Bikes and Bridges

[BOBU]

Auld Brig'O'Dee, East of Braemar, Marin Bolinas Ridge '96


No longer used for traffic but connects up the trails around Braemar/Balmoral, another two for one as the now road bridge runs just upstream.



The River Dee from the Balmoral side....


There were glimpses of blue sky, but mizzle [misty drizzle] too.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

Someone paid a lot of money to haul rocks and build this all the way out here. I think another one of my trails will be someone's yard soon

 

[highlandsflyer]

Someone paid a lot of money to haul rocks and build this all the way out here. I think another one of my trails will be someone's yard soon
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So you previously rode around that water?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

So you previously rode around that water?

The trail runs around the far side of the pond, following the power lines. You can make out one of the towers on the left edge of the image. They were putting in access roads, that looks like landscaping for a country house

 

[highlandsflyer]

The trail runs around the far side of the pond, following the power lines. You can make out one of the towers on the left edge of the image. They were putting in access roads, that looks like landscaping for a country house

So they must 'own' the pond?

 

[MattiThundrrr]

So they must 'own' the pond?

I mean, I could cite anarchist philosophy about how the entire concept of property is really theft from the collective, or I could point out the fact that it's all really Mohawk or Algonquin or Iroquois land, but technically I suppose that you are correct. If they are doing their "improvements" they must own the land

 

[bikeworkshop]

The "Private Keep Out" signs are usually not far behind

 

[BOBU]

Garbh Allt Shiel Bridge [1925], River Dee. Claud Butler Velox S.



I said I'd get a ride today no matter what. This beautiful bridge was a nice option for a Wednesday road-ride when traffic is low and a good candidate for a designated photo-shoot for this topic. A couple of niggles on the Velox-S were worked on last week, some embedded grime removed and a frame polish completed. It was good to get it out on the road. There was something unusual in that there was sunshine, whatever next?

 

[BOBU]

And....

 

[highlandsflyer]

The "Private Keep Out" signs are usually not far behind

There has been a HUGE amount of that going on in the Highlands over the last forty years. Folks not caring about our right to roam/etc. We have had numerous confrontations thanks to new landowners having not a clue about the laws. Generally, the large estates are considerate and accommodating; it tends to be those who've got a relatively small parcel of land who shove up gates, fences, signs and leylandii.