A new 250-mile coast to coast cycling route is to be named after one of the region’s most famous sons. It is hoped the Kirkpatrick C2C, which will take riders from Stranraer to Eyemouth, will bring as many as 175,000 new visitors to the south of Scotland, spending more than £13 million a year.
It has been named in honour of Kirkpatrick Macmillan, the 19th century Dumfriesshire blacksmith who invented the first pedal-driven velocipede.
The route will be up and running in the summer, ahead of the para-cycling races in this year’s UCI Cycling World Championships coming to the region.
The name was announced by South of Scotland Enterprise’s Paula Ward at the South of Scotland Destination Alliance’s annual conference on Tuesday.
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