Weather is nice and I have left over holiday days to take from work. I was thinking about doing a short 2 day tour preferably ending back home, or ending early enough on the 2nd day to get the train home and be back before 8pm. 1 night staying at a camp site as a first attempt at camping touring and to test out my stuff.
I was thinking about getting the train to Brokenhurst and cycling back, but trains look to be a pain, and I cant work out a decent route home. I'm currently considering getting the main line to Plymouth, and coming home from there, staying over outside Okehampton on the first night.
Any other suggestions?
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Re: short tour
Where you are based might help with advice - Somerset covers quite an area!
Convention? what's that then?
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I don't know, but this website will find you a pleasant route between Brockenhurst and Taunton (Or just about anywhere else)
http://cycle.travel/map
Sometimes I like the idea of riding to and/or from home but you do end up spending a lot of time on familiar roads. I think for such a short break I'd be tempted to get a return ticket somewhere not too far away but that i didn't know well and do a circular route.
http://cycle.travel/map
Sometimes I like the idea of riding to and/or from home but you do end up spending a lot of time on familiar roads. I think for such a short break I'd be tempted to get a return ticket somewhere not too far away but that i didn't know well and do a circular route.
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I live near Brockenhurst - lovely cycling in the forest and across heather downland if you can avoid main tourist routes (obviously!) The road out to Burley and then Ringwood via Rhinefield ornamental drive with its deer park and Arboretum is especially nice. Beautiful open moorland north of Ringwood. Going the other way towards Lymington there are stretches of coast road up on the cliff tops overlooking the Isle of Wight all the way to Christchurch, into town of Bournemouth and then across the ferry at Poole in to rural Dorset. Enjoy the trip whichever way you go.
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Re: short tour
Hi,
Get youself to exeter on a train, then cycle up on to Dartmoor, once you get onto the platue (1400') the hills are'nt bad, the scenery will blow your mind and you can hop from pub to pub, I am assuming that your on a road bike If you had the tyres then that opens it up for some real exploring
Still plenty to see from the road and plenty of open land for wild camping. The wheather is good but friday brings some rain I think.
maybe to adventurous for you, but this place was my first cycle touring trip. Just two panniers 35 kgs with food and water incl bike.
Get youself to exeter on a train, then cycle up on to Dartmoor, once you get onto the platue (1400') the hills are'nt bad, the scenery will blow your mind and you can hop from pub to pub, I am assuming that your on a road bike If you had the tyres then that opens it up for some real exploring
Still plenty to see from the road and plenty of open land for wild camping. The wheather is good but friday brings some rain I think.
maybe to adventurous for you, but this place was my first cycle touring trip. Just two panniers 35 kgs with food and water incl bike.
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