The new Stranraer to Eyemouth route is on track to launch this summer ahead of the UCI Cycling World Championships, and is forecast to attract up to 175,000 visitors to the region, with a direct spend of £13.7m per year.
A new 250-mile coast-to-coast cycling route across Scotland is to be named after a 19th century blacksmith who was a bike-building pioneer.
Kirkpatrick Macmillan, born in Kier in Dumfries and Galloway in 1812, is generally credited as the inventor of the first pedal-driven velocipede. The new Stranraer to Eyemouth route is on track to launch this summer ahead of the UCI Cycling World Championships set to be held in Scotland this August.Bikepacking expert Markus Stitz gets ready to set off on a reproduction of the first pedal-driven bicycle invented by Kirkpatrick Macmillan. Pic: SSDA/Phil Wilkinson
The official name for the route - Kirkpatrick C2C, South of Scotland's Coast to Coast - was unveiled earlier this week at a tourism conference organised by the South of Scotland Destination Alliance . Early projections forecast that it could attract up to 175,000 visitors to the region, with a direct spend of £13.7m per year.Norway to open 'longest cycle tunnel and walkway'Paula Ward, of South of Scotland Enterprise, said:"Kirkpatrick Macmillan is an iconic cycling figure which we in the south are immensely proud of, and it is fitting that his achievements are being acknowledged and our heritage celebrated with this new exciting tourism offering.
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