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Tay Descent, Thu Oct 06 2005
Reviewed By: Stewart
Review Of: Open Canoe Expeditions with Beyond Adventure in Home : Canoe : Open Canoe : Open Canoe Expeditions

I did the Tay Descent with Beyond Adventure a couple of years ago and it was great. Loch Tay to Perth over 5 days. We were camping, but I see now this is listed as a B&B trip. Wild camping was all part of the expedition feeling for me but it wasn't always easy to find spots without "issues". Only 2 canoes on our trip, so I was paired with the guide. We all learned loads of technique + lots of practical little tips about handling a canoe, outfitting etc. Good deal of placid paddling, punctuated with a few little rapids and bigger features like Grandtully rapids, Stanley weir and Campsie Linn. Even as beginners we paddled all these (maybe because water levels were very low) and got to empty gear out of the boats and try things like surfing. Good company, good tuition, good times :)

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Always Great Value, Wed Oct 05 2005
Reviewed By: Stewart
Review Of: Tweed Valley Forest Park in Home : Bike : Mountain Bike : Mountain Bike Routes

Glentress never disappoints. You can mix and match sections of different colour-graded routes to build your own day of mountain biking fun. Traquair XC made (for me) a challenging day out with the Black sections (esp the rocky ones) a definite walk-through :)

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An Interim Review, Wed Oct 05 2005
Reviewed By: Stewart
Review Of: Jeforest Trails in Home : Bike : Mountain Bike : Mountain Bike Routes

Maybe it's because I was recovering from a virus when I visited, maybe it's because we only did the northern half of the Justice Trail ...
Much of it was like old-school mountain biking used to be - paths, tracks etc that were always there, you just rode your bike on them. Which means a lot of bumpy farm tracks and a lot of people walking their dogs (never seen so many dogs in my life). The purpose-built man-made bits felt kinda compressed and fiddly compared with (say) Glentress - picking a narrow route through trees, avoiding natural hazards on the man made tracks, short twisty berms, etc.
Couple of things to note - although the maps don't mention it, the Lanton woods section is clearly designed to be ridden in a clockwise direction. If you do the Dere St section first then connect to Lanton Woods you'll be riding up a wooded section that would be better downhill, and have to do cover a lot more ground to get round the Lanton Loop. Finally, be aware that to join Dere St and Lanton sections you have to cross the A68 at a less than ideal point - not too much a problem for us on a Sunday morning but perhaps different for a family in the middle of Summer.

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