On Saturday 30th June I led a new route that I’d titled A Carnethy Crusade due to tenuous links to Knights of Templar (we passed through Temple). Crusading must be like baking as 13 started out and a dozen made it to Cross Borders Brewery after losing one to the heat. It really was quite warm out on Saturday as you may have noticed! However, that just made the first beer taste even nicer when we eventually arrived after 34km (2km further than advertised, not that anyone brought this up during the final mile). The route starts by going up Dundreich before dropping down to the source of the River South Esk, which is then followed all the way to Eskbank, round reservoirs, across fields, through woodland, and along a few tracks and quiet roads.
Watch out for part 2, The Taproom Special, that will start from Cross Borders and finish at Campervan in Leith… another 30km or so.
Jeff
Mike’s pics –