2010 Highland Perthshire Cycling Festival Events

Sat 8th May or Sun 9th May
Highland Safaris Cycle Day 
This is to be organised around Highland Safaris upgraded lodge and cycle facilities. A chance top try them out first hand.

8th May to 16th May
Drop at the Top with Highland Safaris
Booking required. Great for the whole family to experience cycling down from the high mountain glens, very popular for the family.  

(Mid week event)
Cycle up Glen Tilt
With Base Camp Bikes and James Rattray an event for the whole family, you can hire bikes too. To be organised around other events, an afternoon or evening cycle up Glen Tilt. James will finalise this once he knows the full program.                                                    

rafts.jpgWednesday 12th, Friday 14th and Monday 17th May 2010
Raft/Mountain Bike package.
Raft on the River Tay from Aberfeldy to Grandtully (6 miles) meeting at Splash at 09H30. We provide all gear and transport associated with the trip. There is a photographer on every trip and the pictures can be downloaded from our website free of charge. Minimum age - 8yrs oldraft-falls.jpg.
 
After the participants have had lunch we will take them and their bikes up to Griffin Forest for the descent to the Hermitage. The ride is about 8 miles long of moderate difficulty. The ride takes about an hour. Transport will be provided for bikes and riders from the Hermitage to Splash. There will be one guide on the ride. Minimum age - 14yrs old.
 
Price £55pp with their bike, £65pp with our bike. Minimum numbers 4. Obviously we will take single bookings but they may need a bit of a juggle around. If it proves popular we can do bikes/raft as well so maximum numbers using our bikes would be 20 per day. Splash Adventure Group, http://www.rafting.co.uk/ 01887 829706 and 0779 1701880

14th May Friday pm
Fun afternoon at Dunolly Adventures
(Tel 01887 820298 and www.DunollyAdventures.co.uk) in Aberfeldy an open day which will have all the following events happening:

  • Bouncy Castles - free
  • Facepainting - free
  • Climbing wall - free
  • Climbing tree - free
  • Cycling Slalom/Skills course on site - free
  • Kayaking Taster Sessions on the Tay just off site - free
  • Raft trip for Local residents and Etape competitors/families - Discounted
  • Arts & Crafts sale
  • Outdoor equipment (including bike supplies) sale
  • The Cafe will also be open for refreshments and we are toying with the idea of having a BBQ running as well. There will be no charge for entry and as you can see most of the events are free. The raft trip will have quite a large discount. 

Fri 14th May evening
Cycle related talk at the Aberfeldy Watermill 
Kevin Ramage is looking to run an event on the Friday evening again, similar to last year and was currently trying to make contact with Mark Bowman, failing Mark he will look to find another cycle orientated speaker 

Saturday 15th May 10am to 1pm
Highland Perthshire Communities Market at Logierait,  

Saturday 15th May 1pm to 5pm
Highland Perthshire Cycling Festival BIG DAY
in Aberfeldy. Great fun for the whole family from youngsters to Grannies and Grandpas. 

Saturday 15th May
?pmBridge to Bridge Fun Run 12k run  

Friday 14th May evening and all day Saturday 15th May
Etape Caledonia Registration
at the Atholl Centre, Pitlochry 

Sunday 16th May 7pm start
Etape Caledonia Race  

Sunday 16th May
From 7am Kinloch Rannoch Feed station and spectator viewing point activitiesAlan Neilson the new Manager of the Dunalastair Hotel at Kinloch Rannoch, is investigating the idea of running an event for spectators and supporters around the Etape feed station being located in the village square.