thanks for the replies, think I will take the advice about not following the water of leith (was in edinburgh yesterday and it was pretty big flowing through dean village and stockbridge). So as I will be coming through livingstone following the almond, thought I would head north east and join the union canal, its only a couple of klicks
Don't fancy the roads in Edinburgh, I have little experience of city cycling so on this occasion will stick to cycling only routes.
hopefully doing all this on Friday, coming in from Bigger - should be a bit of an adventure, haven't been out of the borders on the bike for a while