The Best Bike Ride in the Cairngorms?

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There are some fantastic bike rides in the Cairngorms National Park but this one, linking lovely Glen Tromie with Glen Feshie, has only been made possible by the creation of a new track put in recently by the estate. It crosses a high pass and takes you into some very remote landscapes and at about 22 miles is ideal for an e-bike.
I'm based in the Scottish Highlands and I use a VW campervan to access the great outdoors, where I climb hills, ride my e-bike or gravel bike and just visit some of those places I've never been to. I've been climbing hills and mountains all over the world for 50 years and I'm a former editor of Climber Magazine and The Great Outdoors Magazine.

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26 июл 2023

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@HughDWallace Год назад

As I am a subscriber to the Scots magazine I very much look forward to reading the article, Cameron. I was up in your neck of the woods in early June and was planning on riding this very route but it was just too hot! I love how your view on bulldozed tracks has evolved over the years. Like you, I was no fan when I walked in the hills but now that I mainly cycle I have to say I love them. I'd rather see a beautiful and cared for Glen Feshie with gravel roads than some bleak grouse moor desert without them.

@johnbrown3951 Год назад

That looks like a route I would like to do on my recently purchased eMTB. Thanks for the inspiration. There is so much of Scotland that only gamekeepers and shepherds normally see but with electric Mountain bikes that is changing.

@kennymacleod6006 Год назад

Super video and. a great remote location - also great info and background to the history-Many thanks

@petegrayson5702 Год назад

Really like the look of that route. Is there a gpx file for it? Would appreciate any help there.

@colinblack7049 Год назад

Great scenery Cameron, although not a prolific writer like yourself, I like to write wee stories. As an ex driver I've written for a trucking magazine in the UK and Canada, I also wrote wee stories about my youth in Glesca. But I hardly buy a magazine now, the price is just too much for an old pensioner, the Readly app is a bargain at £9.99 a month but I much prefer the tactile feel of turning the page. The Scots magazine is a great read and I've bought it occasionally. Keep up the good work Cameron.

@stevewhyte8417 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for the inspiration for my next ride in the cairngorms. Excellent video

@daveknibbs4046 Год назад

Brilliant content Looking forward to the next outing 👍

@DERWENT2 Год назад

Nice Video Cameron: Ive hiked and biked that route a number of times over the years and I was aware of the new track crossing over at Bhran: I was already planning to do the ride at my next visit in 6 weeks time. Coincidently, I was plotting the route at the same time as you uploaded your video. The new track now no longer means a hike a bike through the dodgy bog field section👍👍

@davidhall8745 Год назад

Looks a great route and now on the list to do

@dukekaboom4105 2 месяца назад

I did this route in the opposite direction from you as part of the Kingussie Bikeathon event last year. Unfortunately I won’t be able to do it this year but my wife is doing it.

@ruairidhalexander7631 Год назад

Readly is great, was a subscriber for a few years, but moved to Pressreader as you can access a lot of magazines and newspapers free there with your local library membership details. Not as big a selection as Readly, and it depends on your local library as to which magazines are on offer, but I find that there's a good selection of outdoors and cycling type magazines, as well as many others. Looks like a great route, might have to put it on the list, many camping options at the top of the pass?

@ThePashl Год назад

For those of us who cant take on another monthly subscription chrck to see if your local library offers press reader. Big selection of paers and magazines including the Scots Magazine free via the library subscription.

@jamescoull-he9xg Год назад

another great vid Cameron looks a cracking cycle

@andyclough285 Год назад

Rode up there 2 weeks ago on the Cairngorm loop over to Bruar. Absolutely gorgeous Glen that I’d never been down. Wondered where the new road went!

@andyclough285 Год назад

Every time I ride down Glenfeshie it looks a little more wilder. It’s fantastic to see👍

@CameronMcNeishOutdoors Год назад

Indeed. Mr Povlson has done a fantastic job in re-wilding the glen. I can remember it as a barren, overgrazed, deer-infested place. The change has been remarkable, and has come about simply be bringing deer numbers to a sustainable level. There are lessons here to be learned by other landowners.

@garyboyle695 Год назад

Re-wilding is a great idea but unfortunately some TV gardeners are against it and it's getting a bad press. So much so the BBC pulled a David Attenborough programme on it.

@ThecyclingBodach2023-zq4bl 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic video very inspirational I travelled some of this route when I walked I believe the thief's road and the Minigaig from your book wilderness walks. getting back to this video does this new path cut out the climb in to the two woods. thanks for keeping so many people inspired to enjoy the great outdoors.

@doncathro5247 Год назад

Will probably try Readly although I do prefer a paper mag. Very much enjoy your videos as I did TGO when you were editor. I write this from my sleeping bag ( won from TGO ) in our motorhome near Hadrian's Wall.

@CameronMcNeishOutdoors Год назад

Ah, Hadrians Wall. Walked some of it last year with my son. It’s amazing. Glad you’re still using the sleeping bag!

@ColinCadden Год назад

LOLs at the yappy dug (12:05). It's always there 🙂

@garyboyle695 Год назад

Bought your book, An eye to the hills today, Waterstones giving it a good push. Looking forward to it.

@CameronMcNeishOutdoors Год назад

Thanks Gary. Hope you enjoy it.

@normanjohnston3648 Год назад

It’s best done anti-clockwise as per this video. The climb out of Feshie is brutal otherwise !

@jimmyjohnstone5878 Год назад

There seemed to be space for only a couple of vehicles at that spot where you put your van. Is there anywhere else nearby to leave a vehicle ? I wish you would out the grid ref on for the new track start too but I suppose it is easy enough to find.

@ianbradbury6416 11 месяцев назад

Park in Kingussie and ride up the Speyside Way - easy enough, particularly on an ebike

@davidbewick6885 Год назад

Nice one, Cameron. We are going to be in those parts in September with our bikes and that looks like a great ride to do. We love Glen Feshie. Can you point us to a map of the route, please?

@CameronMcNeishOutdoors Год назад

It’s so new it isn’t on any map yet as far as I know. But it’s easy enough to find. Straight up Glen Tromie, turn left at the keeper’s house as you enter Gaick, first left up the hill and follow the new track all the way into Glen Feshie. Plenty of trails marked on the OS map to get you back to the start.

@davidbewick6885 Год назад

@@CameronMcNeishOutdoors Many thanks, I’ll check it out.

@davidbewick6885 10 месяцев назад

Cameron, we got to do this ride last Saturday and we thought it was one of the best rides we had ever done - anywhere! One small route finding mishap took us down to the dam but we soon managed to unpick it. It’s a steep old drop down into Glen Feshie, but all good fun. Thanks for sharing it. David.

@TheJohnmtb Год назад

Cameron, is this a circular route? Do you start near Kingussie? Also when is your review coming out in the magazine?? Thanks Regards John,Helensburgh

@CameronMcNeishOutdoors Год назад

There are a number of places you can start and finish from, the beauty of a circular route. I started at Drumguish, near Kingussie. Tromie Bridge is a good starting place but there's nowehere to park there. Not sure when I'll get it written up but probably for the October issue.

@CameronMcNeishOutdoors Год назад

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@andyclough285 Год назад

Done! Way more choice than Apple News + 👌

@CameronMcNeishOutdoors Год назад

@@andyclough285 Great stuff Andy. It's a good deal and you'll find plenty of good magazines in there. I like some of the US ones too.