Any routes around Barnstaple, Bideford & Westward Ho!?

there are awesome routes out of westward ho.

do you like hills?

there is a fairly road-orientated bke shop in barnstaple called bikeshed, they might be able to help. it's on the square.

hilly 55 miles:

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1276528

and i stress, hilly, but stunningly beautiful, across the top of the moors, down into the exe valley, undulating and quite hard work along some of the most beautiful rolling countryside in the UK.

NB: if you're after flat rides, and i mean FLAT, the 'tarka trail' runs along the taw and torridge valleys, from bideford to torrington or barnstaple, then out the other side to braunton. it's an old railway line that has been tarmacked. it runs along the estuary and is worth doing at least once. it's also the quickest route to barnstaple.

http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=1276537 - this one is longer, but you should try and get out to the moor at least once, maybe stick the bike in the back of the car. this route heads up to where the tour is visiting in september. the descent into lynmouth and ascent to lynton is a once in a lifetime. if you don't die going down, you'll perish coming up.

there are no end of loops you can ride.

even the main roads aren't that bad - just avoid the 361 at all costs.

ride out to torrington and back through barnstaple, that's fun.

should be good!