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Cairngorms, Scotland

The hulking crags of the Cairngorms, in the heart of Scotland, are the nearest the UK gets to a genuinely mountainous landscape: remote lofty passes; ski slopes in winter; snowy peaks even in summer.

MTB trails abound, but roads are few. One cycle route, though, is the 160-mile (260km) circuit of A9, A939 and A93. On its eastern

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