Ride the best route in scotland

Recommended by RiDE’s contributors, each one is the perfect way to cap off a great riding season

Our walks this month Ian Battersby 1 ...

DRAMATIC AIRY RIDGE

SCENIC LINEAR ROUTE

It’s the busiest time of year for Britain’s beautiful places. Yet as these locations prove, you can find silence, sensational scenery and space to breathe.

Over the stippled swell of the Firth of Clyde soars a gannet. A pair of long, black-tipped wings catches the late-August light as the bird tilts on the breeze. It’s on fish patrol – curving low then r