Clyde river rides

Part of our Clyde cycle exploration trip. Route uses mostly dedicated cycle paths, quiet roads, and short sections of single track/walking track. There were three three short sections of busier road A814 between Cardross and Dumbarton (3 km), B815 into Bishopton (2 km), A 78 through Wemyss Bay (thou

Day 2 of our cycle exploration of the Clyde. Quiet roads, lots to see.

Day 3 of exploring the Clyde

Day 4 exploring the Clyde, this route uses forestry road and a single track to connect up Ardentinny with Lochgoilhead without going all the way to Strachur and Loch Fyne on busy roads. Its clearly a "thing" we met others doing the same in the opposite direction as well as plenty on Strava

Exploring the Clyde day 5. We took the Dukes pas MTB track from Lochgoilhead - pretty wild and steep for touring bikes but we had fun! The A83 section from Ardgarten into Arrochar is very busy with traffic and we took the shared footpath. The A814 from Arrochar along Loch Long is narrow and windy bu

Day 6 of exploring the Clyde, We took the shore road around the Rosneath peninsula through Kilcreggan and Cove, then headed up the hill to Barbour road (great views). Headed up the hill on Peaton Rd before joining the Coulport Rd. The latter is a fast wide road but not much traffic. We turned off th

Part of Exploring the Clyde trip, visiting John Browns shipyards, Riverside museum, Peoples palace and Kelvin Hall

We planned this route from afar (Australia) back in 2020, then due to COVID didn't have the opportunity to ride until May 2022. The original route took Lanark Rd from Larkhall, all the way to Lanark; I had ridden this way back in 1982. During the time between planning and our riding, several peo

Final stage of the Clyde cycle tour takes the clyde walkway past the falls of Clyde, crosses a wweir above Bonnington Lin. We left the Clyde for a while choosing to go up Doouglas water (a tributary of the clyde) to the NCN74 rather than brave the A73 or the A702. The route regains the Clyde just be