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Cycling holiday route sought for 2011
edwin 
| 10 Oct 14:06 |
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Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 15 Bike: My Profile | Hi, the summer holidays come to an end and it is a good time to think of next year. I want to ride with my 12 year old son and I would like to cycle about 40 miles per day. 50 wont be a problem, but for the planning let's stick to 40. For 5 or 6 days of cycling this would mean a route of 200 to 300 miles. This year we down the Etsch/Adige in South Tyrolia/Norther Italy from the Austrian border to Venice. For next year I'd like to go to England. To complicate things, my son learns english since 2 years now and his comprehension is not very good, so I'd rather stay in southern England were the pronunciation is closer to the standart. For the route, I have the typical requirements: - no or low traffic - nice scenery - interesting places - nice places to stay Any suggetions for a route? Thanks in advance Edwin |
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dudley
| 12 Oct 03:32 |
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Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 498 Bike: My Profile | don't be fooled into thinking Southerners are easy to understand! |
| My Latest Route: Nov 2009 Forth Estuary Circular | |
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dan_b23
| 12 Oct 10:09 |
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Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 21 Bike: My Profile | Haha :) A lot of popular scenic routes are in the north, although I'm sure there are some in the south as well. Depends if you want a route with lots of hills or not? http://www.sustrans.org.uk/what-we-do/national-cycle-network Check out the Sustrans website and have a look at some of the routes; you can also buy maps from that website. Their routes are mostly on quiet roads or off-road tracks and are well signposted. Hope this helps :) |
| My Latest Route: Apr 2010 Ponteland to Matfen and Kirkheaton Loop | |
| sundog | 12 Oct 14:05 |
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Joined: 12 Oct 2010 Posts: 1 Bike: | East Anglia can be relatively quiet, especially on the back lanes. The countryside is almost flat and there are quite a lot of picturesque villages. Perhaps not so exciting, though. The Sustrans routes are well signed and tend to be on calmer roads with low volumes of traffic - but England is still fairly poor for cycling compared to Holland and Germany - because our roads are so busy in many places and we still lack decent cycle lanes in many towns. |
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edwin
| 12 Oct 15:18 |
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Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 15 Bike: My Profile | Hi! @Dudley: Oh oh, I stirred up a hornest's nest, I better skip the language issue. Although ... in the past times I experienced that southeners sounded more like what I learned in school. Maybe our schools teach the wrong english :-) @Bob: I already had a look at the sustrans pages. They are good but they are just maps; I mean, here in the forum are guys, who touch the routes with the rubber of their wheels. That's something completely different. You know how much traffic is on specific parts of the track; you know the interesting spots. For the hills: Well, this year we were in the Alps, although the route went downhill most of the time. Climbing 500 feet per day wont be a problem, but one hill after the other would. @Sundog: We did a multi-day cycling tour every year since my son was five. Last year we were in France (we made the towpath along the burgundy canal) and had to ride through heavy traffic in very narrow towns. This year in Italy we had to ride on roads sometimes and Italian drivers are much more ruthless as English drivers, aren't they? Well we still have the problem of all the natives driving on the wrong side of the road. By own experience: We will get used to it! BTW: East Anglia sound interesting enough. Any suggestions for a route? Thanks to everyone! Edwin |
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