Scottish Borders Run

rob1170 · Post by **rob1170** » Mon May 19, 2014 9:53 pm

Hi, Some shots from my trip round the Scottish Borders on Sunday, from Edinburgh down the A701 to Moffat past the Devil's Beef Tub (first shot)into Moffat for some toffee and then along the A708 Yarrow valley, past the Grey Mares Tail and a stop for coffee at the Glen Café and St Marys Loch. The A708 has mostly been resurfaced now so a pure pleasure to ride. Then along to Innerleithen and Peebles and back to Edinburgh, 1 lap 125 miles! Anyone up here fancy a ride out round the Borders let me know.
Cheers
Rob
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PS can anyone tell me how to add pictures on to the post without using a link to a hosting site?

Blackal · Post by **Blackal** » Tue May 20, 2014 1:39 am

That's a good circuit.

Was on the Moffat Selkirk road a few weeks ago, and yes - the surface is great now.

What I still hate - are the large rectangular manhole covers in the decent down into Moffat on the A701

(you need to copy in the image codes from your photo host - to get them on here)

Al

rob1170 · Post by **rob1170** » Tue May 20, 2014 7:04 pm

Thanks Al, those manhole covers are positioned right on the apex of two left hand bends as you know, also noticed the potholes round the edge of one of then now, that's an off if you hit one of them, have reported them to BEAR Scotland, here's the other shots I tried to put on.....
1. St Mary's Loch, opposite the Glen café

2. The Glen cafe

Mitch1100 · Post by **Mitch1100** » Tue May 20, 2014 9:23 pm

Great scenery, road surfaces there look very abrasive?

boxerscott · Post by **boxerscott** » Wed May 21, 2014 10:21 pm

Mitch1100 wrote:Great scenery, road surfaces there look very abrasive?

Considering the economic climate ( and this is not a densely populated area) they are not too bad at all. Jeez you wanna see parts of the A9 ! they certainly are abrasive.

rob1170 · Post by **rob1170** » Thu May 22, 2014 9:42 pm

Agree with boxerscott, don't think they're too abrasive, its the potholes you have to worry about

Mitch1100 · Post by **Mitch1100** » Thu May 22, 2014 11:32 pm

rob1170 wrote:Agree with boxerscott, don't think they're too abrasive, its the potholes you have to worry about

We have road kill to dodge here, wallabies, wombats, saber tooth possums