had a few ace weeks in Scotland over the years, done the lakes/dale/n y moors. did the trans Cambrian route and a bit more last year.
so looking for a weeks offroad tour, with some nice beer along the way.
any ideas greatly appreciated.
South Downs Way....there and back?
Highland C2C - Fort William to Stonehaven, train accessible too Tony.
done a bit between fort bill and braemar already. could be a idea.
Wales.
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That's the Lon Las Cymru isn't it? Not off road...
Choose an area, buy a few maps and plot out a route! South west is good
East Coast including beaches as far as you can go! Norfolk and Suffolk are lovely places and not thought about as there's no mountains but loads of nice areas and just a different vibe to normal rides.
had a look at all these idea's.
lon las cymru looks nice. I do like wales.
Have you looked at canals and also the sustrans map page gives a quick heads up on cycle tracks.
we've done
Reading - Bath - Bristol(railway path) - Portishead (via Pill) as the spine with some loop outs
could also start Swindon - Reading via Ridgeway, then as before
loop outs - Swindon/Marlborough area, Avebury
partly done - Brecon Canal and Taff trail
you can go Basingstoke/Weybridge/Godalming/Shoreham (cross SDW)
otish - have you done Orkney and Shetland (*v limited offroad)
lon las cymru looks nice
Is there an off road version of that ?
Have you done the classic Cairngorm loop staying in hostels, feels wild and remote, with some great sections of singletrack, not a massive amount of height gain, sticking to the glens with a few passes.
day 1 Blair Atholl via the Gaick pass (inshriach singletrack) Aviemore
2 Tomintoul via braes of Abernethy
3 Glen Avon - Braemar
4 Blair Atholl via Tarf water(great singletrack) Glen Tilt
If you want to add a proper mountain to Fergal's great circular route, take an extra day while at Aviemore and ride out to summit Sgorr Gaoith overlooking Glen Feshie. The Stalker's trail down the west side of the summit or the Mule trail on the NW are both ace 800m+ descents.
Might sound a bit boring but I'd be thinking along the lines of linking up Canal towpaths together with a hill or two on days 3 and 4 then back to the flat stuff.
Liverpool-Leeds canal first, then head South maybe to Avon-Somerset then loop back up North along the Wields of Hereford?Shropshire and pick up another canal back to Leeds..
Here's the off-road version of the Lon-Las route:
http://www.roughrideguide.co.uk/Welsh-Coast-2-Coast-route-map-and-guide
Not done it myself, but there's other sites with info, and a thread on here too.
At least it's only 330km and 13,100m of climbing...:-)
It should only take you just under 19 hours to complete too:
How about the Wessex Way, 250 miles, starts from Weston Super Mare across the Mendips and Salisbury Plain then links up with the South Downs Way to Eastbourne.
QED
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Happy to supply routes or guide
Been thinking of something similar myself.
Not having cycled around Cairngorm that loop sounds tempting.
yeah i like the sound of a loop like that. been through the middle of the cairngorms but not done a loop.
Looks good snaps.