Mountain Biking in Southern and Central Scotland (eBook)

Peter Edwards (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
208 Seiten
Cicerone Press (Verlag)
978-1-78362-348-8 (ISBN)

Infos

This guidebook describes 21 mountain biking routes in central and southern Scotland. It includes the 7stanes trail centre in Dumfries and Galloway, as well as cross-country routes in the Campsie Fells, Pentland Hills and Lammermuirs, the Galloway Forest, Tweed Valley, Cheviots and Lowther Hills. The routes range from 17 to 66km and are graded from moderate to very hard. Taking between 2 and 7 hours to complete, they are intended for reasonably fit mountain bikers with at least some experience. Detailed route descriptions are accompanied by 1:50,000 OS mapping, and the selected routes set out from various points across the area, including Greenock, Glentrool, Peebles and Milngavie, with good access from both Glasgow and Edinburgh. The guidebook also gives an overview of what the region's MTB trail centres have to offer, including the famous 7stanes trail centre, along with advice on equipment, maintenance and safety. Southern and Central Scotland is renowned for its superlative MTB trail centres, but the region's rolling hill country is also traversed by an extensive network of tracks, paths, forest roads and other trails providing endless possibilities for 'free range' mountain biking.

Autor

Since moving to Scotland from the south of England in 2006, Peter Edwards has developed a passion for the Hebrides and takes every available opportunity to get out among the islands. He lives in Glasgow with his wife, Fiona, and Dougal the Labrador. Peter writes about his walking and cycling trips on his blog at www.writesofway.com.

Inhalt

Emergencies

Map key

Overview map

Route summary table

Introduction

Mountain biking in southern and central Scotland

About the routes in this guide

Centres

Getting there and getting around

Accommodation

When to go

Safety

Equipment

Tools and maintenance

Navigation

Hydration

Food

Rights of way and other users

Maps

How to use this guide

Abbreviations and symbols used in the route descriptions

The 7stanes

Ae Forest

Dalbeattie

Glentress

Innerleithen

Kirroughtree

Newcastleton

Mabie

Glentrool

Other trail centres

Drumlanrig Castle

Carron Valley

Cathkin Braes

Whitelee Wind Farm

Southwest

1 Durisdeer, Daer Reservoir and Wedder Law

2 Lowther Hills loop

3 Shinnel Water and Scaur Water loop

4 Carrick Forest Four Lochs loop

5 Glentrool and the Galloway Hills

6 Windy Standard loop

Southeast

7 Belford to Cocklawfoot: Windy Gyle loop

8 Kirk Yetholm and the Pennine Way

9 Minch Moor and the Three Brethren

10 Stake Law and the Gypsy Glen

11 The Tweedsmuir Hills: Natural Tweed

12 The Lammermuir Hills: Longformacus and Wedder Lairs loop

13 Gifford and the Hope Hills

14 The Pentland Hills: a rollercoaster route around the reservoirs

Central

15 Misty Law

16 Greenock Cut

17 Kilpatrick Hills loop

18 The Campsie Fells: Dumgoyne and Earl's Seat

19 Mugdock Country Park loop

20 Carbeth - Cameron Muir loop

21 Glasgow waterways loop

Appendices

Appendix A Bike shops and mechanics

Appendix B Other useful contacts

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.6.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 96 photos 82 maps 33 route profiles
• Verlagsort: Kendal
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Fahrrad
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• Schlagworte: 7stanes • Galloway Hills • glentress • Gypsy Glen • Minch Moor • MTB • Peebles • West Highland Way
• ISBN-10: 1-78362-348-9 / 1783623489
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78362-348-8 / 9781783623488