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Scottish Borders Coast-to-Coast Itinerary

Scottish Borders Coast-to-Coast Itinerary

This Scottish Borders Coast-to-Coast Itinerary outlines the cycle route Sarah and I will be following in early Autumn. We will be cycling from Gretna to Berwick-Upon-Tweed, all the while hugging the Scotland-England border, mainly on the Scottish side.  Mention the Scottish Borders and we picture big spaces: heather-clad hills, hundreds of square miles of forests and woodland, lochs and rivers. Of course, wherever trees and hills abound, then cyclists and mountain bikers won‘t be far away; some of the best cycling…

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Galashiels

Galashiels

After a fantastic few days in Aberdeenshire it was time to head back to Greater Manchester. As I mentioned in a previous post – it’s a long journey. So once again we broke up the journey with a cycle ride. Sarah once again plotted the route and this time she chose Galashiels in the Scottish Borders. It”s not too far from Hawick, where we were going a few weeks later. Coincidence? Starting from Asda car park our ride briefly followed…

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Visit to Kielder Forest

Visit to Kielder Forest

Kielder Forest and Water Park is in Northumberland. We drove down from Hawick with our friends the Jones as part of a day off from cycling. What a fantastic place to visit – we shall definitely be going back again! The are lots of walks and mountain bike rides through the forest and round the lake. We opted for a walk through the forest up to something called Skyspace. We parked in the Kielder Castle visitor centre car park (near…

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Ride around Hawick

Ride around Hawick

Hawick is a town in the Scottish borders. We are very fortune to have some lovely friends who live there and invited us up to stay with them. The local council have four cycle routes around the area and we combined these to make our own longer route. The routes were all well marked and colour coded, so you could do them without using a map. The green route goes round Vertish Hill and is 7 miles. The yellow route…

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