What's your 2011 tour?

Jonny_road

Each year I try to do at least a 2 week tour. Last year was the Route des Grande Alpes which was an amazing trip so I’m after a bit of inspiration for 2011. My question is what’s your 2011 tour?

bobs bikes

we are doing mull to hull in august. 450 miles in 8 days, so nothing major, just a ride for all abilities.

rf6

Brittany. A couple of days watching the Tour de France, and then bimbling around for, I hope, a week or so. Can't wait.

Wallace1492

Glasgow to Durness - again. Last year did it in 2 stages, train to Mallaig and cycle back over 2 days, then train to Mallaig and cycle to Durness (via Skye, Loch Carron, Torridon and Ullapool) over 3 days. I was dissappointed I could not do it in 1 go due to other commitments.

This year going to do it in 1 go, but take a slightly more western route! Cycle to Oban, ferry to Barra, cycle/ferry western isles ferry to Ullapool, then Durness.

Probably in July..... midgetastic!

aegrey

My tours are quite short due to other commitments, done the Coast 2 Coast (Whitehaven- Tynemouth, 3 days) and Loch to Glens North (Inverness - Glasgow, 4 days). this year will do a variation of the Lon Las Cymru one, from Cardiff to Caernarfon but then from Caernarfon somehow to Chester, where my car will be waiting at the train station car park to take us back home. With 3 other friends we'll take 5-6 days. We'll be driving to Chester and taking the train to Cardiff from there. Probably in June, but already looking forward to it!

yorkie1975

Me and 3 mates will be doing our 1st tour which will be John O Groats to Lands End, hope I'm fit enough :shock:

treetops

Just planning a route around South West and West Ireland. Start in Cork, head south and then follow the coast up to Galway before looping around Lough Comb to Limerick and finally back to Cork.

Might pop in a short 4 day tour from home in Birmingham through to the Welsh coast and back and also a very quick one day C2C, though thats not really a tour...

Butterd2

The last 3 years have been Pyrenees, Alps, Pyrenees so looking for something a little different I'm hoping to do Trieste to Munich probably via Salzburg for those who want a shorter run. 5-7 days hopefully taking in the Sella Ronda and the Grossglockner.

deal

Offroad, Conwy to Gower

http://www.mbruk.co.uk/mbruk_SarnHelenTrail_details.htm

Rothsay

This year a trip round the Forest of Dean area in May with a couple of friends and the C2C in June - Whitehaven to Sunderland with my other half - her first tour!

gazrolo

Great idea for a post! 5 of us doing John'O Groats to Lands End starting good Friday 2011. 1000 mile in 10 days. Can't believe how difficult it has been to plan the route, there's a lot of stuff on line but basically it comes down to mapping out the route yourself using what's out there to help you. Hopefully going to change this with our blog & route maps.

Really fancy going abroad again next year. Last year did Passportes du Soleil on the MTB's. Alp's are a beautiful place to be in the summer.

Cheers,
Gaz

looe

3 weeks in France cycle camping........... can't wait. Also a lot of 3 day touring in Devon and Cornwall. I work 4 day weeks so plenty of time !!!!!!!!!!!

Jonny_road

Interesting to hear what everyone’s doing so keep them coming. Was thinking of LEJOG next year but it seems a popular one so could be tempted by that this year. Although angling towards the Raid Pyrénéen. So many choices, if only I didn't have to work

random man

The first tour I've planned for this year is a 6-day one starting in Surrey, into Sussex, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight, New Forest, Dorset and back via Wiltshire. About 410 miles.

I'm hoping to continue my tour of National Parks in June, taking in the Lakes, Northumberland and North York Moors.

Mayhemwmb

My mate did a 'TOON 2 TOWN' (Newcastle to Llanelli) ride last year unsupported, this year we are doing the same ride and raising a bit of cash along the way for Help for Heroes and the Ray Gravell Charitable Trust. Doing that to arrive in time for the last game of the season Scarlets V Cardiff Blues!!

