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860 km
62:43 h
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BigBill went for a bike ride.
December 12, 2025
00:21
4.86km
13.7km/h
110m
30m
Pick a clear dry day, some sections can be boggy, views are expansive. Good off road parking, and easy to follow tracks and paths.
03:57
15.7km
4.0km/h
590m
580m
BigBill went for a bike ride.
November 8, 2025
01:18
18.1km
14.0km/h
290m
290m
Great signposted forest tracks and trails, Meikle Bin is a steep grassy, very wet ascent. Excellent viewpoint. This was a short outing so no playing on the MTB routes! On our visit many fallen trees across the tracks, one in particular difficult to pass
01:11
21.0km
17.7km/h
460m
460m
Starting from the forest road end near Loch Achray extends the route but parking is easier and it’s a lovely link piece. The road up from Brig o Turk is a tarmac surface, it climbs past the dam, some sections are quite steep. Passing a small hydro station in a short while take track with the stone marker, to Balqhidder. It’s a landrover track now, still a great surface as it climbs to the slopes of Lag a Phuill. It’d be really hard to go wrong, just follow the track! From the high point it’s a flowy fast descent to the ford at the head of the Glen Finglas. There is a footbridge here, as in high water the ford would be dangerously deep/wide. It’s a pleasant fast descent to the point of the stone uphill route marker. Easy ride back to Brig o Turk, fast on the tarmac, be careful… great well known tearoom at Brig o Turk. Check the opening times. Lovely route, do something else if high winds, heavy rain or deep snow, it is exposed in sections. Beautiful in the autumn.
01:46
33.3km
18.9km/h
840m
830m
BigBill went for a bike ride.
September 27, 2025
Choosing to start from Fochabers (good coffee shop) following the Speyside way initially, before a mix of cycle/coastal tracks. No set route, we followed our noses…it was also very windy today. This is an easy cycle, plenty of offshoots to explore. Views are shoreline and agricultural, seals almost guaranteed at Portgordon. Buckie is a major town with plenty Victorian houses and amenities but it is the villages of Findochty, Portnockie and Cullen that are the highlights, as is the off road cycle trail that joins them. Pay attention to route finding, not all signs are there.
03:37
57.0km
15.8km/h
420m
420m
BigBill went for a bike ride.
September 26, 2025
Relaxing cycle through the back roads of Moray. Not much traffic here!. Very varied and plenty of interest. Detours to see Ardclach tower, Dulsie Bridge. Mainly steady/easy gradient and no major climb. Climb above Drynachan till tree line sustained but ok, moorland section after this a delight and it’s circa 10 miles downhill all the way to Nairn.
03:43
68.8km
18.5km/h
790m
790m
A local favourite, so varied-gravel track, paths, coffee shop, water board roads, fab singletrack, quiet country roads, another coffee shop, a high narrow bridge and the west highland way.
02:14
44.1km
19.7km/h
720m
720m
BigBill went mountain biking.
August 17, 2025
Park in Fintry and head up the Carron valley on a quiet country road. Enter the Earlsburn wind farm and follow the gravel tracks over to the descent down the escarpment overlooking Kippen, take care as it’s fast and rough. Join the Glinns road and loop back to Fintry. Courtyard cafe is definitely worth a stop.
01:59
34.5km
17.3km/h
630m
630m
One of the best single track rides in the mountains. The pine forest is beautiful, the access track is great in itself and the path to and from the summit a joy. Be aware either river crossing IS dangerous/impassable after heavy sustained rain, and it’s a high mountain plateau you are visiting, so be prepared for all weathers.
02:17
32.1km
14.0km/h
1,020m
1,020m