Forum menu
Good to see something positive in the "mainstream" press.
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Villagers-gear-up-to-welcome.6717101.jp
The agency points out that cyclists are high spenders because they often carry few provisions, with figures showing they benefit the Scottish economy by at least £200 million a year.
Given that NC used to be probably the least-visited 7 Stane, I wonder if the boost has come from the development of the Northumberland (Riever?) trails and the new link to NC.
I like Newcastleton, but not been in years...
Never been - must go soon.
Never been to Newcastleton (nor Glentrool). Might give it a go this year now it is linked into Kielder.
I do wonder how "real" the figures for cyclotourisme are, and how much they are optimistic estimates of redistribution of wealth. I know if I didn't spend as much on biking I'd probably spend more on other stuff, and I doubt I am alone in this.
Never been - must go soon
Excellent, you can give me a lift then 😉
Was there this weekend visiting some friends who were up doing some work on the forth coming 24 hours of exposure route. Did a link to kielder based on the k100 route so not sureif it used all the link, it seemed to. Was pretty good and makes a big ride with lots of climbing. Shame I'm so unfit that it took me for ever and my legs fell off.
Not my usual kind of riding but I enjoyed it enough.