Get the Abbey Habit; Discover Quiet Roads, Inspiring Scenery and Historic Towns On a Circular Cycle Tour Between Four Borders Abbeys.
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WHY cycle when you can drive? That was the reaction of at least four friends when we told them of our plan to visit the Scottish Borders abbeys of Dryburgh, Kelso, Jedburgh and Melrose. Given that 55 miles separate the historic attractions, plus the beautiful scenery and quaint Borders towns along the way, our friends had a good case.
But if we'd driven we would have missed the point entirely. Cycling makes you slow down. It allows you to appreciate the rolling countryside at an altogether different level and speed to a car. As we found out, the cycling itself made the circular tour more worthwhile.See the full content of this document
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Get the Abbey Habit; Discover Quiet Roads, Inspiring Scenery and Historic Towns On a Circular Cycle Tour Between Four Borders Abbeys.
As veterans of many tourist-style cycle routes, Vik and I set off from our hotel, the Buccleuch Arms at St Boswells, one Saturday clutching the Four Abbeys Cycle Route guidebook, two OS m...
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