Sidlaw wheeling

October 15, 2007 on 5:27 pm | In Snowboarding |

I have spent the last week in Scotland enjoying the amazing autumn colours while out cycling on my mountian bike and road bike. The weather has been pretty dry so I have been able to make the most of the autumn sunshine. I made the most of the opportunity to take another ride up Glen Einich in Cairngorm, which is my favourite place to mountian bike. After my ride up Glen Einich I really got the taste for autumn biking and decided to explore a few more of my favourite rides. I had an amazing ride up GLen Feshie, which although is not really an off road cycle, is very, very beautiful all the same, especially at this time of year when all the trees are changing colour.

As well as mountian biking, I got in a few great runs on my road bike. This time, I was staying in Dundee so I decided to check out the little back roads around the Sidlaws. From Dundee, if you head towards Bridgefoot then to Auchterhouse you ride along a little quiet back road that takes you right along the back side of the Sidlaws. The Sidlaws are lovely rolling hills behind Dundee which offer great views of the Tay and surrounding countryside. the trees looked amazing in all their autumn colours making the hills look like they were covered by a patch work quilt. The area around Dundee is not really known for the cycling terrain but there really are some great rides. As well as many small and quiet back roads, there are also tracks on the Sidlaws that are excellent for mountain biking on.

Lesley McKenna
http://www.chunkyknit.com
Professional snowboarder, film maker and ambassador for Visitscotland. All sorts of outdoor sports from skiing to mountain biking and now mixes her time on the Snowboard World Cup Tour with time in Scotland doing these sports.