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PostPosted: 11:30 - 25 May 2016    Post subject: Must see biking areas of the UK Reply with quote
I know it's in the wrong section but it'll get the biggest hit here Very Happy

I have a friend coming over to the UK for a year (as part of a 5 year world bike tour). Where are your best or must see places to bike in the UK? I'd love to give him some suggestions
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Hinkley Leicestershire. I hear there is a place there where they MAKE bikes?
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PostPosted: 11:50 - 25 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
- North Wales / Snowdonia
- Yorkshire Dales
- The Lake District
- North Pennines
- Glencoe
- Trossocks
- Cairngorms
- Scottish Highlands
- Scottish Hebrides

In fact, pretty much most of Scotland, especially North West of Edinburgh.
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Crawley town centre.

If then he points in any direction and thenceforth travels thither, the sights shall only improve. Thumbs Up

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PostPosted: 11:54 - 25 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cat and fiddle

Or any place in the Highlands, I lived in Oban for 6 months and the roads round there just seem to be made for bikes, then the addtion of the scenery just tops it. Purly spectacular.

Here's a few from when I lived there;

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https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/Neileng/Scotland/1010861_10154036456635058_7227780418673968308_n_zpsraljn9p2.jpg
https://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/Neileng/Scotland/1511398_10154009903585058_3315489493817867869_n_zpsbg905wcc.jpg
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PostPosted: 11:54 - 25 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Harlow.
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Right in the middle of London to remind yourself how much better off we are than car drivers and to remind us why the countryside is the place to ride your bike.
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PostPosted: 12:54 - 25 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bishbash II wrote:
Cat and fiddle

Or any place in the Highlands, I lived in Oban for 6 months and the roads round there just seem to be made for bikes, then the addtion of the scenery just tops it. Purly spectacular.

Here's a few from when I lived there;


First one is next to the barrage in the river Awe heading North towards Oban

Second one I think is Southbound between Dalmally and Tyndrum before the three long straights at Arrivain.

Where's the third one taken? bottom of the hill out of Tyndrum headed South for Crianlarich?
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As much as I love the look of the roads up north, I can travel 1/10th the miles the other way and be in Europeland with better roads and likely less wet.

The pics look awesome, the aerial photos are fap worthy, but tis fucking cold and wet up there Sad
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PostPosted: 13:29 - 25 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
As much as I love the look of the roads up north, I can travel 1/10th the miles the other way and be in Europeland with better roads and likely less wet.

The pics look awesome, the aerial photos are fap worthy, but tis fucking cold and wet up there Sad


Agreed. I grew up in Oban, then lived in Glasgow and Travelled back and forth and now Im near Aberdeen and back and forth accross the middle as well as up and down to England and the central belt and I'm about to go and do the North Coast 500 - but that's because it's on my doorstep.

I've done the alps and big chunks of Europe twice now (car rather than bike) and love it, but from here, the first 20 hours driving, 1200 miles and £350 is just getting to Calais.

If I lived in the SE, and the continent was on my doorstep, I'd far rather spend the 20 hours heading for the alps than sat on UK motorways to try and get north of Glasgow personally, in spite of how good the scenery is. That said, if I lived in the SE I'd also have lost my mind a long time ago!
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PostPosted: 13:42 - 25 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Agreed. I grew up in Oban, then lived in Glasgow and Travelled back and forth and now Im near Aberdeen and back and forth accross the middle as well as up and down to England and the central belt and I'm about to go and do the North Coast 500 - but that's because it's on my doorstep.


I wish i knew about this when I was up there, that looks awesome.

And kudos for growing up in Oban, not sure i could spend more than 6 months there. Think I'd either go nuts or be a heavy drinker.
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Bishbash II wrote:
B5234FT wrote:
Agreed. I grew up in Oban, then lived in Glasgow and Travelled back and forth and now Im near Aberdeen and back and forth accross the middle as well as up and down to England and the central belt and I'm about to go and do the North Coast 500 - but that's because it's on my doorstep.


I wish i knew about this when I was up there, that looks awesome.

And kudos for growing up in Oban, not sure i could spend more than 6 months there. Think I'd either go nuts or be a heavy drinker.


The roads have always been there, but the nice searchable name has only existed for a couple of years courtesy of the tourist board!

