Monthly Archives: October 2013

08 June 2013 – Biting off a bit more than we could chew…

Poring over maps of the local roads, I found another track that looked very interesting, running through the Moorfoot hills near Fountainhall. It did look a little steep in places, but no problem – we could always turn back if … Continue reading

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06 June 2013 – Pentlands circular route

Quite recently we heard on the local news how some cyclists had saved a woman from drowning in Threipmuir Reservoir. I have to admit that I had no idea where that was, so I looked it up and found out … Continue reading

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04 June 2013 – Fala Moor and Heriot

Having recently discovered the existence of Fala Moor Road on the map, I was keen to build it into a route to cycle. This was going to be one of our long ones (anything over 20 miles is long to … Continue reading

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21 May 2013 – All the way to Penicuik and back

Before getting into the details of this trip, I need to point out that the map above contains a wrong turning, more of which later, so please don’t set out to recreate it exactly! OK, so I thought it might … Continue reading

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10 May 2013 – Fala Luggie tower and back

There is the ruin of what looks like an old castle on top of a hill not far from us, which Colette has tried to point out to me on several occasions while I was driving past, but it wasn’t … Continue reading

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