Pictures From My Cycle Tour Of Scotland
Welcome to this part of my site featuring some fantastic pictures from my successful cycle tour of Scotland during May 2009. This particular tour takes in most of National Cycle Route 7, Lochs and Glens south and some of the west coast section of Route 73. You don't have to go 400 miles out of the way from Northern England to the Highlands or Loch Ness to see the best of Scotland as many tourists do and the South West corner of Scotland has it all. This cycle tour takes in the Scottish counties of Dumfries And Galloway, and South Ayrshire. Pictures in the order of 1 to 2 highlights my first entry into Scotland at the border from the English county of Cumbria and my arrival into the Scottish village of Gretna Green at around 7.30 PM in the evening. This tour did not have the best of weather unfortunately. It was a mixed bag of heavy showers to gale force winds in exposed places but still did not stop me from enjoying this cycle tour. Pictures in the order of 3 to 12 feature my long trip through the remote Galloway Forest and Carrick Forest in South Ayrshire. Cycling is a delight in this part of Scotland with a mixture of forest tracks and minor roads. Even some of the A Roads are not that to busy compared to some of the major tourist routes but still require care particularly on narrow sections. Pictures in the order of 13 to 19 highlight my tour of the South and North Ayrshire coast and where I managed to get the best weather with unbroken sunshine for 4 days. The Ayrshire Coast is very cycle friendly with many paths that run through some nice parks with a mixture of minor roads with grand views out to the Isle of Arran. Pictures in the order of 20 to 23 highlight my visit to The Isle Of Arran and unless I do any touring further north of this part of Scotland, this is my most northerly point to this day. The Isle Of Arran is a popular tourist destination of South West Scotland and is very mountainous in the north with the lowlands in the south of the island. Pictures in the order of 24 to 31 where taken on a railway trip while taking some time of the road and feature the seaside town of Girvan and the Scottish port town of Stranraer. Pictures in the order of 32 to 33 feature my return back on the road, gradually making my return home which took 5 days. It would have been nice to have got some more pictures of the Solway Coast, Gatehouse Of Fleet, Wigtown Bay but unfortunately wet weather and time did not permit. I hope to include these pictures on future tours.
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Links to my other cycle touring related sites
Photographs From My Cycle Tours During The 1980s
Pictures From My Cycle Tour Of Swaledale And The North Pennines
Pictures From My Cycle Tours Of The North York Moors And East Coast
Pictures From My Cycle Tour Of East Yorkshire Featuring The Trans Pennine Trail
Pictures From My Cycle Tour To North Wales From Harrogate Via The Trans Pennine Trail
Pictures From My Cycle Tour Of Lancashire Featuring Morecambe Bay And The Forest Of Bowland
Pictures From Cycle Tour Of The Western Dales
Pictures From My Cycle Trail Of The Nidderdale Greenway
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