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Where to do a week's tour in Britain?

snowmavensnowmaven Posts: 3
edited July 2014 in Tour & expedition
The travel bug just hit with a vengeance! We just got the opportunity to travel for 10 days in late July and have decided to do a bike tour in Britain. Problem is, we have no idea where to go. A British friend suggested Scotland, another Brit thought that was a terrible idea and was more keen on Wales. We've only been to Dublin and the Heathrow airport, leaving us totally naive and open for opinions. Where do you suggest? Fitness isn't a problem. We are looking for what we deem "quintessential Britain"- castles, green rolling hills, thatched roofs, small roads, pubs...

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  • sniper68sniper68 Posts: 2,910
    How long have you got? You could make that week a month...or a year :mrgreen:
    Devon/Corwall/Somerset/Wales/Yorkshire Dales/Yorkshire Moors/Peak District/Lake District/Northumberland/Scotland/North Downs/South Downs.
    Castles-Scotland 100s of them.
    Rolling hills-Devon/Cornwall/Yorks Dales/Moors/Peak District/Scottish Lowlands/Northumberland.
    Thatched cottages-S/SW..Devon etc.
    Mountains-Wales/Lake District/Scottish Highlands/Islands.
    Flatlands-East Anglia/Lincolnshire/Yorkshire Wolds.
    Pubs...it's Britain so everywhere.
    Lynskey R480

  • random manrandom man Posts: 1,518
    Where are you coming from and what accommodation are you using?

    My favourite 'British' tours have been Wales and SW Ireland, but I haven't toured Scotland. Loads of castles and hills in N Wales, beautiful coastline.
    SW England will be very busy at that time due to school holidays.
  • SmellTheGloveSmellTheGlove Posts: 697
    Welcome to England.
    You can string together the trip of a lifetime between three national parks - North Yorks Moors, Dales and Lake District. The Lakes might be busy that time of year but the ale, food, scenery and riding between the east and west coasts are sublime.
    You don't know how lucky you are!
    "Consider the grebe..."
  • sniper68sniper68 Posts: 2,910
    SmellTheGlove wrote:
    Welcome to England.
    You can string together the trip of a lifetime between three national parks - North Yorks Moors, Dales and Lake District. The Lakes might be busy that time of year but the ale, food, scenery and riding between the east and west coasts are sublime.
    You don't know how lucky you are!
    I was about to post some thing similar in my post but didn't want to be too biased towards the North :mrgreen:

    If the OP can watch the Tour de France Grand Depart this weekend to get an idea of what Yorkshire has to offer :wink:
    Lynskey R480

  • DaveMossDaveMoss Posts: 236
    with 10 days you should manage this http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5244376 , it's been plotted quickly, in reality you would not use the exact same roads all the way and you would want to include visits to some things just off the route.
    Start in Edinburgh, a must see city, then the fantastic train ride to the Kyle of Lochalsh to the start of the cycle. End up in York, another city worth a look. This route would give you a good taste of the wide variety of geography and character of Britain.

    It's a very Northern bias, but the South isn't worth the trouble if truth be told.
    Sportives and tours, 100% for charity, http://www.tearfundcycling.btck.co.uk
  • bigjimbigjim Posts: 780
    Aren't the midges a bit of a nightmare at this time of the year. I did the borders in July once. The damn things never let up.
    Nothing to prove. http://adenough1.blogspot.co.uk/
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