Up in Galloway next week and have already had some useful tips about natural stuff to ride as well as 7Stanes. Do people think it’s worth a diversion to Newcastleton on the way home to Yorkshire? I had heard it was fairly tame but have read recently that there has been work done to extend the Red in particular. Anybody been recently?

if you go you can do the red then do the blue which is actually really nice. also you can ride over to keilder and do some of both the two trail centres .

We did the same last year after a weekend doing Kirr / Dalbeattie / Mabie. It was ok and I would do it again, this year we came home via Whinlatter and rode North & South loops. Felt this was a better diversion on our last day / way home.

It’s ok, but if I was in that neck of the woods I’d sooner go to Kielder.

Do anything but not keilder.

Drumlanrig?

New bit from the village and the return section are reportedly good (built by http://www.upliftscotland.com/ )but I’m not keen on the rest 🙄
Kielder, been twice, not going back.
Drum as above, GT or Inners?
Keswick is only 1/2hr from M6 to Whinlatter or the Borrowdale Bash?

Give it a Newcastleton a go. If you’ve been ragging it round other stanes then you’ll enjoy the red, not as much climbing but enough pedaling to keep you working. The new start/end is good fun you’ll certainly finish grinning. If you’ve plenty of life in the legs then whinlatter.

Some natural stuff out of Penrith if you have a map.