Haha, I grew up in a village of 1000 folk 10 miles from town, visited Glasgow about once a year. Spent my time hooning around fields and rebuilding boats and cars. Different way of life, not sure I could go back now - perhaps when I'm retired. What were you doing up there with work?
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Snowdonia/Gwynedd/Anglesey, but I might be biased Razz No seriously, there are some epic (famous) roads up here, even more so if you ask a local.

I'd definately be up in Scotland too, Applecross pass anyone?
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A483 from Crossgates to Newtown. Go up it. Turn round. Go down it. Repeat as many times as you have time for (make time for it).
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PostPosted: 19:03 - 25 May 2016    Post subject: Reply with quote
Paddy. wrote:
As much as I love the look of the roads up north, I can travel 1/10th the miles the other way and be in Europeland with better roads and likely less wet.


Can you? Where? Almost all of Northern France is dull. All of Holland is dull. Most of Belgium is dull. It may be less congested than SE England, but there's not much more to its merit.

IME mainland Europe only starts getting interesting when you get near (and South of) Luxembourg (250 miles from Calais), and it only gets as good as Scotland when you get near the Alps (500 miles from Calais), or Pyrenees (800 miles).

So, Yorkshire/Wales is probably a similar travel distance for you as Luxemberg, and the Highlands is probably a similar travel distance as the Alps.

Scotland in particular is an absolute must-do at least once. It's remote, it's spectacular and many of the roads are phenomenal for riding. Personally, I'd rather ride on Highlands roads than tackle the endless hairpins on most Alpine passes. Those roads look great, but they can be a PITA to ride. The Highlands are also generally less congested than the Alps. Having said that, I'll take either, any time!

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The pics look awesome, the aerial photos are fap worthy, but tis fucking cold and wet up there


I've probably done 20-25 trips around the Dales and the Lakes since March, and I haven't had to ride at all in the rain or on wet roads. In terms of holidays, I've actually had better luck with the weather in Scotland than I have in Europe!

Of course it's wetter and a bit colder here than it is in the SE, and Scotland is generally wetter and colder still. But it's not that bad. You get periods with lots of rain, and periods with not much.

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Another must-see bit for Johnny (or Janet) Foreigner is to have a go on the Magic Roundabout at Swindon.
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Probably best to avoid Harlow..
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Kent if the weather is nice. Superb riding and almost always a rally going on somewhere.

Avoid Harlow like a dose of the shites. Its a cesspool. Makes Tottenham look glamorous.
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Alex A wrote:
- North Wales / Snowdonia
- Yorkshire Dales
- The Lake District
- North Pennines
- Glencoe
- Trossocks
- Cairngorms
- Scottish Highlands
- Scottish Hebrides

In fact, pretty much most of Scotland, especially North West of Edinburgh.


This ^ +1 , cant say much more than that Thumbs Up
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I've got a soft spot for Norfolk.

It's got a fairly unique (to the UK) landscape and some interesting sites.
Roads aren't "epic", but I enjoyed it more than Devon/Cornwall

Summers evening around Thetford. Reasonable visibility and great roads.


Wales and Scotland beat it though for great roads and scenery.
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Pigeon wrote:


Summers evening around Thetford.


I'll vouch for that too. I spent a couple of weeks at an Army camp in Thetford so lots of evening activities. It hardly rained and the countryside ambience was lovely there Thumbs Up
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It might depend on what they're use to seeing, so something different might be the ticket.

Having been around a few places in the UK and abroad I can say that I've never seen anywhere quite like the Yorkshire dales.

Basically the whole landscape between about The Pennines and the North Yorkshire coast is weirdly unique for interesting bike landscapes.

Also don't forget The Cat And Fiddle as a traditional stop.
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Also don't forget The Cat And Fiddle as a traditional stop.


Hope they're good at sticking to the speed limits Laughing
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Paddy. wrote:
As much as I love the look of the roads up north, I can travel 1/10th the miles the other way and be in Europeland with better roads and likely less wet.

The pics look awesome, the aerial photos are fap worthy, but tis fucking cold and wet up there Sad


The roads north of the M62 are as good as just about anything other than maybe the high passes of the Alps or Pyrenees.

Scotland is truly World class Thumbs Up I've had plenty of dry weekends up there, but then it's an easy destination to reach at short notice from Yorkshire

The routes I took to/from the Newcastle ferry port were just about the best riding roads of my whole holiday to the Italian Lakes and back via the Black Forest, Swiss Alps and the Romantic Road Cool
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