Top 5 Lothian Cycle Routes
As we move towards summer with the promise of some better weather (don’t laugh at the back there) I thought it might be time to dust off a few of the best routes around the Lothians.
For each route I have included a link to a more detailed description together with a map and profile (featured on the VisitScotland, Edinburgh Bicycle or Citycycling websites). Read the rest of this entry »
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Edinburgh – 40 Town and Country Walks
This pocket sized book by Kerry Nelson does just what it says on the packet. It creates 40 walking routes in and around the Capital. The walks are divided into four geographical areas, Old and New Town, South Edinburgh and the Pentlands, East Edinburgh and the Coast and North and West Edinburgh and Beyond (i.e. West Lothian!)
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Winchburgh Walks
One of the challenges this winter has been to go out for a walk without getting soaked. In an effort to find a dry yet interesting walk with some variety to it, I recently went back to Winchburgh. I have written about Winchburgh before but this time I walked out to the south-west, made a loop around Craigtoun in the north-west and came back along the canal. I still came home with wet, muddy feet but it was largely my own fault!
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Eskbank to Penicuik (by a completely traffic-free, and virtually hill-free, route)
The number of cycle routes which are opening up around the Lothians on which families and novices can enjoy a relaxed morning or afternoon riding means that there is often little excuse left not to get out on your bike. And so it was that I headed out from Eskbank with my girlfriend and her dad, making for Penicuik along a disused railway.
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