most enjoyable one, glad you were lucky enough to have the weather onside for the most part and that you both enjoyed it.
Hopefully future travels wont take as long 😊😊
Brilliant Series Kate
Thank you!! 😊
Great series of videos Guys, you were very fortunate with the weather ( there’s no such thing as bad weather just the wrong gear) I hope you enjoyed your tour and return to Scotland again soon.
In and around the Dumfries and Galloway area there are some good biking roads known as the 7 sevens where Dumfries and Galloway (now Police Scotland) trained their bikers
Stay Safe out their
Thanks Kate, I really enjoyed this series. I hope to do the NC500 this September or October with a bit of luck 👍
At the glenfinnan viaduct I got so excited thinking you were heading to the ardnamurchan peninsula some of the most scenic roads I’ve ever driven in Scotland and I live here next time get the wee coran ferry and do the loop back up to mallaig some of the beaches are out of this world beautiful 😍 and the roads and scenery are outstanding next time maybe
I will have to check that out, we was just choosing where to go the night before 😂😂😂
As always an enjoyable watch , having just got a gs with stumps for legs your spot on about turning the bars ,
What a conclusion to your vacation. Lots of curvy roads and outstanding scenery too.
Glad you shared your travel with us ... now back to work! Opps your retired so take a nap instead.
🤣🤣 nap time it is!!
Great series, loved every minute of it. Amazing roads with the weather to match. Awesome bikes, I’ve just ordered myself a 1250GS TE Triple Black - I can’t wait to take it North of the border.
Oh I'm so jealous!! Triple black 1250 is my dream ✨️ glad you enjoyed the series! It truly was a cracking trip!
…such a stunning country, this fair isle of ours isn’t it. You should’ve bought a lottery ticket this weekend, so lucky with the weather. Fantastic memories for both of you. Great stuff.. 👍👍👍
Awesome Kate loving the Trip. That hotel looked beautiful :)
Nice video guys!!..it's been a great trip 👌. Look forward to seeing the next adventure!! ( Wild Atlantic Way...? )Cheers, Steve
When you said "The scenery is amazing up here," my first thought was, you'll need to tell Mike about it when you get home.
haha, I'm not telling mike, I'm telling you guys
Must have been doing some speed after Greek Wellie kept hearing sonic booms lol
Nice ride and riding
Fantastic vlog as always Kate ride safe lovely..
Loved this series. You should add the Wild Atlantic Way to your list of vlog trips. You and Mike would love it
We love to do that!
Well that was a lovely series of vids Kate I think it had everything , views, entertaining riding, wit and even the odd bit of learning. Thanks Kate really enjoyed and appreciate the work you put into the editing of your vids it must take forever. Speak soon 👏👏👏
Hey Stephen, thank you so much for the kind words. Means a lot that you have enjoyed the series 😊
@@UsernameKate my pleasure. Everyone on TH-cam has their own unique way of delivery but I just love yours as they really do have everything in my humble opinion especially FUN 🤩
Fantastic set of videos. it's great fun to watch your adventures. Done same trip and loved it.
Hi Kate, Great video, Great scenery, a bit more talking would be good explain where you are and any info on the places you go through etc etc would enhance the video. Look forward to your next video. 👍👍🤘🤘🏍🏍🏍
Oooooh Kate, very stunning indeed, and the countryside’s not bad either 😜👍🏻
Nice series Kate! Making me want to go back!
Fantastic series Kate. Really enjoyed it 😊 ☺️ 👍
suggestion ... Wales 360 .. i did it last year, not as epic as the NC500, but closer to home (less fuel 😁) and if you like castles it's defo a castle fest 🏰 👍
We are planning on this soon 😊😊
I realise this is done from a biking angle but when you know the area like I do it’s frustrating to watch for example the green welly back to the turn to Inveraray probably one of the most boring stretches of road in the area so much i’ll drive another ten miles to miss it at time and seeing this section get five minutes in this clip 😢. The editing is a bit disjointed at times probably because I know the road like the back of my hand so i know exactly where you are and think wait we jumped 30 miles there even a wee “ saying what bridge your crossing or reading the village name” . I know you may not have had the time but missing the rest of the mallaig road from the viaduct is a huge miss. The road really starts to get stunning at that church you did a u turn at after coming out of the car park and turn right then 200 yards turns back. Arisaig and then on to Mallaig via the old coast road is simply stunning looking over the sea to the islands and is more twisty than any road in the area. Big miss…….makes Glencoe look like a aperitif. And I say that with a lot of respect as i’ve never been on a motorcycle apart from private roads or on the back of sports bikes in my younger days, it’s your holiday and you share it best you can and actually out enjoying your dream of riding and that should be commended over anything. It’s probably because we have followed Itch boots so long her editing and the feel of sharing her journey is nothing short of amazing, the camera set up, the explaining her journey and drone shots. I imagine as a biker you follow her as well. I realise that her full time job so she edits every day and people have other jobs and she has absolutely honed how she goes about sharing and editing to a fine art.
