Scotland Trip weekend of 17 July - "The Kingdom of Fife"

We are planning three day Mountain Bike trip along the Scottish coast, riding around 45km per day on Friday 16, Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 July. Please contact John Kitching if you are interested in coming along.

This 130km ride, known as The Kingdom of Fife, is described in the guide book as "a gem of a long distance trail" and "a Must Do for any mountain biker" . The ride starts in Inverkeithing and follows the coast, give spectacular views over beaches, caves and pretty villages. The ride passes through Kircaldy, finishing just past St Andrews at Leuchars train station.

We will be riding around 45 km per day across moderately technical undulating terrain, involving singletrtack sections and the occassional road section. There will be some intermediate riding, but nothing too technical. There is a twisty section through tall grass and sand where it is hard to see the trail - you might fall off, but it will be onto sand and grass. There is a tough section towards the end, but this can be by-passed on roads.

I will see what accommodation is available on the route, with a view to leaving overnight kit at hostels/B&Bs along the way. You will need to make your own transport arrangements to get to the start (trains are an option as there is a train station at the start and at the finish).

I will plan to head up there on Thursday evening, and we will start the ride on Friday morning, and ride Saturday and Sunday. I will probably stay in Scotland on Sunday night and head back on Monday.

Please contact John Kitching if you are interested in coming, and we can finalise details.




More details to follow.

Hope MTB ride, 09:00 Saturday 24 April

Mark Slater and Curtis Mansbridge are doing an intermediate/advanced ride around Hope Valley on Saturday 24th April. They are meeting at the Woodbine Café at 9am and possibly tackling the broken road descent (Chapel Gate).

If you would like to attend, please contact Mark Slater 07817 262 208