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It got a lot more boggy & overgrown than this. Only passable with a MTB and if you're prepared to get very wet feet.
Another fine entry in the Bike Racks Designed By People Who Have Never Locked A Bike Awards 2019 https://t.co/SNBie5pwWr
What looks like a nice straight through alignment is spoilt by dropped kerbs in the wrong place (see #91229) and the path beyond the road being narrowed and not asphalted (see #91163).
The inevitable result of placing a barrier in the way of the path and not diverting the path directly to the forced crossing point - a worn path across the grass. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but is that fence panel not meant to be inst ... [more]
So if I can stand in the middle of the road taking photos of the barrier, is the road really so dangerous that it needs the barrier?
I guess they never thought that anyone would cycle to the industrial units, so never thought to install a dropped kerb where the path meets the road. Of course, the majority of users will be going the other way, so why the turn away from ... [more]
A newly installed barrier right over the end of the path at a minor road crossing at Tweedside Park.
The dropped kerb was placed at the roundabout off to the right rather than at the entrance to the cycle path, on a road that only services the station car park.
The Abbotsford Link uses the not exactly wide footway on the south side of Tweedbank Drive, before crossing to join NCN1 on the north side at the toucan crossing.
Clear signage at the road junction of NCN1 and the Abbotford Link. The Abbotsford Link itself takes the footway on the opposite side of Tweedbank Drive.
An unexpected 'End of Cycle Route' sign, given that we haven't reached either Tweedbank station or NCN1 yet. The route continues along the road, see #91202.
The Abbotsford Link continues towards Tweedbank station, including an underpass beneath Tweedbank Drive.
The narrow asphalt path from #91191 gets a bit wider as it turns to head towards Tweedbank Park. The Borders Abbey Way returns to being an unsurfaced path.
The path ahead goes to the A6091 at the Galafoot Bridge, while the waymarked Borders Abbey Way diverges to go down the steps in #91192.
A sign for NCN1 that doesn't have any mention of the other routes on the sign in #91184. It also is presumably not a 'No Through Road' for cycles.
The Southern Upland Way joins NCN1 from a woodland path. The two join back together a short distance to the south.
Temporary diversion signs for both NCN1 and "leading to NCN1". But I thought this actually was NCN1.
Waiting at the kerbside to turn right onto the railway path. The footway is signed as shared-use, but the road was fairly quiet with motor traffic when I visited, so cyclists were using the road.
Signs for NCN1 and the Southern Upland Way. The route to Abbotsford is down a flight of steps. The route ahead shares the railway bridge with the actual railway.
The narrow path in #91163 joins a wider path that has come down a slope from Tweedbank Drive and is both NCN1 and the Southern Upland Way. Only the latter is signed as going up the ramp here. But the narrow path is the more direct route and ... [more]
I don't know why this path wasn't made wider, placed further away from the fence, and asphalted. Too narrow to pass anyone without that person stepping aside.
The Union Suspension Bridge, built in 1820 when it was the world's longest wrought iron suspension bridge. It now carries NCN route 1 from England to Scotland.
Please note that the road drops at 1 in 5 from the hanging valley down to Talla reservoir - make sure your brakes are in good condition!!!
Tinto Location: near Biggar (Scotland, United Kingdom) Taken from the B7016 road between Broughton and Biggar, just inside Scottish Borders.
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