This series has brought back fantastic memories of our last summers NC500 trip, thank you, any chance of a review of your Cardo comms kit please.
Hey Gra! Glad you enjoyed it!! Yea, I just want to use it more first and get to grips with it properly, then of course!
Excellent Vlogs Kate, inspired me to do the same, nice one.
Brilliant Al!
Oh man! It’s over?!😩fine. Where to next? 😎
Pick for me MotoGordo 😎
I told Mike y’all should come over and hit the TransAmerican Trail.☺️but maybe Basque or Andalusia regions in Spain.
i am new to your channel and am really enjoying it Mike seems like a bundle of laughs .
Crazy🐊. Badabadawee??? What were you on? 😂. Nice end to the series Kate.
Well just watched all the trip nice to see no naff music and information thats usefull well done enjoyed it hopefully will ne doing this soon although no bmw or ktm a zx10r why not
Hi Di hi ,campers here's for William lol love it
😁😁😁
Nice! Keep riding!!
Thanks!!
Good trip, and know many of those roads living here in Scotland. Shame you didn’t ride the road through Glencoe the other way as the views are much better coming down the valley. If your up here again can I suggest the Real Food Cafe over the road from the Green Welly, ok it doesn’t have bike parking like the GW but in our view the food is cheaper and better, we’re trying to encourage our fellow bikers to go there, maybe one day they’ll be able to justify bike parking as well 👍🏻
Hey Victoria, we did it the other way you're describing on the first day if memory serves me correctly! But these little tips of information are so helpful to anyone watching and reading comments. Also, I'm ALWAYS open to trying new cafes so Real Food Cafe will be on the agenda next time for sure! Thanks for the love 😊
@@UsernameKate ah yes you did, sorry I forgot 🥴 no problem always happy to share information if you’re up here again, and don’t be a stranger as it would be good to meet up and show you some more great twisties ❤️ great for the BMWF900XR I have ❤️
I cannot be the only one that was upset the trip was over 😢 Love your comment “Can we ride over it ?” 😂
Hope you gave them pesky cyclists the full force of the GS. Enjoyed watching your epic adventure can't wait for more
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Agreed crap Chuck Norris joke haha. Where to next? Awesome tour.
Not sure!!! I need to make some plans!!
Hi Kate, gonna do nc500 in may this yr, got gopro10, can u tell me the best settings to get as much footedge out ny sd cards, quantity rather than quality i guess i mean? Thanks Kenny👍
How come we never saw anything from the Insta360?
Great series of videos. Thank you very much.
I have some of them roads on my channel, its titled "Sunday Jaunt"lol
It reminded me when I toured Scotland with a friend around 2003year when I was living in the Uk.Beautiful roads, and people.Nice hotel you stayed at Kate. Went out yesterday only 2 degrees plus, so just a short ride testing out my dash cam on the bike I fitted .Good quality footage what camera do you use go pro I guess😂😁🇸🇪🏍👍
Yeah for this i had the hero 9
This has been a great series with yourself and Mike showing us the brilliant scenery of Scotland . I noticed the word Dynamic on your dash, Kate...in my case it only stays there for a fleeting moment on its way to Rain mode ,where it stays most of the time on my GS ,even on hot 30 degree days , lol
That's cause you live in NZ, where either:
- it barely gets to 30 EVER
or
- it rains the whole time!
I'm sure i seen you in Oldham yesterday 😲😲, if not you have a double 👍
Who is she! Haha I need to meet my twin, as it defo wasn't me!
Kate, why aren't you two linked up with headsets ?
I couldn't ride without it now........well, I could but you know what I mean ?
Gravel......Clear for overtake......dog.......maniacs........need petrol......nationals........look at that......hey kids........taking the piss now aren't I ? 😂 😂
Because he would have to listen to me talk absolute crap when vlogging and he was trying to get away without it for as long as possible 🤣🤣🤣🤣 you'll be glad to know we both have cardo headsets now LOL
@@UsernameKate the word you should have used is Sena 😎
@@B33Pee tbf, cardo sent them out so I really can't complain, plus they're working perfectly for us 😊
I thougt you were humming the Pirates off the carabian tune..🤣
Nooo hahahha Harry Potter! 🤣
“It’s no fun turning the big girl around on a gravel road.” I’m thinking how do you know my mother in law.
LOL
The Glenfinnan Viaduct, constructed by Sir Robert McAlpine in 1897. It has 21 arches and reaches a height of 30mtrs above the valley. The Harry Potter Express or Hogwarts Express is the Jacobite Steam Train run by West Coast Railways. Trips on it run from April to October only from Fort William to Mallaig and back daily, seven days per week. The morning service runs from Monday 3rd April to Friday 27th October and the afternoon service runs from Monday May 1st to Friday 29th September. The train crosses the Viaduct 30-40 minutes after the train departs Fort William so plan to be at the Viaduct viewpoint at around 10.45/11.00am daily.
The afternoon train crosses over at around 1.20/1.40pm daily. Hope this helps anyone planning future trips.
Nice one Alan!!! Thanks for taking the time to write that!
