THe family and I are off to a birthday party near Forres this weekend. Promised Land here we come. I've spotted Culbin Forest but wondered if anyone had any mountainbike or backroad cycling recommendation for the neighbourhood. We're staying at Brodie Castle.
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Re: Forres and around
Date Posted: 08.49hrs on Tue 9 Sep 08
culbin is pretty flat and dull
depends what you like?
Moray monster trials at ben aigan and fochabers has some interesting man-made biking trails - try google as i forget the website
also, Quarry woods, on the forres side of elgin have some good trails to explore - double and singletrakc, but not waymarked, so its a question of exploring
Thanks for the tips, folks. I will be particularly wary of the country fare! I had a poke around Culbin thanks to the wonders of geograph.org.uk and it is rather dull looking. We might make a dash for the shore, though.
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Re: Forres and around
Date Posted: 07.24hrs on Wed 10 Sep 08
Yup, all the forestry commission stuff in the area is pretty flat (culbin was planted to stabilise the sand dunes)
How about Ben Rinnes near dufftown? Less than an hours drive away. No purpose built tracks but theres a few land rover tracks and a walkers track that we saw evidence of bikes on last month.
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Re: Forres and around
Date Posted: 20.22hrs on Tue 30 Sep 08
Culbin is however an awesome orienteering venue. Given how difficult some of the paths are to run along due to loose sand, I would agree it's not the best biking venue.
Plenty of interesting forest inland though.