Railway Ramblers, Rights of Way

I wrote to this group who organise walks on old railway tracks throughout Britain there web site is here and got this friendly reply:-
Hi
There is no trespass law in Scotland, so you do not have to worry about
keeping out of private land in the way that you do south of the border.
However, you can still expect to get a flea in your ear if you walk through
someone's garden that has been extended over an old trackbed! Generally,
though, you can go where you want, although you need to make proper
allowance for the terrain up there. Until you have walked old railways in
Scotland and Ireland, you can have no idea just how thoroughly they can turn
back into bog given nearly 50 years of closure and neglect. The old line in
Co. Donegal that linked Letterkenny and Burtonport via Owencarrow is so far
gone in places that even Wellington boots are insufficient to keep the water
out.

So far as finding out where the routes actually are, your best bet would be
to get hold of the attached book (available from me at £9.99 including p&p)
since this explains the law regarding access in Scotland, and lists all of
the official railway paths that had been established in that country up to
April 2011. (Jeff Vinter, 1 Victoria Road, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19
7HY.)

Alternatively, you could join Railway Ramblers for £8 p.a. which would give
you access to the same data in an online form. (Do be aware, please, that
the copyright of the gazetteer in both printed and electronic form rests
with me.)

I hope that this will help you, but get back to me if you need more.

Jeff Vinter
Webmaster
Railway Ramblers