Arran Day 1: the Ross road (and a bit of Red

I have a new toy: a Garmin Forerunner 305 gizmo that records gps location, points, heck even heart rate if I want. It's an (early) birthday present, so I took it away with us for a week's walking and cycling on Arran.

From Arran 2010: Sat / Sun

First day saw us head out on the bikes from the place we were staying (that's it above - the fantastic Tim's Barn) near Lamlash and tackle the Ross Road. It rises to 950ft in 2.5 miles so it is quite a pull up, with great views back down towards the bay and Holy Island.



The route back from the south-west coast saw us tackle the forest road, which is...rather unsurprisingly a road, which goes through a forest. the downhills on the loose surface were tricky, especially at speed!

From Arran 2010: Sat / Sun

After this, I'd decided I'd not had enough, so set out to explore the red graded trail that forms a figure of 8 through Lamlash and Brodick. It is definitely red in places, and I managed to lose the track on the way home which meant a slight retracing of steps to get back to the centre of the figure of 8.



The road down into Lamlash is a screamer of a hill, and the sign at the entrance to the village flashed to tell me I was exceeding the 30mph limit.... nice.