September I'm hoping to get a place on the Help for Heroes 'Ride to Recovery' ride. This goes from Plymouth to Tidworth to Colchester, to Catterick, to Edinburgh. I know it'll be a challenge but really hoping to get a place.

Also going to do a couple of shorter rides in between - I find doing these rides really important - gives me something to motivate myself towards!!!!!!

EnglishChris

I'm contemplating London - Barcelona as a start... Not real plan yet but it sounds nice. Just purchased an On-One Inbred to build up... :-)

elduderino

Taking the plunge this year, my notice is going in at work come April. Then it's 4 months pottering around Europe before flying to Argentina in August and attempting to ride to Canada, should hopefully keep me good for 18 months....

I'm 50% excited and 50% sh*tting myself for the road ahead Keeping a crazyguy journal here, to keep my mum sane more than anything http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/8063

gazrolo

gazrolo wrote:

Great idea for a post! 5 of us doing John'O Groats to Lands End starting good Friday 2011. 1000 mile in 10 days. Can't believe how difficult it has been to plan the route, there's a lot of stuff on line but basically it comes down to mapping out the route yourself using what's out there to help you. Hopefully going to change this with our blog & route maps.

Really fancy going abroad again next year. Last year did Passportes du Soleil on the MTB's. Alp's are a beautiful place to be in the summer.

Cheers,
Gaz

Our route is now fully mapped out: 1020 miles in 10 days, incorporating what should be an awesome section covering West Coast of Scotland.

Let me know what you think: http://journal.garethroulston.co.uk/?page_id=87

Gaz

gazrolo

EnglishChris wrote:

I'm contemplating London - Barcelona as a start... Not real plan yet but it sounds nice. Just purchased an On-One Inbred to build up... :-)

Hi Chris,

Do you have any idea on mileage or time it will take? Sounds like a promising trip, would be beautiful I reckon....cycling through the French sun all day, before relaxing at a remote Vineyard in the evening. Ah I wanna go now!

spaghetti89

Coast-2-Coast across the USA...solo...and unsupported.

Oh.....in 26 days!

www.jacksonvilleorbust.co.uk

Ribble valley

I would like to do the Eurovelo 6; Atlantic to the Black Sea, but cannot find any one who has done this to tell me It's either a good idea or I'm mad.
Brian

rc856

Would love to do something longer, but a wee 4 day trip in the Pyrenees will have to do for me this year.

Wallace1492

gazrolo wrote:

gazrolo wrote:

Great idea for a post! 5 of us doing John'O Groats to Lands End starting good Friday 2011. 1000 mile in 10 days. Can't believe how difficult it has been to plan the route, there's a lot of stuff on line but basically it comes down to mapping out the route yourself using what's out there to help you. Hopefully going to change this with our blog & route maps.

Really fancy going abroad again next year. Last year did Passportes du Soleil on the MTB's. Alp's are a beautiful place to be in the summer.

Cheers,
Gaz

Our route is now fully mapped out: 1020 miles in 10 days, incorporating what should be an awesome section covering West Coast of Scotland.

Let me know what you think: http://journal.garethroulston.co.uk/?page_id=87

Gaz

Not west enough!!

xilios

We'll most likely be cycling central Germany and a bit of Holland in June. Something like start in Maastricht and cycle north to Arnhem, east to Berlin, south to Dresden, west to Frankfurt than back to Maastricht. All together about 1700kms in three weeks and if we run out of time we can skip the last bit as we've cycled the Rhine before and know the trains in Germany are bike friendly.

vernonlevy

Ribble valley wrote:

I would like to do the Eurovelo 6; Atlantic to the Black Sea, but cannot find any one who has done this to tell me It's either a good idea or I'm mad.
Brian

You don't have to do it all at once!

I've cycled from Nantes to Beaune - mainly following EV6 but diverting to get picked up by the European Bike Express. I'm going back to Beaune to continue the route as far as Passau, possibly Venice this summer.

It's a great route though sometimes i left the side of the Loire to ride into towns and villages to buy food and wine.