cycle route advice
giles evans
Posts: 2
In October of this year,i am doing a charity bike ride from Newcastle upon Tyne to Llanelli in South West Wales.
The route has been advised by Sustrans and as it is all on national cycle network routes,i feel it would be foolish to ignore the advice and routes.
The routes are as below,and ask that if any forum member has cycled these routes,could they offer their opinion or comment on them,as i have calculated the distance as around 440 miles,and the issue is whether to try and do it in 5 or 6 days.I also need to book accomodation for each stop.We will have a support van so will be cycling light.
Route 1 to Middlesborough
Route 65 to Selby
Route 62 ( Transpennine ) to Widnes
Route 5 and then 45 to Shrewsbury
Route 81 then 82 and 446 to Carmarthen
Finally the 20 miles from there to Llanelli
The plan is currently
Day1 - Newcastle to Selby area
Day 2 - Transpennine to Widnes
Day 3- Widnes to Shrewsbury
Day 4 - Shrewsbury to Carmarthen
Day 5 - Carmarthen to Llanelli ( Very short trip)
If any experiences can be shared please share them so it can be a pleasurable experience and not a torturous one !
The route has been advised by Sustrans and as it is all on national cycle network routes,i feel it would be foolish to ignore the advice and routes.
The routes are as below,and ask that if any forum member has cycled these routes,could they offer their opinion or comment on them,as i have calculated the distance as around 440 miles,and the issue is whether to try and do it in 5 or 6 days.I also need to book accomodation for each stop.We will have a support van so will be cycling light.
Route 1 to Middlesborough
Route 65 to Selby
Route 62 ( Transpennine ) to Widnes
Route 5 and then 45 to Shrewsbury
Route 81 then 82 and 446 to Carmarthen
Finally the 20 miles from there to Llanelli
The plan is currently
Day1 - Newcastle to Selby area
Day 2 - Transpennine to Widnes
Day 3- Widnes to Shrewsbury
Day 4 - Shrewsbury to Carmarthen
Day 5 - Carmarthen to Llanelli ( Very short trip)
If any experiences can be shared please share them so it can be a pleasurable experience and not a torturous one !
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