Summer plans

Cathryn · June 2007

It strikes me as slightly slow on the Touring Forum this week, which is a shame...especially as it's almost summer so we should be all thinking about our trips. So...what's everyone got planned?

Me...I'm not able to take much time off this summer, but I'm cycling Liverpool to Leeds down the canal next weekend, then tandem touring with my beginner Dad in Normandy in July and then whisking the husband for a long weekend cycling round the Charente valley in September. AND....we're considering an organised tour round India in November!!

Who else is planning stuff?

vernonlevy · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Cathryn

It strikes me as slightly slow on the Touring Forum this week, which is a shame...especially as it's almost summer so we should be all thinking about our trips. So...what's everyone got planned?

Me...I'm not able to take much time off this summer, but I'm cycling Liverpool to Leeds down the canal next weekend, then tandem touring with my beginner Dad in Normandy in July and then whisking the husband for a long weekend cycling round the Charente valley in September. AND....we're considering an organised tour round India in November!!

Who else is planning stuff?
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The Channel to the Med this year for me. I normal have a couple of mini tours under my belt before the annual 'big one' but thisngs conspired against it happening this yearand I've had to make do with 100 and 200km Audax rides every weekend.

I'll be starting at Calais ending at Montpellier and might take in Ventoux though it depends how I feel after crossing the Massif Central.

Do report back on the Liverpool - Leeds ride. I've been meaning to do that one for a couple of years now.

gordycp · June 2007

Los Angeles to Calgary.
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Can't wait!

Cathryn · June 2007

Gordon and Vernon, you're jammy GITS!!!!!

longers75 · June 2007

I'm sat here eating a mountain of pasta before I set off on my first "tour". I'm going to the East end of the Transpennine trail and a potter round East Yorkshire before returning on monday. It should be in the region on 350 miles and I'm really looking forward to it.[:)]

The rest of the year I will mostly be doing daytrips out.

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 I'm just going outside . . . I may be some time.

Ronnie N. · June 2007

North west highlands and islands of Scotland for me.
Some real early starts (4 am) see the sun come up and
enjoy the quiet roads. Bring it on !!

Bigtallfatbloke · June 2007

I am busy planning my first 'tour'...but judging from some of you guys mine would probably just class as a 'jaunt' ...I am going to go around Norfolk up from Essex. Last time I did anything like this was 30 years ago when I left London for Paris at age 15 on my bike.

vernonlevy · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Cathryn

Gordon and Vernon, you're jammy GITS!!!!!
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What is even jammier is that my wife expects me to be absent for two to three weeks everysummer. I'm also expected to be out doing an Audax every weekend.

it's done wonders for my health and fitness and hopefully my longevity.

vernonlevy · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by longers75

I'm sat here eating a mountain of pasta before I set off on my first "tour". I'm going to the East end of the Transpennine trail and a potter round East Yorkshire before returning on monday. It should be in the region on 350 miles and I'm really looking forward to it.[:)]

The rest of the year I will mostly be doing daytrips out.

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You'll really enjoy it. I've done 600km of riding in the area over the past three weekends and have enjoyed every minute of it. There's some cracking views in the wolds.

vernonlevy · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Bigtallfatbloke

I am busy planning my first 'tour'...but judging from some of you guys mine would probably just class as a 'jaunt' ...I am going to go around Norfolk up from Essex. Last time I did anything like this was 30 years ago when I left London for Paris at age 15 on my bike.
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Every tour is an adventure. I got the touring bug after doing a coast to coast camping tour four years ago. It was three nights out and two and a half days of cycling but I loved nearly every minute of it - the hills were a major problem for me then. Doubt that they's bother me now.

psmiffy · June 2007

Stockholm - Turku - Vassa - Umea - Stockholm in two weeks time then round sardinia in early september

redfox · June 2007

Either Geneva to Istanbul or nowhere at all, about 50/50 at the moment.

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ju5t1ncp · June 2007

Agata and I are still undecided. We have a couple of weeks in August to do one of the following:

Switzerland, for - we love the mountains. against - we've been there before.

Norwegian Fjords, for - it's new territory, the fantastic scenery. against - the price of everything.

Brittany, for - we like France, we've not been to this region before. against - no mountainous terrain.

The West Country, for - we can cycle there from home. against - it's expensive, it's busy in August, we like abroad!

What do you guys think we should do?

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Unknown · June 2007

Just back from first "jaunt " of the year around the Isle of Man, great fun having TT training week and motorbikes going past me at 150 miles per hour over the mountain road. Then I went over to Northern Ireland and had a great time, taken in by one family on Lough Neagh and then just in the south another family took me in and I was given bed, bath and potcheen ( by a Garda...Policeman).

