Cycling from the North of Edinburgh, across Edinburgh the on to Penicuik and beyond

beeb · Post by **beeb** » 20 Apr 2019, 1:40pm

How easy is to go get from South Quensferry through Edinburgh to Penicuik. Is there a safe route for two cycle tourists. Thanks for any advice in advance.

pjclinch · Post by **pjclinch** » 20 Apr 2019, 2:17pm

beeb wrote:How easy is to go get from South Quensferry through Edinburgh to Penicuik. Is there a safe route for two cycle tourists. Thanks for any advice in advance.

Depends on your particular idea of "safe", but it should be okay. NCN1, then 196. Not the most direct route, but NCNs favour "quiet" over "direct" and the map says a lot of it is "traffic free".

Sustrans have a zoomable map you can look at.

Pete.

Paulatic · Post by **Paulatic** » 20 Apr 2019, 3:20pm

IME if you can follow someone who lives there it’s dead easy

In reality prepared to get lost a couple of times and miss some signs. Well that’s what happens to me :lol:

You might want to navigate onto route 61 a railway line to Roslin probably a little shorter than 196

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Cycling from the North of Edinburgh, across Edinburgh the on to Penicuik and beyond

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