Might be the whipping boy of STW but iirc Glasgow is independantly rated higher than Edinburgh as a short break location.
>dont knock it all that eu funding to try and combat some of the lowest life expectencies in europe have led to lots of trails centres being built,!<
Near England and in the Highlands…
There are numerous post industrial wastelands throughout the UK – Glasgow just has these pockets in more volume. Second city of the empire and all that…
EU funding (for tourism) goes to the Borders and the Highlands because the Forestry Commission sees rural development as one of its primary functions. Nothing wrong with that although both areas are actually relatively healthy / affluent.
Now the government is telling them they need to contribute to the health and well being agenda so they have the WIAT (Woods In and Around Towns initiative. This has pumped money into the urban fringe in the form of more greenspace with trees and some very limited / tame trails but thats about it as far as mtb is concerned.
Dont think the growing of trees as such is going to make much of a dent in the obesity / morbidity stats. The health professionals are doing their bit but something far more radical needs doing on the sporting front