http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: NCN7 Lochs & Glens South en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:05:43 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16884#post-374535 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:13:19 +0000 gembo 374535@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@shuggiet, I know the path as I come from Lochwinnoch originally.</p> <p>Good commute</p> <p> Was down in Ayr on Saturday to vist the old ma.</p> <p>My son came too and we went for a walk down to the beach when the chat turned to recliner chairs</p> <p>Not long as was blowing about 70mph SW. such that a ship was struggling to go down the Clyde. We talked to a young cyclist locking her bike to the side of one of the wee shelters. She had cycled from Glasgow. I feel that would have been a tough ride. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16884#post-374533 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:32:31 +0000 neddie 374533@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah agree. NCN7 is terrific. The Erskine bridge accesses could be improved though (but I haven't been there in a decade, so maybe it's changed?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16884#post-374532 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 13:25:43 +0000 shuggiet 374532@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I've had the fun of doing a regular commute over the past year from Troon to Glasgow Queen Street. I use the NCN7 that goes through Irvine, Kilwinning, Lochwinnoch, Johnstone, Paisley to Glasgow. </p> <p>I've done it about 15 times over the last year. Yesterday was a new highlight. Over the roughly 50 miles I got passed by just 2 cars from Troon to Queen Street Station. The most over those 15 times was 10 cars.</p> <p>It's all tarmac, passes beaches, lochs, rivers and parks. It's mostly old railway tracks, really quiet roads, or Sustrans wiggly routes through Kilwinning ,Johnstone and Glasgow. It's mostly flat with a couple of short hills. The busiest bit is Barrhead Road in Elderslie for about 200m.</p> <p>Overall really enjoyable and relaxing. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16884#post-232012 Mon, 26 Sep 2016 15:28:26 +0000 DaveC 232012@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have you tryied CityCyclingGlasgow?</p> <p>Please don't cycle up the B7076 from Greta, its quiet, fast and not so bad a surface in parts, but its truly sole distroying! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16884#post-231862 Sun, 25 Sep 2016 11:43:10 +0000 stiltskin 231862@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Route7. I followed it from Carlisle all the way through Dumfries &amp; up the Ayrshire coast. It is a nice route, and considering it takes you all the way into Glasgow it is very pleasant. You have to like NEPN type cycles paths at the end. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16884#post-231849 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 23:24:04 +0000 rbrtwtmn 231849@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Stilskin - was that NCN 7 or NCN 74?<br /> <a href="http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/lochs-and-glens-south" rel="nofollow">http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/lochs-and-glens-south</a><br /> <a href="http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-74" rel="nofollow">http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-74</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16884#post-231833 Sat, 24 Sep 2016 18:04:43 +0000 stiltskin 231833@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, apart from being very wet, that was a very pleaseant ride. Tail wind helped. Much like riding the NEPN albeit for 20 miles or so. Some of the more rural bits further out of Glasgow were lovely. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16884#post-231058 Sat, 17 Sep 2016 22:15:53 +0000 gembo 231058@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>No mean city has been gentrified. I did Glasgow Edinburgh Sustrans without incident, some motorbikes but they stopped about half way through. Had big pal with me,</p> <p>I have cycled the canal route a few times with no incident. On my own.</p> <p>Probably be ok approaching Glasgow from the south, maybe some glass on paths etc, </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16884#post-231034 Sat, 17 Sep 2016 17:13:46 +0000 stiltskin 231034@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm thinking of doing Carlisle -Glasgow on the NCN route. The only thing putting me off is that the entry into Glasgow looks a bit of a tangle of cycle paths through some dodgy areas. Anyone done this route and care to share? Is navigation/safety ok? </p>