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    New coast-to-coast cycling route to open in Scotland from Stranraer to Eyemouth

    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.

    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 (SSDA).

    Early projections forecast that it could attract up to 175,000 visitors to the region, with a direct spend of £13.7m per year.

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    Part 3: Dumfries to Carlisle.

    Part 2 of this narrative can be found here…

    First impressions were that Dumfries seemed like a big busy city after a few days in sparsely populated areas. It is a large enough town with all amenities. After over two hundred miles since I had left the ferry port in Cairnryan, I was looking forward to little break from cycling and chance to do other things. My first stop was with the laundrette near where I was staying to get some clothes washed and dried. They were able to do a same day service for surprisingly little money so I could collect it later.

    I am always interested in learning more about writers. After breakfast, my first stop was Moat Brae. Moat Brae is a large and impressive townhouse dating from 1823 and designed by the architect Walter Newell in the Greek revival style. It was the first house built in what was to become modern George Street and has a large garden that reaches down to the River Nith. At one

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    Kirkpatrick Macmillan

    Scottish blacksmith and inventor

    Kirkpatrick Macmillan (2 September 1812 in Keir, Dumfries and Galloway – 26 January 1878 in Keir) was a Scottish blacksmith. He is generally credited with inventing the treadle bicycle.

    Invention of the first pedal driven bicycle

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    According to the research of his relative James Johnston in the 1890s, Macmillan was the first to invent the pedal-driven bicycle.[1][2] However, he didn't invent the modern bicycle pedals but rather adapted the treadle, known since the mittpunkt Ages, to the draisine. Johnston, a corn trader and tricyclist, had the firm aim, in his own words "to prove that to my native country of Dumfries belongs the honour of being the birthplace of the invention of the bicycle".[3]

    Macmillan allegedly completed construction of a fotspak driven bicycle of wood in 1839 that included iron-rimmed wooden wheels, a steerable wheel in the front and a larger wheel in the rear whic