Isle of Arran End to Enduro - The Ultimate Island Ride?

[@kimtoogood4006]

Hi Rusty, glad you are back videoing your rides. I really loved this one as the aerial footage is fantastic. I live on Arran & road, MTB & gravel, ride these roads, trails all the time which as you say are fantastic. The trail south from the top of thre Brodick hill where you turned right & came down that very narrow over grown track, has a much much nicer trail down the side of the road into Lamlash, where you can cycle through the Village to Dyemill & continue the way you went. You can also carry on instead of heading round Glenashdale falls, to Kilmory by staying on the main trail, which is also extremely gravel friendly. That too has a couple of options for extra routes, making the southend a mecca for gravel riding, if you just want to gravel here. You'll probaly already know all this from Komoot, I know you were following the route from the Visit Arran website & the Arran MTB pages which have some great rides. Arran has something for all types of riders. Thanks for showing the Island in such fantastic form. Definitely four seasons in one day.

[@paulbirrell5057]

White poles are part of measured mile used by ships built on the Clyde undergoing sea trials. There is another set at Sannox

[@RustyRidesGravel]

Aha! Mystery solved, thank you!

[@paulbirrell5057]

@@RustyRidesGravel Google it for more info Cheers like the videos live Arran

[@CharlieVanPoppel]

Nice one, great video. Really enjoyed seeing Arran from another perspective. It is a cracking island, and we enjoyed some fab gravel north and south of Brodick a few years ago. Its amazing the different views you can get just off the main coastal road, isn't it? Makes me want to go back!

[@Crowthius]

The first time I did Laggan to Sannox, I was covered in ticks!

[@andydinwoodie1497]

Great videi

[@MagicshineLights]

👏👏👏

[@andrewsteele348]

Brilliant video - we did Arran on the road bikes last year and thoroughly enjoyed it, although a bit busy at times. To see a route for the MTB's is great! may well be tempted to use the ebike though ... looks fantastic - thank you so much

[@gmck6049]

So the millionaires yacht was yours ?!!great video. Definitely going to try by this and mix in the earlier route comments

[@RustyRidesGravel]

Haha I wish it was!

[@hikebikescotland9121]

Fantastic video Rusty - Really appreciate the geology & history tid-bits you throw in whilst keeping the humour flowing - very much elevates the video against the 'also-rans' - top notch and thanks again - ATB Tom

[@johngerardmccarthy9103]

Superb island. I did the full road trip on my e-bike 56.7 mile on a June day this year, superb. Keep up good work.

[@fraser-b3494]

Another great video, Rusty. And thanks for another Geology lesson :)

[@floydharris2808]

What nice trip. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing

[@boxercup1]

I fell off just after Laggan cottage, I was tired and the front wheel went into bog……over the bars I went 😢 bashed up my leg and was worried I’d broken it for a few minutes, the thought of trying to get out of there as it’s so isolated with nobody or even a road to get out, managed ok and eventually made it back to Brodick. DJI Mini 4 pro drone?

[@RustyRidesGravel]

That is basically my fear every time I ride! It's one of the reasons you never see me going fast or doing mad youtube stunts on the videos - I don't want to risk anything that would cause me to get into a rescue situation. I'm glad you made it out ok! Frank is a dji mini 3 pro drone, not the 4 👍

[@boxercup1]

@@RustyRidesGravel stunning video, I’ve just got the 4 pro and can’t wait to try it properly with my Mtb 👍🏻

[@HughDWallace]

Arran is one of my favourite places in Scotland. Only ever ridden the roads though. Are you a geologist, Rusty? Watching this was like spending time with my sister!

[@RustyRidesGravel]

I was a geologist once apon a time. Now just a casual fanatic who will bore anyone who is foolish enough to be near me for long periods of time!

[@HughDWallace]

@@RustyRidesGravel Just like my sister! 🤣

[@barrydaniel3308]

Fantastic video once again. Great day for it. Pretty sure the poles you were pointing out wete BT telegraph poles, ive worked on them over there, never had the same weather as you 😂 thanks again

[@RustyRidesGravel]

I was trying to point out the white poles with the markers on that the telegraph poles seemed to go to. I didn't really do a good job of making it clear 😆

[@barrydaniel3308]

No hassles im sure some clever soul will explain. Thanks again for great content. Really enjoy these vidoes ​@RustyRidesGravel

[@tvsadventures735]

Nice one Rusty I rode round on mb after riding up to corryvreckan on Jura 12 years ago. Left car in secure parking in adrosan for 7 nights for anyone wanting to take bike tent etc its super cheap parking 🍻👍

[@tvsadventures735]

I ended up with a bad tick bite on Jura 2 years of misery ...amazon life systems Premitherin spray for clothes etc, I went to Rum in May and never got a tick.

[@Grandadgreyhair]

Looks a stunning ride what ferry did you use and how did you transport your gear etc did you have a little helper

[@RustyRidesGravel]

Ah the secret behind the scenes! I was there with the family for a few days camping, so I had a private taxi service back to the tent after the ride.

[@SwampyDuckRidesAgain3636]

I’m only a mile from the ferry and really don’t get across enough. Mind you I don’t think I’ll be rushing across with my MTB to do that route it looks a total tic fest in places. I’ll stick to the nice gravel and roads😂