As per the title. I am coming out of the other side of a nasty divorce and need some time away from home to "find myself". I am in the south east of England and have the luxury of having a week to myself with a car and some camping gear (sadly no bike). So where would the single track world collective go on the road trip for a week in the uk?
PS if somebody fancies spotting me a bike for a day or two round their local tracks then I'm game as well.
Northumberland. If you can't "find yourself" there, you're doing it wrong.
Salisbury Plain. As above.
Two stunning places. Very different, but wonderful. Great pubs to stay/eat in, great walks, great people.
Devon/Cornwall, learn to surf.
I'd either head north (Northumberland/Scotland) or hop on the tunnel and arse about in France for a week.
Skye.
Drive to the Lakes and find yourself a hire bike....
Lakes for me. Walk lots, borrow a bike from Biketreks of you so desire or just walk all day in the hills. Either would work.
If it were me and I couldn't blag a bike ...
Walking in the Brecon Beacons/Black Mountains, Lakes or Peaks if weather looked half decent.
All places I have a soft spot for from my youth.
North Wales would be on the list (I've never done Snowdon) but on my own it would be too annoyingly long journey (i am south central)
Where haven't you been ? Always good to discover somewhere new if you are looking for a new start free from old memories
Lake District - no better place for walking (and food and beer)
South Wales and Pembrokeshire - mountains and beaches (hire at BPW?)
North Wales - mountains
Peak District
Cotic have some demo days maybe what you need is a new bike 😉
@CFH a week on Salisbury Plain - you'd go bonkers and/or get run over by a tank !
7 Stanes, starting at Glentress to hire a bike and fill your boots. There's some good natural stuff around the Tweed Valley too.
I love Northumberland and the surrounding areas. Great beaches, empty rolling countryside. Good pubs and B+Bs to stay in - I live in Newcastle so it is a bit close. I like the lakes but often find it too busy and expensive, I think driving around it would be frustrating.
I'd drive North, all the way. I've never been much further north than the line that connects Inverness/Fort William so I'd start in one of those and do a big loop. No idea if it is good or bad but that would be the point - to find out.
Walk the Ceredigion/Pembrokeshire coast path, and camp along the way.
Thanks for the suggestions all.
I've got an outline of a plan forming. Will probably head off to Aberyswyth first, no idea why but it's always been a place I fancied having a look at. Will then probably drive up to north Wales and do Snowdon (bizarrely a mountain I've never had the chance to visit before) and after that who knows. I was thinking of maybe driving up to the Isle of Skye and then Cape Wrath.
On the way down I might bounce through Northumberland to see what the fuss is about and then go to the Alpkit factory shop and ask to try out their new Sonder Transmitter.
That should do for a week or so I think. Any further suggestions?
As far away as I could. Which in the UK, for you, means northern Scotland or if you are prepared to get on a boat, Shetland. Would be cool to sample all the daylight too at this time of year.
Welsh Castles
beefheart - MemberWalk the Ceredigion/Pembrokeshire coast path, and camp along the way.
This would be my choice at this time of year, though I love Northumberland the weather has been much colder there than most of the UK in the last month.
Having said that the hot spell looks to be breaking this weekend 🙁
Do some Snowden research, there have been threads. We did the classic up Pyg down Miners (easy). There is Crib Gough if you've a head for heights. There is the horseshoe down via Y Liwedd. There are Ryd Dhu and Watkins paths. Check bus timetable, parking is a hassle (car parks full early) and we got a ticket 🙁
If you want a "tour" you could climb the three highest peaks in Wales (Snowden), England (Scafell Pike) and Scotland (Ben Nevis)
Northern road trip, as far as you can go.