UK tour?

[GSF Jamie 600]

Hi going to be doing the UK tour this summer
From john ogroats to "the lizard" (most southernly point on google maps and all that jazz.
Got a rough route planned, were planning on checking some cool places out like stone henge, any good landmarks you can recommend?
Don't want to miss anything good out
Cheers
Jamie

[Skudd]

Lands End is the usual place, although the Lizard is just as bad.
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[kitty kat]

Stonehenge is not really worth a stop, teeming with tourists
I went last year and pulled up on the pavement opposite and took a few photos.
If you are that far down then Cheddar Gorge is well worth the ride (as recommended to me by Tonka & Clanger). I rode the road through the Gorge 5 times as you don't appreciate it the first couple of times through it.
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[Alabama Blacksnake]

Nothing at the lizzard except an over priced shop. Lands End is the place you wont to go as it has attractions and other things.

Tom
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[GSF Jamie 600]

[quote="kicker2508"]Nothing at the lizzard except an over priced shop. Lands End is the place you wont to go as it has attractions and other things.

Tom[/quote]

Right, cheers for that. Will still probably pass through, just to say we have been to the most southernly point and then spend a night at lands end

[kitty kat]

IMHO Land's End is sh!te as well, over commercialised and over priced. link

I rode a great little road from Sennen to St Just and went a bit further on, I think it is the B3306.
Why not travel a little further along the coast and stop near St Ives - a beautiful little Cornish fishing village, more picturesque than Sennen
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[Alabama Blacksnake]

It would be nice to say you have done lands end to john ogroats though. Yes it is over priced but i would save the money and explore cornwall.

I live down in cornwall and it has the best scenery i have seen. You might as well spend time in the local villages and towns where you wont be stuck with loads of tourist and take in the scenery, the coast roads around are worth riding.

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trevoriv said: Leathers are like teenage girls, the tighter the better.

[GSF Jamie 600]

Hi, yeah that what we're doing.
We're not just riding from john ogroats jumping on a motorway all the way down to lands end. Were going to do as much as possible off the motorway, as its boring and riding a naked bike my neck would snap off lol.
Thinking of this type of route, around the coasts. Its not exact but thats the basic idea. I was hoping to find out some good places to visit on our journeys
Cheers
Jamie

Something like this maybe;
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&tab=wl

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[GSF Jamie 600]

grrrrrr it deleted the route!
Well it was basically most of the coast of england, wales and scotland

[divuk83]

Don't have much experience of down south however Dunnet head is much better (and further north) than John O'Groats which is a fairly nasty little tourist trap.

Dave

[Sir Black Pig]

When you go north of Carlisle, stick to the west coast far more scenic than the east. I'll send you a wee route map with Visit points. Even though I say stick to the west, Edinburgh and Perth/Stirling are well worth a visit.

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[GSF Jamie 600]

[quote="The Black Pig"]When you go north of Carlisle, stick to the west coast far more scenic than the east. I'll send you a wee route map with Visit points. Even though I say stick to the west, Edinburgh and Perth/Stirling are well worth a visit.

How many days are you anticipating up here in God's country?[/quote]

Hiya

Cheers buddy, wel we're giving giving the full tour 2weeks so i guess 4-5 days maybe. Do you reckon that would be enough time to reach john ogroats and down. Yeah i think we'll be going up on the west side and coming down on the east side.

Any advice is appreciated

Jamie

[Ste]

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Motorways !!! ... would rather do shorter and A and B roads ... but each to there own, have fun nonetheless ...
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[stinkwheel]

I'm going to do the round britain rally this summer.

Checkpoints in every county.

Maybe worth a look?
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[Carl_steveo]

I think this is also my plan this year aswell. But if your going down the east side I can't think of anything in the Northeaster area to go see. We don't have many landmarks, well not famous ones anyway. Theres the angel of the north but thats a bit wank really, you could replicate it with a dog turd in the garden.
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[Carl_steveo]

Lindisfarne is awesome I forgot about that place I spent a weekend there a few year ago. Theres a few things kicking about here, we have country roads that lead to abbeys and a fair bit of coast land. Shields is an alright ride going along the coast its all open and well ....... coasty lol.

Theres just nothing outstanding and landmark like to go and see.

We have this:

https://k53.pbase.com/o6/15/651615/1/75294880.XoEAkqm4.PenshawMonument2.jpg


Ermm this aswell:

https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1133/575356460_990db19525_b.jpg

Nothing too spectacular.
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[GSF Jamie 600]

Cheers fella

[Sir Black Pig]

Here you go

If you any info on campsites in any given areas, give me a shout and I'll see what I can find out.


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[Shay HTFC]

For Northern England I recommend going up through the peak district, crossing the M62 around Huddersfield / Hebden Bridge right in the middle of the Pennines, up into the Yorkshire Dales, then heading West into the Lake District up to Carlisle and onwards from there.

Maybe on the way down head through Northumberland and its coast as well as the North York moors perhaps?
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