@@UsernameKate My pleasure Kate, just finished watching all the videos from your trip. We did that run from Edinburgh , on the A9 past Stirling, called in at the Kelpies at Falkirk, through Doune and past Doune Castle (Winterfell in Game of Thrones) on up to Fort William, had lunch at the Ben Nevis Visitor Centre then went past a shrouded Ben Nevis, stopped off at Commando Pass and the memorial then on to Glencoe and the Three Sisters Mountains, where we stopped again, up to Fort Augustus and Loch Ness where we had an hour's boat tour on the loch and went over to Urquhart Castle then continued north with more awesome views all the way up to Inverness. We then came back via the Cairngorm's National Park, down through Perth, stopped around early evening for ice cream at Pitlochry and came back across the original Forth Road Bridge (open only for buses, taxis and motorcycles, no cars or trucks ) back into Edinburgh, roughly 360 miles in just around 12 hours including pit stops, viewpoint stops and lunch and tea.
I’ve watched these videos with my two girls and they have said when they get bigger and can ride motorcycles in 10 years they want to do Kate’s trip but more ice cream 🍦 stops 😊
Haha!! They have the right idea! 🍦😋
6.12 I'd do the same lol given my height.
When Chuck Norris does press Up's he doesn't lift himself up..... The Earth Moves downward...
🤣🤣🤣 literally
I watched all of your tours today in this series, from 1 through to this final vlog, you did everything right, from showing your food, (important) to the accommodation you stayed at. This isn't a criticism, but I felt that, if you'd of taken the whole tour about 20mph slower, you'd of enjoyed the views so much more, I also think you did stuff wrong and felt panicked because you felt you was being rushed,(ie forgot to turn your gopro on) which is what I felt you was being in this(rushed)....overall, and I'm no critic, nor am I being critical, just my thoughts, it was over a year ago and hopefully you might think I'm right, all in all, a great series to watch and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Have a very happy new year for 2023 🍺🥂🤗
Didn't feel rushed at all. Our priorities are the roads because the riding is the funnest bit for us, the highlight. I know you aren't trying to criticize, but I do find it odd how people tell me how I would have enjoyed my own holiday more 😅 it was exactly as I hoped it would have been. Hope you had a good Christmas, and here is to an even better new year 🍻
@@UsernameKate I wasn't trying to tell you how to enjoy your holiday at all, I just thought and most assume I guess, but I just felt you felt rushed, if you didn't then that's cool. I was just saying it from a viewers perspective lol. Have a great 2023 🤗🥂🍺
Yea, you guys get to see 20-30 mins of 24 hours 😁 cracking holiday. I would do it again 10 times over! Do you ride Rich? What's the stead of choice for you? 😊
did you change something this time the wind noise seemed a bit more choppy than the others?
also i think you and mike need to get intercoms so he can listen to the singing to i dont think we should suffer alone ;)
Didn't change anything, think it was just a really windy day! And we have them now haha a cardo freecom 4 and a cardo packtalk bold and he's already sick of me 🤣
@@UsernameKate Hahaha brilliant 🤣
Like all your videos, but would like to give you a tip regarding the Scottish ch sound, as in loch, as I notice you pronounce it lock, which is very common with people from England.
It's very simple. When you make the k sound you touch the back of your tongue to roof of your mouth. When you make the Scottish ch sound, leave a little gap and breathe out.
A little practice and you'll be speaking like a native. Loch Ness, Loch Fyne, Loch Lomond, Loch Awe. Loçh Tay.
If you can't get it, you can at least drive your man nuts practicing 😃
It always Annoys me when Cyclists block the Main Roads. Can’t they just Ride around on some Side Road somewhere? They don’t seem to care if they hold up Traffic for Miles, with no Courtesy to let the Traffic by every once in a while!!!! Anyway, I really enjoyed following the Videos of this Trip. What a Beautiful Place to Ride. 👍😁❤️
Did you quit your job at the dealership to become a full time TH-camr
I did Duane 😊
Chuck Norris did the NC500 in 500 mins.
🤣🤣🤣
I know the guys that own that camper, how random is that 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️
Proper random! 🤣
You never introduced us to the boxers.
This is Day 7, I introduced them here: th-cam.com/video/52Ozj3lm3mM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=GpunlpeONpweZPiH 😊
OH THE DOGS!!! Hahaha I thought you meant the GSs!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 they stayed in their parents quarters for most of our time in the bnb 😁
oh...and please indicate when overtaking, bad enough the hard of thinking car drivers can't see us.......I bet your dad says this too 😂 😂
They don't see you with or without 🤣
Cyclists at the beginning. I have no problem with normal Cyclists. But what I do have is a problem with is the so called professional/club riders who want to ride in packs and seem to enjoy holding other road users up.
Lat year I was doing 20mph in a 20mph zone and had a so called professional cyclist having a go at me for going to slow.
As I say about motorcyclists of which I'm one. If you want to race use a track not the public highway 😉
What a series of vids this was. Thoroughly enjoyed the nqnc500 with you and Mike. Thanks for taking us along. 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it!! Thanks for watching it May!!