motocross in Scotland

local hospital?

I know for sure he did not come from Canada

there are about 3-4 that i know of, only one is a real track the others are kind of private practice tracks. One is near Aberdeen where my EX GF used to live but is lame. The good one is near Berwick called Dunns mx park or something like that. try to search dunnmotocross.com or? Not sure of the spelling sorry

oh and BTW it will be freezing ass cold there now so good luck finding any track to ride on even in the south of Scotland or the midlands.. I would just say feck it and go to Aberdeen for some nice shopping with the wife, hit the back alley pubs with live music and take the whiskey tour, its good and if you take the bus you can get guttered!

Try doune. Its near stirling. Only open on Saturdays tho.

this time of year,if you go anywhere moto related you will probably get stuck in the paddock.

Tinto Moto Parc is at Lesmahagow, just off the M74 south of Glasgow, Scotlands latest and best run practice venue is run by Robbie Allan, brother of former GP racer Vic Allan.
Robbie is "Mr Off road Motorcycling in Scotland", having organised GPs at Kilmartin, Scottish M/c show, raced the Dakar etc
Parc website is www.tintomoto.com
Robbie email is robbieallan@tintomoto.com. Shoot him an email I'm sure he will know other places worth visiting.

UK Track Locator... just search for a town you know you're heading to.

Not sure exactly where Dean Wilson is from but this is a picture of him practicing at Doune (Dunblane) after the Italian MXdN in 2009...

Jamma, do they still do the international gp warm up races in Belgium and Holland?

go see the castle, well worth it. And dont forget, if you order sausage on your pizza it will probobly be haggis!!!!! yuk

or you can play golf at some of the best courses in the world...... and dream about riding all over them

Tinto is my local track.

It has 6 tracks 2 for adults and 4 kids tracks for various skill levels. It also has a hare and hound loop, which I guess you guys would call hare scrambles. Dean taught a couple of schools alongside Stuart Flockhart there at the tail end of 2010.

Balmullo and Doune as said above are great tracks too, although balmullo may well be closed by the time you get over. It operates during the winter months due to town planning restrictions.

As far as i'm aware deano is from East Kilbride and nobody outwith his family probably know who he is. EK is one of Scotland's "new towns" developed in the 60s to take overspill from neighbouring cities, in this case Glasgow. It's a shithole, with nothing but precast concrete buildings and roundabouts, our way of dealing with road junctions. As a yank you'll probably get a giggle at first, then get pissed off when you get lost - think Clark Griswald in European Vacation going round in circles.....

Moto shops, there's Mickey Oates Motorcycles (honda and kawi + vintage specialist) and Ride On (yamaha) in Glasgow, Drysdales in Perth for KTM, Dennis Irvine in Aberdeen Husky etc get on www.scottishmotocross.co.uk, also Freeflowmoto.com is deano's cousins place just outside Glasgow on the cathkin braes.

Plenty non-Moto things to do, you're only over for a short time. I lived in Edinburgh whilst at Uni studying architecture, if you need a further steer drop me a pm

When are you heading over this way?

There is a big pre-season International meeting at Hawkstone in the midlands (england) on the 20th March... a handful of GP regulars (Desalle, Ramon, de Dycker, Leok, S.Pourcel, Anstie, Searle etc) along with most of the top British riders. Last year Roczen stole the show.

It would be worth the trip down from Scotland and while it seems like a fair old distance for us, its probably just a short trip for an American used to travelling between states.

Yeah I'll second that Jamma, if you're over then, Hawkstone is definitely worth a trip.

The "Mecca" of British motocross.......

Get the fish and chips and try the cider! If your a drinker

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Get down to Hawkstone this Sunday ,dude.

You know you want to