Alloa to Edinburgh to Pick Something Up

Scotland · Fife · Edinburgh

101km to Edinburgh and back on the bike, because it was the thing to do — with a verdict on the Dunfermline cycle path.

Ridden 23 August 2025, logged as "Trip to Edinburgh to pick something up" — the longest ride from the Scotland years in the Strava archive, and the only one that reaches Edinburgh. His verdict on the route: "Not the best cycle path I have been on especially through Dunfermline."

Route data (from Strava): 101.4km, 767m of climbing — a long day on mostly Fife cycle paths, with the Forth crossing in the middle. The ride log shows 5,463m climbed so far in 2025 by the end of this day.

The route, from Kevin's own GPS track

Real GPS route map of the 23 August 2025 ride from Alloa towards Edinburgh via Fife — The actual recorded route, plotted from Kevin's own ride data onto a real OpenStreetMap base.

The Forth Rail Bridge seen across the water from the Fife shore on a bright morning — The Forth Rail Bridge from the Fife shore, about an hour and a half into the ride.

📝 Kevin — needs your input

What was the thing being picked up — worth a line?
Which stretch through Dunfermline was the bad bit — and which way did you cross the Forth?