A lovely medium size midlothian - east lothian wander.

Starting at Dalkeith Country Park Entrance, we head past the back of Edinburgh College (Midlothian Campus) and along the Penecuik / Dalkeith Walkway into Bonnyrigg. This is a shared footpath with dogwalkers so speeds will be low on this section for safety.
Once on Cockpen Road, we head south east then south to Carrington and out towards Temple on the B6372. We turn off to the south and take the back road over the north side of Halk Law to Temple Quarry , heading towards North Middleton. We veer back towards Gorebridge on a short fast paced section of the A7 to turn right onto the slower hillclimb of the Feshiebridge asccent and the back road round past Borthwick farm to the B6372 at Newlandrig. Another quicker pace section over to Ford and then slowly uphill heading SE on Salters Road to Fala Dam, Fala and on to Humbie , where we stop for lunch.
Thereafter we have a rolling east lothian loop which takes in East Saltoun, Pencaitland, New Winton, Elphinton, Crossgate Hall, Smeaton Farm, Dalkeith Schools Community Campus cycleway and Musselburgh Road back up to the DCP main entrance.

This ride is intended to be an easy cycling pace and rolling terrain with a few hills designed to encourage easy riding , loads of chat , but still test your legs at times. Its not therefore suitable for beginners, but would suit intermediate to long distance riders looking to have and enjoyable relaxed ride pace.

Time: wheels roll at 10-30am so arrive earlier to allow time for bike faffing
Bike: road
Distance: 39.1 miles
Ascent: 2,225ft (Komoot often underestimates this)
Pace: approx average 10-12 mph, lots of regrouping. No-one is left behind so if you are a strong rider, expect to wait at times to suit the pace of the slower riders.
Essentials: helmet, snacks, spare tube, fluids, emergency contacts, banter...

Stop : Humbie Community Hub

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