Hey all,
Some friends and I will be riding Scotland Coast to Coast in a few weeks time and I wonder if I could ask for your assistance in ensuring that we don't miss out on any decent trails along the way.
[url= http://binged.it/NmVohJ ]This is the route[/url] that we're intending to follow (more or less) - any suggestions along it's path for trails that we should specifically detour for?
Thanks, Dan.
Somebody recommended the trails at Laggan to me earlier, any more?
All depends on what route you're riding and whether you have time in schedule to ride at a trail centre on the way.
Golspie is ace, but about 100 miles North of Laggan - Worth it though! 🙂
I've put a link to the route that we're taking in the OP
You are mostly going around the decent trails 😉
On a more practical note it really depends what you are looking for, how much time you have and whether you are carrying tons of gear on your back / bike.
Nice though Golspie is, it certainly is not worth diverting 100 miles to. Similarly I wouldn't be bothering with Laggan (unless of course you have bags of time to stop and soak up various trails along the way.)
Also starting at FW would be another no for me. Consider moving your start point NW to Shiel Bridge. If you are good technical riders /fit / travelling light / up for big days then there is the option of straight lining it through and or over the Gorms. Lairig an Laoigh might be a good compromise. Same applies to the section after Braemar - there are easy Munros to be bagged thereabouts. Deeside out to the coast becomes increasingly uninteresting / bit of anti climax. I'd personally focus on the middle chunk / get the last section out the way as quickly as possible.
There's a better/more off road route between Feshie and Laggan if you are interested. I did it (in reverse) last year as part of a C2C.
http://www.blog.scotroutes.com/2011/09/c2c-part-3.html
Let me know if you want a GPX file