THE RACING COLLECTIVE
"Everyman dies but not everyman really lives" ahem Mel Gibson, Braveheart
overview
TransScotland occurs each year on the first full weekend in June.
#transscotland20 details:
Key points:
#transscotland20 details:
- Start: Sat 6 June 2020, 10.00am start at Inverness Castle (meet in Velocity Bike Cafe for a coffee beforehand)
- End: George Square, Glasgow
- Debrief: Sun 7 June 2020, 8pm Drygate Bar & Kitchen in Glasgow
Key points:
- The route is from Inverness to Glasgow : ~540km long with ~5,800m of ascent via 4 iconic checkpoints (all castles) passing through Cairngorm NP and the Nevis Range
- The trial consists of a start point, 4 checkpoints, and an end point. You chose the route passing through these checkpoints.
- Tweet a timestamped photo at the start, at each checkpoint, and at the finish.
Checkpoints
Chose your own route passing through the following points:
- Start: Inverness Castle: 57.475918, -4.225477
- CP1: Braemar Castle: 57.014296, -3.390297
- CP2: Old Inverlochy Castle: 56.832064, -5.081996
- CP3: Inveraray Castle: 56.236236, -5.075660 [note the A82 from Glencoe to Bridge of Orchy to get to CP3 is very busy, the road running next to Loch Linnhe is better]
- CP4: Newark Castle: 55.934187, -4.677643 [ferries are allowed as long as they run perpendicular to the coast i.e. you are crossing a strait]
- End: George Square, Glasgow: 55.861159, -4.250149
Entry
Step 1 - book travel/accommodation as per below (most TRC riders will follow this itinerary but by all means do your own thing):
- Book sleeper train with bike reservation to Inverness to arrive on Saturday morning
- Book train with bike reservation from Glasgow sometime Monday morning
- Book a bed in YHA Glasgow
- Advisable to book Monday off work for travel/recovery
Results
TransScotland19 title holder: Christine Campbell and Colin Addison (56h17m) - full results
TransScotland18 title holder: Niall Campbell (22h53m) - full results
TransScotland17 title holder: Fraser MacBeath (26h29m) - full results
Feed: #transscotland20
