Why this ride
From Glasgow it runs 126 km to the finish; allow about 1 h 44 of riding. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
A82 Glencoe and Great Glen: Glasgow to Rannoch Moor
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 126 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 44
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Glasgow
Glasgow starts the A82 journey, and it is a city that deserves a look before you leave. The Clyde, which built the city's wealth through shipbuilding, runs through the south, and the cathedral and Necropolis, a Victorian cemetery on a hill, lie to the east.
Read the complete Glasgow write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Glasgow is where the day begins. Next is Loch Lomond.
2. Loch Lomond
Loch Lomond is the largest lake in Great Britain by surface area, and its character changes sharply from south to north. In the south, around Balloch and Luss, it is wide and dotted with wooded islands; to the north it narrows into a long, steep-sided, Highland fjord overlooked by Ben Lomond. The loch lies inside the Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park, Scotland's first, created in 2002. Helensburgh, Balloch and Garelochhead are the nearest towns.
Read the complete Loch Lomond write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Loch Lomond comes up about 54 km into the recorded legs. Next is Rannoch Moor.
3. Rannoch Moor
Rannoch Moor is not a place you ride through so much as a place that lets you pass. The A82 crosses it on a slim shelf of tarmac, with no trees, no walls and no village for tens of kilometres, only peat, pools, boulders and the dark mass of the Black Mount along the western edge. Some forty-odd square miles of bog and lochan sit on a plateau about three hundred metres up, left behind by ice that once lay here a mile thick.
Read the complete Rannoch Moor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 126 km.
Leg by leg
Glasgow to Loch Lomond
Glasgow → Loch Lomond is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Loch Lomond to Rannoch Moor
Loch Lomond → Rannoch Moor is 72 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.