Three holidays for cycling enthusiasts

Stuart Watkins looks at three of the best cycling holidays in the Scottish Highlands and Europe.

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The stunning landscape around the summit of Beinn Eighe, a peak near the village of Torridon in the Scottish Highlands, has "well and truly arrived on the mountain-biking map", says Roo Fowler in Mountain Bike Rider. Fowler went "old school", arriving with just a big map and a hostel booked for the night, and if you're figuring it all out for yourself, you'll be spoilt for choice: there are "so many amazing trails threading their way through the landscape it's barely believable".

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Stuart Watkins
Comment editor, MoneyWeek

Stuart graduated from the University of Leeds with an honours degree in biochemistry and molecular biology, and from Bath Spa University College with a postgraduate diploma in creative writing. 

He started his career in journalism working on newspapers and magazines for the medical profession before joining MoneyWeek shortly after its first issue appeared in November 2000. He has worked for the magazine ever since, and is now the comment editor. 

He has long had an interest in political economy and philosophy and writes occasional think pieces on this theme for the magazine, as well as a weekly round up of the best blogs in finance. 

His work has appeared in The Lancet and The Idler and in numerous other small-press and online publications.