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Am i right in thinking you can right just about anywhere, including footpaths??
Yup - pretty much - well footpaths are certainly ridable - I am not sure (others will know) if you have a right to roam on a bike though?
No. Scotland is very against you riding anywhere. Go to Wrexham instead.
Don't come here. Its a nightmare. Cant ride anywhere. Rain all the time as well. 😉
You kind of just go and ride your bike. Everywhere. there isn't such a thing as footpath, just trails.
Isn't that a refreshing dose of common sense?
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No you don't. You need all sorts of licenses and stuff. It's a right pain. Stay where you are.
As an Englishman who has invaded Scotland, I feel I now speak for Scotland as a nation in saying that everyone English should move up here for the trails and access laws and no bridge tolls. Really, every last one of them.
If you get caught being irresponsible they will lock you up with a buckfast swilling ned and throw away the key. The definition of being irresponsible means being English in Scotland on a bike. Go to Wrexham, trust me on this one.
no, no, no, no, no.... you are wrong on every level spokeyboy 😀
Nothing to see here..
But, I thought that's what the Scotch ( 😉 ) wanted? Lots of English types all over the trails? They all seem a bit quiet to me.
I'm coming anyway, but going up to Fort William, so will be a fair way from most of you on here 🙂 and i'm always reponsible. most of the time 😉
I can recommend the 7 Stanes. I wouldn't bother heading any further north, far too many midges you see?
i know about the midges 🙁 last year they all drowned, in 3 days we had 4 hours of dry weather, the rest of the time it chucked it down 🙁
It's lovely and dry in Wrexham.
Scotland is so poor for riding I moved across the duck pond. Wish I was in Wrexham though.
There are no "footpaths", just trails
shoosh, all of you.
There's a land 'lockdown' on now as the Haggis hunting season has started.
Sorry, but there's no access for anyone for at least the next 11.5 months.
Don't forget the Mad Haggis Disease, like rabies but worse. The midgies are carriers it's how it spreads. There is only one part of the country open for outdoor activities and that's a football pitch just across the border from Berwick.
[url= http://www.snh.org.uk/pdfs/access/ApprovedCode050604.pdf ]This might help.[/url]
Actually a "Right of Way" is a path or road that has been given a legal status to be open (it may be a footpath, or there are some vehicular right of ways too). It predates the open access code and the access rights are legally protected. The Open Access Bill does not mean every path is now a right of way.
To become a right of way, a route has to meet certain legal conditions; in particular, it must have been used by the general public for at least 20 years and must link two public places (usually public roads). Rights of way vary from long hill routes (often historical drove or kirk roads) to local routes used for walking the dog or as short cuts to shops, schools and other local amenities.
Anyway the Scottish biking season is now closed for the winter now and will reopen June 2011.
On a more serious note, you can come up here and ride/camp/canoe just about anywhere.
If you think in terms of employing good manners, you won't go far wrong, eg you keep away from people's houses if possible, don't mow down the red sock brigade, be nice to horse riders, and check the hill phones so you don't get your head blown off by some over-eager toff who mistakes you for a stag or a [s]peasant[/s] pheasant.
The only snag is you won't want to go home, but that's alright because you'll become Scottish by osmosis if you stay long enough. (Single malts are recommended for this process).
I believe cycling anywhere in scotland is illegal, except possibly in the woods behind McNationwide (formally the Dunfermline building society)?
Cheers everyone, i will have a look at an OS map in a bit.
sambob - MemberCheers everyone, i will have a look at an OS map in a bit.
The last time I looked Scotland covered more than 1 OS map.
buzz-lightyear - Member
There are no "footpaths", just trails
Naw, ther awe sheep traks covered in smelly stuff that rots yer bike 😉
sambob - Member
Cheers everyone, i will have a look at an OS map in a bit.
Following black dotted lines could seriously damage your health 🙄
Following black dotted lines could seriously damage your health
Ah... the eternal battle between bitter experience and foolish optimism upon the discovery of a new 'dotted black line'.