Table of Contents

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Gravel riding
Gravel bikes
How to use this book
The weather and seasons
Safety and responsibility
Recommended kit list
Bikepacking
A brief history of gravel in Scotland
Reading the Gaelic landscape

Section 1: Scottish Borders
01 Newcastleton to Kielder cross-border ride
02 Hawick castles and railways loop
03 Selkirk, Three Brethren and the Bowhill Estate
04 Four forests and a wind farm in the Tweed Valley
05 The herring roads of the Lammermuirs

Section 2: Dumfries and Galloway
06 Gatehouse of Fleet
07 Galloway Forest Park Big Country Route
08 Daer Reservoir and Durisdeer

Section 3: Argyll and Bute
09 Loch Eck and Loch Long
10 The Dukes Path, Lochgoilhead and the Arrochar Alps
11 Crinan, Loch Sween and Faery Isles views
12 An Suidhe Wind Farm and Eredine Forest

Section 4: Highland Perthshire and the Trossachs
13 Aberfoyle aka Gravelfoyle – north and south loops
14 Callander and Loch Tay monster loop
15 Dunkeld and the Tay Forest Park

Section 5: Cairngorms – Deeside
16 Linn of Dee, Glen Lui and Linn of Quoich
17 Ballater, Balmoral and Loch Muick
18 Invercauld and the River Gairn
19 Corgarff Castle and a military road

Section 6: Cairngorms – Aviemore
20 Dalwhinnie, Loch Ericht and Laggan
21 Glen Feshie and Loch an Eilein
22 Loch Morlich, Glenmore and Abernethy Forest

Section 7: North West Scotland
23 Morvern peninsula
24 Loch Shiel, Glenfinnan and Loch Linnhe
25 Fort Augustus and Loch Ness
26 Glen Affric
27 Isle of Rùm
28 Beauly to Ardgay

About the Author

Ed Shoote is a writer and photographer; his work has featured in numerous outdoor and cycling magazines over the last decade. Having developed a passion for road cycling as a child in Suffolk, Ed later fell in love with mountain biking as he moved further north in the UK, and then discovered gravel riding while living in British Columbia where he explored the endless, remote logging roads. Over the years he has travelled extensively with his gravel bike in tow, particularly in central Asia. Now living in Scotland with his young family, Ed works in developing cycling in the south of Scotland and spends his spare time exploring the glens, mountains and forests across the country on his gravel bike. Gravel Rides Scotland is his first book.
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