Dammit's holidays in the Scottish Borders, featuring mountain bikes

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The journey home was ok - and provided evidence that single-pitching it to Morzine next year would be a practical proposition.

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We stayed in the Hydro Hotel for our second week and whilst the building and the grounds are impressive it was enormously overpriced for what you got - £229 per night and you got a breakfast of such low quality that it was actually difficult to take seriously.

Interesting about the hydro, my friends got married at the Kingshouse Hotel in glencoe four weeks ago.
The overall quality and experience of the hotel was absolutely appalling considering what it it cost per night. Like wise the breakfast in the morning was very poor. I've had better in hotels costing significantly less.
I hadn't realise the Kingshouse is under the same ownership as the Crieff and Peebles hydro etc.
It was so bad it put me off using the Peebles hydro if the standard of service is similar there. Considered staying there to combine my wife's birthday and try get a day on the uplift but won't be after the experience at the Kingshouse.

The Peebles area really does have some of the best riding in the UK. We considered moving there before having kids but it's only an hour or so away from me now.

Glad you got the sun out. It's only sunny until it isn't.
Keeping to the glentress trails for F was a good call. Most of the inners side wouldn't be enjoyable for a beginner.

Just caught up on this, you got lucky with the weather!

August in Innerleithen is actually the second wettest month behind January (and not by much either). April and September are the dryest months IIRC, although 'Inners' does seem to have it's own microclimate, sometimes it's torrential rain there all day and dry down the road.

The trails are meant to be excellent but I've not done them and am not kidding myself on having the ability or the bike, although I'd be interested in what might be doable for me, or with a gravel bike (I know that might be asking too much). I stay in my partner's grandad's house when I'm there which is on Leithen Road, the sheer number of MTBers riding past is amazing and has noticeably gone up the last few years.

Not stayed there but the Hydro seems to be trading off it's past reputation unfortunately.

I’ll be at Glentress/Innerleithen tomorrow, if anyone is around?

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