NW200 Ferry Booked!

[abw280]

That's me booked up for Sat 16th May, bit of Man Logic involved in getting from Glasgow to Colraine and back in a day........

Alarm 04.30 and leave house at 05.00
07.30 Ferry from Cairnryan to Larne
09.30 Arrive Larne and ride up to Colraine
10.30 Watch the races for most of the day
20.00 Ferry Back to Cairnryan
23.59 Back home and Tucked up in Bed

Man Logic says this is all perfectly doable.......proper day out though!

[abw280]

There's a NW200 App (lots of info and GPS nav to vantage points), search "The North West 200" in the App store.......

[abw280]

Made it back from my wee trip in one piece. Left the house at 04.30 and returned by 11.30 - so I didn't lie to my wife when I said I was "just nipping out for the day!"

Bit of an epic trip, if you asked me today whether I'd do it again the answer would be no, in 6 months though I'll probably forget about my aching bones and tiredness and do it all again.

It is doable in one day, I got lucky with the weather and only caught a couple of showers. The night ride home from Cairnryan to Glasgow was thankfully dry, in the wet it would have been a nightmare.

Ended up at Ballysally roundabout, paid £10.00 to sit in a field, you could watch from other spots free of charge, as it was my 1st trip I thought I would take the easy option though. Next time I would head up to the start/finish line to get more of the atmosphere.

Fantastic day out (even with all the red flags), the sound of the Yamaha R1M was fantastic and the 600 race was superb.

Edited by abw280 on Sunday 17th May 12:59