Plans for later... ride alongside Vernon and annoy him LOL

george

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dave_T · June 2007

Setting off a fortnight on Monday for 6 weeks. I won't actually be getting on the bike for the first day and a half, as I have to get the plane to Tromso then an overnight boat trip up to Nordkapp.
From there, pedal down through Finland, ferry Helsinki-Tallinn and further south till the time runs out. The original intention was to get all the way to Sicily, but there's a family wedding mid-August with apparently a three-line whip on attendance. The only fixed point after the start is Helsinki, because my other half is flying out for a long weekend, so I have to get there in 11 days.
Looking forward to it immensely (can't put my mind to any work and haven't been able to for weeks) but with a degree of trepidation - I've never done as much as 6 weeks before, and it's 20-odd years since I last did more than a week in one go. Still, you never know till you try it, and I've wanted to do this for years.

Cathryn · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by ju5t1n

Agata and I are still undecided. We have a couple of weeks in August to do one of the following:

Switzerland, for - we love the mountains. against - we've been there before.

Norwegian Fjords, for - it's new territory, the fantastic scenery. against - the price of everything.

Brittany, for - we like France, we've not been to this region before. against - no mountainous terrain.

The West Country, for - we can cycle there from home. against - it's expensive, it's busy in August, we like abroad!

What do you guys think we should do?

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Without wanting to be an online stalker, your Crazyguy journal just blew me away when I read it a year or so ago and has totally inspired me! Probably the reason for my current obsession with my bike!!

If it was me, I'd go to Switzerland, but if you've been there, go somewhere else. I think Scandinavia would be lovely, personally, Sweden isn't as expensive as Norway apparently and is really lovely!

Unknown · June 2007

Cathryn....
Interested in the canal trip.
What you doing for nights on the way, camping, B+b or what?
Very interested to hear a bit more detail.

http://s11.invisionfree.com/Tramp

Cathryn · June 2007

Hi Pedaldog! Nice that someone else is interested in the trip, I'm so excited about it and it's only a weekend tour!! We're taking the train from Leeds to Liverpool on Friday after work and then cycling about 10 miles to stay with friends in Maghull. We're then splitting the remaining 120 miles pretty much equally, staying in a B&B near Burnley on Saturday night.

No idea what it'll be like. Not sure about the surface in Lancashire particularly (I believe it's all cycleable in Yorkshire) and I don't know if we'll get bored of water/ducks/greenery etc for two days but if the weather's nice, it should be lovely! I suspect we'll do lots of hours on the bike... we're not fast at the best of times and the surfaces are likely to slow us down.

I'll do a quick post when we get back anyway to say how we got on.

vernonlevy · June 2007

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by jibi

Plans for later... ride alongside Vernon and annoy him LOL

george

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That wouldn't surprise me. Even if I kept my route a secret I expect to bump into you..

So far I have three firm locations on my route:

Calais
Ventoux
Monpellier

The rest is very flexible.

Hope the first tour was enjoyable and dry George

Tourist Tony · June 2007

I am off to Majorca in three weeks for a bit of riding, a bit of swimming and a lot of hillwalking/birdwatching. Then as soon as I finish my exams in October I am off to do a chunk of the coastline of Western Australia.

If I had a stalker, I would hug it and kiss it and call it George...or Dick

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Tourist Tony · June 2007

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Los Angeles to Calgary.
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[8D][8D][8D][8D][8D][8D]

Can't wait!
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Are you doing it on fixed with a trailer again, you loon?

[:D]

If I had a stalker, I would hug it and kiss it and call it George...or Dick

AndrewClark · June 2007

Off to the French Alps on Saturday. Fly to Geneva, ride down to Nice, fly back. I must get around to deciding a route...

August will see me riding Manali - Leh with Cass Gilbert.

I've got some books on Canada waiting to be read and the latest edition of Adventure Cyclist has a feature on riding in Tanzania, across the Rift Valley & Serengeti!

Cathryn, the canal towpath has a good riding surface to at least Ring 'o Bells. RON to Croston is flat & grassy. Beyond that I'm not too sure. Enjoy the canal side pubs!

bunnyman · June 2007

I'm gonna ride 500 miles and then I'M gonna ride 500 more.....quite fancy Barra-Lewis in september, and/or through the NW Highlands from Kyle to Inverness via Ullapool and JOG, though I'm also keen on checking out my old patch in Dorset on two wheels-did Brockenhurst to Warminster last thur afternoon and it was lovely (even got passed by some considerate lorry drivers ). Lots of good stuff here in the Borders though-hopefully I won't get too crocked riding my new MTB at'Tress, Innerleithen etc. Push on brothers (and sisters)!

Why is the last mile always the hardest mile ? - The Smiths

fergycp · June 2007

Taking three weeks off in August to ride from Paris (may get the train to outskirts if the Parisians drive as badly as I've heard) to Milan through Switzerland. I don't have the most concrete of routes, but I reckon about 100 miles a day,with 50-70 in Switzerland should allow me acouple of rest days for exploration and beer/wine enjoyment.

I can't wait, my bike has undergonesome surgery but will be totally ready by the weekend.

Bring it on!!

Hope all you guys have rediculously enjoyable tours.

I'd learn to drive but I'm two tyred............................(coat in hand, our hero quietly exeunts)

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