The Highland Scramble | The Skye Traverse 2024
Preparations for any of our scrambles are always a busy time for the whole team. Ensuring our entire fleet is serviced and ready for a 1000-mile journey, making bookings for large groups at accommodations and restaurants, and preparing all the supplies we’ll need throughout the trip require meticulous planning. While we have run this trip many times and have the preparations down to a science, it coincides with our busy season. This means that on top of the Scramble duties, we still have to run our shop, making the week leading up to any scramble quite hectic.
The route we take is carefully curated to show our guests some of the best that the Highlands have to offer. Starting and finishing in Edinburgh makes it easy to get out of town and head straight into the Cairngorms, where we spend much of our first days riding. Highlights like the snow roads of Braemar, the Spittal of Glenshee and Lecht, and the not-even-on-the-map route down Loch Ness give our riders a world-class riding experience and stunning views from the beginning of our trip. On day three, we leave the Cairngorms to head west towards Skye, enjoying the breathtaking valleys of Glen Shiel. Crossing the Sea to Skye, we ride to the north of the island where we stay the night. The next day is arguably the best day of riding as we take on the Applecross Pass, the UK’s steepest road, famous among motorcyclists for its hairpin turns and stunning vistas over Skye. We continue for the rest of the day, enjoying the single-track roads until we reach our stay for the night. The ride then takes us down the Great Glen before lunch and through the Glen Coe mountains in the afternoon.
One of the beautiful things about any of the Scrambles we run is how people come from around the world, meeting as strangers and leaving as friends. We put a lot of effort into our accommodations, food, and drink, and make efforts to support a friendly environment where people can be social with one another and make the most of their trip.
We had a large group of riders on this trip, including a group from the Thornton Hundred, known for building the world’s fastest bobber. We also had participants from Germany, and some came from as far as Canada and the United States.
We had a large group of riders on this trip, With riders joining us from around the world, coming from Germany, England and some as far as Canada and the United States. Coming up from Milton Keynes custom bike builders Jody and Rory Millhouse of the Thorton Hundred, known for building the world’s fastest bobber.
We’re happy to say that this trip went very smoothly, with just one stark reminder of the amount of both wildlife and cattle that can be found wandering the roads up north. Unfortunately, one of our riders hit a lamb while riding the Braemar snow roads. Luckily, the rider was alright and didn’t even come off the bike, though the same couldn’t be said about the lamb.
