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Cycling Norwich to Wales
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I am planning (well trying to plan) a cycling trip from Norwich to Tywyn (the middle of the Welsh coast) in August. Does anyone have suggestions as to how I should go about planning a route, any good maps or any advise in general? I've never done a long distance trip before so am a bit Clueless. Has anyone ever done a similar trip and could suggest a good route? Thanks, Hannah |
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wrote in message oups.com... Hi, I am planning (well trying to plan) a cycling trip from Norwich to Tywyn (the middle of the Welsh coast) in August. Does anyone have suggestions as to how I should go about planning a route, any good maps or any advise in general? I've never done a long distance trip before so am a bit Clueless. Has anyone ever done a similar trip and could suggest a good route? Thanks, Hannah St David's to Lowestoft is the best I can offer ... but could be adapted I'm sure - go to www.beewee.co.uk and the Side to Side link .... and while you're about it look at www.macride.org.uk ... for a really worthwhile ride RG |
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I think he nipped down to the library to study the OS maps but then just photocopied a road atlas with a proposed route highlighted linking pre-booked B&Bs. It was fine, I think, apart from the canals not being Did he/you check out the cyclabilty of the canals before going? How? TerryJ |
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TerryJ wrote on 11/06/2007 22:18:
I think he nipped down to the library to study the OS maps but then just photocopied a road atlas with a proposed route highlighted linking pre-booked B&Bs. It was fine, I think, apart from the canals not being Did he/you check out the cyclabilty of the canals before going? How? No :-) The canals weren't supposed to be on the route as such, but we knew the Llangollen and Montgomery were around. We crossed it and thought we'd follow it; the atlas, however, showed only part of the canal. It's difficult to describe but basically we thought we'd follow a canal, as per marked on the map. Turned out the map didn't actually mark the canal properly so we ended up going in the wrong direction. We spotted it with my GPS (hurrah for new-fangled gadgets pretending to be a compass!). We weren't lost as such, more not where we wanted to be! Peter PS IME the towpaths of BW-maintained canals are generally pretty good. -- http://www.scandrett.net/lx/ http://www.scandrett.net/bike/ |
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It's difficult to describe but basically we thought we'd follow a canal, as per marked on the map. Turned out the map didn't actually mark the canal properly so we ended up going in the wrong direction. That's a proper cycle tour that is. I often just set off with the wind behind me . TerryJ |
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On 11 Jun, 23:18, TerryJ wrote:
It's difficult to describe but basically we thought we'd follow a canal, as per marked on the map. Turned out the map didn't actually mark the canal properly so we ended up going in the wrong direction. That's a proper cycle tour that is. I often just set off with the wind behind me . On which point Ms Griffiths should note that the prevailing wind is westerly, so all other things being equal (which they usually arn't, of course) there might be something to be said for cycling from Wales to Norwich instead... Are the national cycle routes any good for this sort of thing? Presumably the idea is that you can plan a long distance trip along them (eg NCR 63 covers much of the ground between Norwich and Wales). Does this work in practice or do you end up fighting the routes as they twist and turn to avoid stretches of perfectly good road before dumping you onto a motorway roundabout because that's the only way to cross it? The bits of national cycle route that I come across seem to be somewhat contrived. Some stretches are fine but they just don't join up properly- is this a systemic issue? Cheers, W. |
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in message .com,
(' ') wrote: I am planning (well trying to plan) a cycling trip from Norwich to Tywyn (the middle of the Welsh coast) in August. Does anyone have suggestions as to how I should go about planning a route, any good maps or any advise in general? I've never done a long distance trip before so am a bit Clueless. Has anyone ever done a similar trip and could suggest a good route? Thanks, Start with a good map that covers the whole journey at small scale - I'm a fan of Michelin maps for this. Get a rough idea of your route. Then plan in detail using larger scale maps as needed. You want to avoid: * main roads (tiring and stressful) * major conurbations (very hard to navigate except on main roads) * (where possible) big climbs * extremely twisty roads There will be places where you have to choose one or the other. Work out how far you can do a day, and don't exceed that. When I was 16 I rode Edinburgh - Cheltenham, at around 60 miles a day. I wasn't very fit but was used to cycling regularly (although nothing like that distance). It all went fine except for one day when I'd planned a 100 mile journey, and that was too much. The difference between 'OK' and 'too much' is surprisingly sharp. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; no eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn. ;; Jim Morrison |
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