iviehoff wrote:Since it is now illegal to cycle on the A120 in the immediate vicinity of Stansted, you have to use Dunmow Rd to Takeley and then Parsonage Road to the airport[...]But unfortunately the major M11 junction is not avoidable by any practical route.
Why is the route via Birchanger and NCR16 over the M11, then the cycleway alongside Long Border Road not practical?
Back to the original question: I'd fly direct into Paris CDG and then take trains to St Malo. If determined to do LHR-Plymouth-ferry, then I'd take one of the Paddington services (Connect if not in enough of a hurry to pay the stonking Express fair), and book a bike ticket for a Great Western Plymouth service.