Glen Cafe, St Mary's Loch, open again!

[Mad Jock]

For those of you who know this place, and even those who don't, it has re-opened under new management. It shut down late last year when the previous owners, after nearly 15 years I believe, decided to move on. At the time there were no indications that new owners were on the horizon, but they seem to have arrived and set up.
Website at: https://sites.google.com/site/glencafestmarysloch/...

It was always a great biker cafe, on one of the best roads in the borders, from Moffat to Selkirk.
When I get back from my offshore trip at the end of the month I will be heading down there to check it out. Anyone else been there recently?

[Mrtee]

have to agree this is superb news!!

fantastic place - heres hoping my ageing Rd250 manages to make it there without siezing at least once this year (and I dont run out of petrol on the way!)

[RemaL]

Never been above Blackpool in my life but all this reading about Scotland I got to get myself up there. even i just for a weekend on the bike

[mckeann]

good to know, i used to regularly stop for an ice cream, its a great location with a great view

[Biker's Nemesis]

I'm there quite a bit during the summer, I'm glad it's staying open it's nice to have a brew after a blat along there from the English side, it's a bit bumpy heading North to Moffat.

[Chicken Chaser]

Superb route up there. I plan to do more Northumberland/Borders runs this year.

[Mad Jock]

Just a word of warning, the road is heavily policed at weekends.
There's a surprise!

[Chicken Chaser]

Mad Jock said:

Just a word of warning, the road is heavily policed at weekends.
There's a surprise!

Good job i'm mostly out midweeks!

[mckeann]

Mad Jock said:

Just a word of warning, the road is heavily policed at weekends.
There's a surprise!

I'be been down there fairly often in the past 3 years, and i've never seen a copper, never mind a speed trap. I've been told plenty of times they do patrol it, but i've started to wonder if its just an urban myth. Regardless, i keep it below 100 on the striaghts, and just enjoy the twisties, of which there are plenty

[RizzoTheRat]

When I visited a couple of years ago there were a couple of bike coppers there wandering around chatting bikes with people and handing out little maps showing some really good biking routes but highlighting locations that were accident blackspots. A pretty impressive approach to policing I thought

[J B L]

mckeann said:

I'be been down there fairly often in the past 3 years, and i've never seen a copper, never mind a speed trap. I've been told plenty of times they do patrol it, but i've started to wonder if its just an urban myth. Regardless, i keep it below 100 on the striaghts, and just enjoy the twisties, of which there are plenty

Hey... weren't you supposed to post some pics of your new track bike at Doni ?

[mckeann]

J B L said:

Hey... weren't you supposed to post some pics of your new track bike at Doni ?

oh yeh, forgot to put up a wee write up.

here you go :

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...