Thanks to the various Jacobite Rebellions between 1688 and 1746 the British Government embarked on an unparalleled programme of road building to enable their troops to quickly cross the length and breadth of the land. This volume features 40 of the best road climbs in the north of the country, many of them on the old military roads.
The Company of Scotland and its attempts to establish the colony of Caledonia on the inhospitable isthmus of Panama in the late seventeenth century is one of the most tragic moments of Scottish history. This is the first book to set out the full history of a key moment in Scottish history.
Brings together 36 of Southern Scotland's best hillclimbs, including such cycling club favourites as The Nick o' the Balloch, The Crow Road, The Duke's Pass and The Serpentine, as well as many equally exhilarating and testing climbs - stretching from Glasgow and Ayrshire to Galloway, the Borders, Edinburgh and the Central Lowlands.