Beattock Drove Roads, Forest of Ae

Beattock Drove Roads, Forest of Ae

From Ae Bridgend on the A701 Beattock to Dumfries road (bus route), a public road goes 4.5km northwest to Ae village. This route mostly follows forest and windfarm tracks, but not all of it is accessible for cyclists and equestrians, so variants are described below....
Loch Lyon Coffin Road and Drove Road to Killin

Loch Lyon Coffin Road and Drove Road to Killin

This long and historic route is now followed by landrover tracks or tarmac all the way, so may be considered cyclable by some. However, it traverses some remote and wild country and there are numerous fords, which may need wading in wet conditions. From Killin, go...
Beattock Drove Roads, Forest of Ae

Alloa Waggonway

This old route starts to the west of the Station Hotel on Alloa's ring road (A907). It goes steadily downhill in a very straight line to the Royal Mail depot and joins into some other cycle tracks. Originally it would have gone to the...
Kirk Road through the Lairig Ghallabhaich

Kirk Road through the Lairig Ghallabhaich

From the church at Innerwick in Glen Lyon, 1km east of Bridge of Balgie, take the gated track north-northwest, initially up the east side of the burn, then keeping a forestry block on the right, to turn north-northeast to the Lairig Ghallabhaich (478m). Continue down...
Mannoch Road

Mannoch Road

If the route is done south to north there are no real route finding issues* beyond crossing the boggy section and heading into the trees from the south side of Mannoch Hill. If the route is done north to south then there is an unclear cutoff of the track on Mannoch...