http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Lord Franklin finds the North West Passage (West Kip to Listonshiels en Tue, 19 May 2026 07:18:00 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20564#post-349922 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:44:32 +0000 gembo 349922@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>so good we named it twice</p> <p>I am the lycra lout</p> <p>Not sure who the cat in the civvies In THE Shadows is. Oh wait it might be IWRATS who don’t post here no more due to his shadow ban</p> <p>Photo by my friend Tom</p> <p>Route - go up Red Road Gravel to bealach at West Kip. Turn west on the gravel road (not footpath to Monks Rig or Braid Law). Stay on the road when it turns to earth. Stay on the road when it turns to grass. At the moment it has been so dry it does not turn to water. Get off and push where you want. I did. There is a stream to ford, shallow. Then a big hill to push up (Cock Rig) then descend onto the path down to Carlops. Dont go down. Go up to the Borestane. Then take the chunky gravel down at an alarming rate of knots. </p> <p>Feel exhilarated because of the descent but also because you finally after many years linked West Kip to The Borestane. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=20564#post-349921 Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:39:45 +0000 gembo 349921@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just before the ascent of Cock Rig</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2kUtxF4" rel="nofollow">https://flic.kr/p/2kUtxF4</a><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51133303501_c1c623c5bb_w.jpg">[/url]<a href="https://flic.kr/p/2kUtxF4">IMG_20210422_173133_resized_20210422_072107818[/url</p> <p>not sure this has worked?[url=http://https://flic.kr/p/2kUtxF4]<img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51133303501_c1c623c5bb_w.jpg"></a><a href="https://flic.kr/p/2kUtxF4">IMG_20210422_173133_resized_20210422_072107818</a>North West Passage?[/url] </p>