I've got a couple of weeks off in the summer, and plan a steady cycle to Wales from Derby, and back. Maybe 30 miles per day.
I would like to keep it off road-ish if possible, and given the distance think that some dismantled railway lines would be good to get the miles up, also means I could use my kaffenback with rack and panniers, rather than my FS MTB.
Will be lightweight camping, probably a mix of "wild" and sites.
Any ideas on how to plot the route for downloading to GPS? The online route planning sites that I have found seem to have roads, or satellite only, and not OS style mapping. Do I just need to bite the bullet and buy more Tracklogs?
simplest way would be to follow sustrans 54, then sustrans 81:
[url= http://opencyclemap.org/?zoom=9&lat=52.66572&lon=-2.80856&layers=B00 ]Open Cycle Map[/url]
no idea what the signage or surfaces are like on those stretches - likely to be very suitable to kaffenback & panniers though.
Dave
Cheers Dave, will start looking over that route to see if I can work out the ground.
I think some Sustrans round here goes through a country park, and old railway, and some back roads and a bit of cycle route, so should be ideal.
Might try and cut a few corners with a bit of proper off road too, which will be a laff on the Kaff' 😆