If, like me, you are fascinated by the many old routes which cover the Scottish Highlands, this should be right up your street

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01jxv9s

Griff throws himself back into the early 19th century, joining a herd of highland cows and two sturdy farmers as they retrace an ancient droving route once taken by thousands as they trudged 250 miles through the Scottish highlands from the Isle of Skye to Falkirk market

Beeb 1, Thu 14th 20:00

Ta!

ace 🙂

epic yawnfest

S/be good that, long way to go to market though no?

I have a fascination for disused ancient roads too…

I did think about MTBing as many as I could, then I dragged my bike over the Maiden Way in Cumbria and thought better of it.

Some reading:

A Compendium of High Roads and Road Passes in Great Britain.
http://www.hodology.com/styled-6/index.html

The Old Roads of Britain.
http://www.hodology.com/styled-3/index.html

Land’s End to John O’Groats – Off-road by Mountain Bike
http://www.users.waitrose.com/~ianclare/lejogoffroadbymountainbike.htm

Can I recommend watching last week’s episode on i-player? Twas about the River Thames and its estuary, had absolutely no idea that those places shown existed! Most interesting and it even included weapons being fired. 8)

Yep, will definitely be watching this week too. 🙂

was – thanks for those links, will check ’em out!

Not a yawn fest old roads and paths are the reason I bought an mtb 26 years ago .Not to ride jumps in ruined woods or trailcentres or gravel paths at Ashton Court

What TV for the non-divisivists?

Are we either for you or against you?

What TV for the non-divisivists?

Everyone Loves Raymond

or

Everyone Hates Chris

FFS! I’m going to GT tomorrow and Innerleithen on Friday. Does that mean I’m not allowed to watch this in between?

On a serious note, this type of stuff fascinates me also by why do the beeb insist on the ‘celebrity’ presenter? Years ago this stuff would’ve been fronted by a man in a bobble hat no one who watched Bbc1 at prime time would’ve ever have heard of – Tom Weir for example..,

Yawnfest my big fat arse. I’ll be watching that.
Wassup brakes, can’t read a map/scared of being on your own? 😉

<pssst!> I love shit like this, re-watching 3 Men Go To Scotland. and I’m only 36, yawn fest my hairy Scottish arse </pssst!>

sky+’d as I’ll probably forget. Cheers druidh 🙂

agree with what is said above. this being the reason that i cycle offroad.
to suss out old roads/routes and explore.
i do like a bike of trailcenter downhill gnarr too nowadays tho. 😀

Just a wee bump for those that missed it!

Oh -if this sort of thing interests you, then consider a copy of A.R.B. Haldanes “The Droves Roads of Scotland” ISBN 1 874744 76 9

Got myself so comfy on the sofa that I nodded off. 😳

Here’s hoping it’s on i-player.

He went at the wrong time of year. He should have waited until the bridge under Loch Loyne was clear 🙂

http://www.blog.scotroutes.com/p/loch-loyne-and-atlantis-bridge.html

Someone on here – miketually, I’m sure – once described his cycling as two wheeled hiking.

That’s my off road aspiration.

omitn – it might well have been me!

Crieff has changed a bit since I used to buy chips from Johnny Grillies on the way back to the school from Rugby practice. William Low isn’t even there now.. sad days indeed.

Working earlier, so missed most of it. Hopefully on iPlayer.

See also:
http://www.heritagepaths.co.uk/ from http://www.scotways.com/

omitn – it might well have been me!

Quite possibly..!

Fantastic programme, thanks for the heads up. Set the recorder for the rest of the series.

iPlayer link .. http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01jxv9s/

Tip top. Better than even more football.

Ooooh yes, thanks. I have a new pet or rather it adopted me. Shall try and post up a pic later. 🙂

Great telly, that’s what i pay my licence fee for, more of this please BBC