Our Forth to Clyde Day 3 had taken us from Glasgow to Grangemouth. The final part of our journey, Forth to Clyde Day 4, would see us cycle from Grangemouth to Edinburgh, finishing at Leith on the Firth of Forth. It was a cool and pleasant morning when we left Grangemouth. We began by cycling through another section of The Helix. Then on into Falkirk town centre and our breakfast. Breakfast downed, we set off again through Falkirk. Back to…
This Clyde to Forth 2021 itinerary outlines the cycle route myself, Sarah, Andy S and Mike will be following in autumn 2021. We will be cycling from Gourock to Edinburgh. The route starts at Gourock, a port on the Firth of Clyde, and follows a predominantly traffic-free route into Glasgow via Paisley. Upon reaching Bells Bridge in Glasgow city centre it then follows a traffic-free path traffic-free path along the Clyde. From there, it then goes to Edinburgh via Airdrie, the Bathgate…
Bank Holiday Monday was the end of our holiday and time to start back home. The initial part of our journey was a cycle ride from Midmar to Aberdeen. It was another nice day as we set off. Initially, we passed through Comers, retracing part of the route we had taken a few days previously. We finally reached Echt and it was at this point that our route started to differ. When we had cycled to Midmar we had gone…
Sunday was our Coast and Castles North Day 1. However, before we did any cycling we had a trip around Edinburgh Castle which had been arranged by the lovely Ali. Arriving at Edinburgh Castle, they were getting ready for the Royal Tattoo. There were quite a number of military museum’s to look around. This horse statue was moved to the Castle and recommissioned by the Princesses Royal. The queue to see the Crown Jewels took us through an exhibition. Andy…
This Coast and Castles North itinerary outlines our late summer tour for 2017. As usual, we will be touring with some of our friends from Stockport Community Cycling Club – Andy S and Andy S again, the same friends who joined us on our Scottish C2C and Way of the Roses 2017 tours. We will also be joined by tour ‘newbie’ John. The Coast and Castles North route follows on from our Coast and Castles South tour, and begins in the…
