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[Closed] A nice wee article about Newcastleton

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Good to see something positive in the "mainstream" press.

http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Villagers-gear-up-to-welcome.6717101.jp

The agency points out that cyclists are high spenders because they often carry few provisions, with figures showing they benefit the Scottish economy by at least £200 million a year.


 
Posted : 13/02/2011 12:22 am
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Given that NC used to be probably the least-visited 7 Stane, I wonder if the boost has come from the development of the Northumberland (Riever?) trails and the new link to NC.

I like Newcastleton, but not been in years...


 
Posted : 13/02/2011 12:40 am
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Never been - must go soon.


 
Posted : 13/02/2011 12:43 am
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Never been to Newcastleton (nor Glentrool). Might give it a go this year now it is linked into Kielder.

I do wonder how "real" the figures for cyclotourisme are, and how much they are optimistic estimates of redistribution of wealth. I know if I didn't spend as much on biking I'd probably spend more on other stuff, and I doubt I am alone in this.


 
Posted : 13/02/2011 12:51 am
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Never been - must go soon

Excellent, you can give me a lift then 😉


 
Posted : 13/02/2011 2:52 am
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Was there this weekend visiting some friends who were up doing some work on the forth coming 24 hours of exposure route. Did a link to kielder based on the k100 route so not sureif it used all the link, it seemed to. Was pretty good and makes a big ride with lots of climbing. Shame I'm so unfit that it took me for ever and my legs fell off.

Not my usual kind of riding but I enjoyed it enough.


 
Posted : 13/02/2011 5:00 am

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