Want to ride to Leicester in the coming week rather than taking the car. Any ideas on routes as there are a lot of main roads that I would prefer to miss.
Currently thinking Sheffield via Chatsworth and Matlock but then my knowledge of the roads runs out.
Any ideas?
On mtb or road-bike? If you've got a smartphone the bikehub app* will give you a route which includes the sustrans network and other cycle paths.
*EDIT: free on android phones
Will be on the road bike - want to keep to the roads for speed but don't want to be cycling down the side of a duel carriageway either.
I can make it to Matlock on nice roads but then I have no idea on which roads to take.
If you want to do Matlock, then I don't think you can avoid doing Derby too - unless you're happy with a really contorted route.
Cross the Trent near Melbourne and keep heading south to Ibstock?