Glentress mountain bike trails
Tom Piper Tom Piper

Glentress mountain bike trails

I’ve lived in various places in Scotland but for the last seven years Glentress has been on my doorstep. People travel miles just to ride these trails (as I once did) and yet nowadays I can be climbing Spooky Wood before within twenty minutes of taking the fancy. If you're planning your first trip, here. Are some initial thoughts.

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The River Tweed
Tom Piper Tom Piper

The River Tweed

We moved to The Scottish Borders in 2019 having decided that Aberdeenshire was just a bit too far north, leaving the River Dee for the River Tweed. The River Tweed flows from the hills above Moffat to Berwick on Tweed over a course of about 97 miles (156km) and is famous for fishing, for giving its name to the material and in places as the border between Scotland and England.

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