Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire is the rising star of Scotland’s riding destinations, with trails such as Heartbreak Ridge in Ballater, and a multitude of bicycle friendly hills, like Drumtochty and Pitfichy just to name a few. After carrying our bikes over the Cambus O’May Bridge turnstile, we rode along the river for a few kilometres, and then rode up …

The Cairngorms

We finished up our Highland exploration in the Cairngorms National park, and it is a must. From touring to enduro, you will find every type of riding here. For the best enduro trails, we focused our riding on the “High Burnside”, located in the hills west of Aviemore. The hills here are not as steep …

The Mast

The hill Craig Dunain, also known as “the Mast” is located on the outskirts of Inverness, it is a mountain nicknamed after the radio mast that was planted at the top of it. The type of trails you will find here are best suited for intermediate to advanced riders. The trails here are not marked on Trailfork, …

GOLSPIE

Our next stop was Golspie. And that was a spontaneous one, we checked the DMBINS (Developing Mountain Bike in Scotland) website while driving south from John O’Groats. And read a review about the place and pulled into the parking less than 2 minutes later. To get to the top, we followed the uphill flowtrail, it …

TORRIDON

After an intense few days of exploration on Skye, it was time to make our way back to mainland Scotland, and follow the winding road north towards the Torridonian Highlands. The ancien rocks of the unusually geologically twisted landscape caught my eye straight away. Torridon is a small village, with a lot of history and …