Scottish National Trail

[Joey Shabadoo]

I wonder if it would be possible to get a bike along this route - http://www.oe-mag.co.uk/oemag/?p=1828

Scotland’s longest walking route, the 470-mile Gore-Tex Scottish National Trail, will be officially opened by the First Minister of Scotland, Alex Salmond MSP, on October 30th at the Water of Leith Visitor Centre, Slateford, Edinburgh at 1pm.

The trail forms Scotland’s first ever end-to-end walking route through Scotland, from Kirk Yetholm in the Scottish Borders (the northern terminus of the Pennine Way) to Cape Wrath, the most north-western point on the British mainland, and has been compiled by author and broadcaster Cameron McNeish, who has also co-authored a book about the route called Scotland End to End. Gore-Tex Footwear based in West Lothian partnered with Cameron McNeish to sponsor the creation of the new walking route.

Meandering through some of Scotland’s most beautiful and rugged landscapes, the route follows many existing trails and rights of way and in doing so creates a long distance walking route that compares with the best in the world.

Looks interesting.

 

[Ticktockmy]

Without looking at a more detailed map of the route its hard to say, But having in the past ridden a lot of the Landrover trails and tracks which are in the area of the route, I think a lot of the route would be quite ridable, as I think some of it follows General wade's road, if it does you you would have a nice ride in places and others like Glen Tromie and the Gaick Pass for starters when the weather is rough can be quite challenging and exciting.

 

[andrew_s]

General Wade has roads all over.
In so far as you can tell from that map, it looks like the route goes Glen Tilt/Geldie Burn/Glen Feshie rather than the Gaick, then the Corrieyairack over to Ft Augustus. Whilst there will doubtless be other bikeable sections (eg Coulin), I would be reasonably sure that most of them will not go through..
[cynic mode]Doubtless publicised details of the route are vague in order to encourage you to buy the book[/cynic mode]

 

[louiseharley]

Have you done this yet?