Advice sought: NOVICE Route etc (Frome-Corsham)

Ghyllfoot

Good afternoon, having just signed up I am after some advice please.

I reside in Frome (Somerset) and am soon to be working in Corsham (Wiltshire) which are between 18 and 25 miles apart depending on the route chosen.

I am planning on taking up cycling to work and back, to begin with, 1 day a week but over time increasing to perhaps 2 or 3 days.

The problem I have is that the route between Frome to at least halfway on the road is very dangerous (Rode - Bradford on Avon). So I am seeking a route if possbile.

I have tried sustrans.org but they don't appear very helpful mentioning National Route 25 and 254 but I am unsure if this is suitable or even possible.

Could anyone advise me of a workable route (the hills will kill me but at 43 and overweight something else will probably do that first) ;o).

BTW, do you think at 43 and 3 stone overweight this is a realistic approach? Also, how long should the journey roughly take, perhaps 2 hours?

The two postcodes are BA11 1FW and SN13 9NR (BA11 1FW is a new build and may not always be found so 50 yards away is an established postcode of BA11 1JF).

I would really appreciate any and all suggestions and thank you for taking the time to read this and even, perhaps reply.

Thank you.

Ghyllfoot

daviesee

Bike Route Toaster is your friend :P

Here is a rough route I created for Frome to Corsham

http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course. ... rse=148757

Should take about an hour at 16mph.

Edit:- It is supposed to pick bike friendly routes and from the map it looks okay but you say the Rode - Bradford on Avon part is dangerous. I will bow to local knowledge :oops:

Ghyllfoot

Daviesee, many thanks, off to have a good look

Your help is very much appreciated, cheers

Ghyllfoot

daviesee wrote:

Edit:- It is supposed to pick bike friendly routes and from the map it looks okay but you say the Rode - Bradford on Avon part is dangerous. I will bow to local knowledge :oops:

...that is the 254 and 25 route that sustrans suggested, isn't a problem once at BoA but death defying prior to that on the "mad mile" ;o)

Thanks again, I shall need to consider it in any case I guess