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Cycling to granny's
This is one of my major goals for next year: cycling from Bath to my parents' house in Suffolk. Should be about 200 miles i reckon, so a challenging ride, never ridden that far before. Probably going to do it overnight too rather than trying (and failing) to do it in a day.
anyway i know the bit in south suffolk and i'm good as far as swindon but in between there's a huge swathe of the country that'll be completely new to me. i've knocked up what i think is a sensible looking route (attached) but if you live in that bit and you've got suggestions, i'd love to hear them!
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heh. you'll need to save it and then open it in bikehike or whatever, it's a GPX file
Heh what's in that attachment? I opened it got a load of code, then it crashed my browser
You'll enjoy it.
Alas it's not even 40 metres to my Mums house and no I don't live with her LOL
chippo might be a bit far north, it's far enough already
Hmmm attachment not opening for me, but if you're coming Chipping Norton way, there's tea and cake waiting for you
LOL I've always wanted to cycle to parents in Stamford (Lincs) from my place in Bristol.
190-ish miles and in one day.
Go for it Dave, would be a good article in the prep, duration and after thoughts.
the route thus far...
to_granny's_0.gpx