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Not a lot between them hillywise. The climb over the Moorfoot Hills is similar to the one over Coldingham Moor on the coastal route. The coastal route is more direct , the inland one wanders about the Borders a bit. It is very scenic.

Nor me, and they can really ruin Mr Audi's day - costing him seconds on his journey.

Getting 200m away from a river will not save you from the midge. They occupy vast areas and will quite happily munch on you anywhere in the west. I have suffered horribly on a building site near Caernarfon, a farm in Co. Waterford and pubs in Yorkshire. Things just go from hellish to superinfernal i...

Tourist offices in Scotland charge £4 per booking (accommodation)

The photograph and map site which I use to document Sustrans routes, especially the dodgy bits has now got three million images. http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/Geograph-reaches-Three-Million-Pict ures It is a good source of up to date mapping. Goswick Links http://s1.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/02...

Sat on a green beside the bike in Caldercruix, Lanarkshire when a ned asked me
"Is that your life back there?"

Sure is, bikes trump Buckie every time.

Mine broke down on the Galibier.... Still something in it.

I was on a very good one yesterday - Strathblane to Kirkintilloch under the Campsie Fells just north of Glasgow. It is not Sustrans so does not get the OS treatment, but as ever the path symbol on an old railway is the giveaway. Much of it is tarred there were no annoying gates and the scenery was v...

Bad timing - the A9 was closed on this day and all traffic was being directed to an from Inverness by Fort William.

I hope all is well.

I like them - often enjoying the railway history side of them. Sometimes you hit lucky and find one which is open but not too tidied up - the Formantine and Buchan in Aberdeenshire for instance. Always interesting and a great feel of remoteness. 80km long too! On the tidied up end, Glen Ogle is righ...

I have just done the Clydebank to Kirkintilloch section of the Forth & Clyde. There were barriers, of the low tube hurdle type which should go with a tandem, but is annoying. However all but one of them had an open gate as well. Only one gate was locked. What it is like at the Union Canal end, I...

After the day when a Virgin (hope he was) guard told me that "we don't need your sort anymore" when I presented my reservation, I have never had any problems with the trains. Charmed life. I usually only travel short distances though due to the fares and the reluctance to gamble 3 months o...

Nor fuel duty!

Not only that, they use the pavements which can make parking very difficult and hazardous.

If this is a Gatwick thing, beware! Edinburgh Airport has just been sold to the same owners as Gatwick.

Another cycling topic today (April 24th) Already had a clown on complaining that we don't pay fuel duty! Lots of irrelevant h***** crepe too, and absolutely no recognition that most folk use more than one form of transport and an underlying assumption that a) we are another species, b) tax dodgers a...