Cost of travel?

GT Biker · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Karma :

I am planning on riding up to scotland after spending a night or 2 in the lake district area next bank holiday. I have got the week off work and I really wanna ride round the lake district and check out some of the scottish mountain roads. Im thinking of camping and spending the odd night in a B&B too. I have never done anything like this on my own before and would like a rough idea of how much per day it may cost? If any of you have done things like this, about how much did you spend?

Cost aside what advice can you give a first timer? I got a brand new bandit1250gt (all the boxes etc) this feb and I intend to use it. Will be getting its 4000 mile service and new tyre next week so the bike itself will be ready for some miles.

Quickly · Crazy Courier Joined: 29 Apr 2008 Karma :

Work out your mileage, divided it by how many miles you get per gallon, then multiply it by how much you're paying per gallon. Then add on £35 for each night you'll be away (assuming you're not camping). Then work out how much you'll spend for lunch, multiply it by days away. How much you'll spend for dinner, multiply it by days away. Then add on a quarter of the total and you'll have what you need.

But really, it depends on how you want to do the trip. Some people like full slap up meals each night, some people are satisfied camping and living off pre-bought bread and cheese for breakfast, petrol station food for lunch and camping meals for dinner.

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ToGGoT · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 25 Jan 2009 Karma :

Ditto the above. Depends on exactly what you want to do as well.

If you have a tent, and a cooker that you can take with you, and you plan where you're going ahead of time, and you don't mind "roughing it" a bit, then £6 - £7 a night p/p is doable. (In Scotland you can wild camp it if you're brave, and its free)

If on the other hand you'd rather b&b it, obviously it will cost a good bit more, but do shop around.

200 miles a day, at 40mpg will cost you about £28 at the moment, depending where in the country you are. Heavy right hand, more money, also depends on what type of roads you're doing. I ride for the journey, not the destination, so subsequently i do more A-and-B roads than motorways, probably lowers my economy somewhat, but its more fun.

And finally food. As stated, if you can live off boil-in-the-bag meals, the food bill will be cheap. Also cooking is easy. If you like your pub/greasy spoon meals, and don't cook, obviously budget a LOT more per day.

Personally, i don't mind doing a bit of cooking, and i've got the pots and pans, etc, so my costs come in somewhere in the middle, and i end up with meals that i can taste!hehe! On the down side, you have to pack more tightly, and possibly do away with other luxuries to make space, so you cant have everything!

Hope this helps!

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theopj · Scooby Slapper Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Karma :

I did 4 nights in scotland, doing 2000 miles in total (600 getting to fort william and back). Spent about £190 on fuel, £130 on B&B's and about £50 cash for eating and drinking. That was on my Bandit 1250 as well.

If I did it again I'd probably do the same miles but take a bit longer, but think I was getting sick of b&b's - breaking it up with camping sounds a good idea.
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GT Biker · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 23 Feb 2010 Karma :

wont be cooking at all tbo so food will be pricey then. I also ride for the journey so no motorways except where necessary. I generaly dont even use the dual carriageway comin home from work unless im in a hurry, cant stand them. The idea is just to bugger off for a bit and spend some days camping and some in B&Bs. I will plan my routes as and when I need to, just take a map and off I go.

ms51ves3 · Super Spammer Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Karma :

Food doesn't have to be pricey if you're not cooking. Eat (drink?) cold soup Wink

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kitty kat · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Jun 2007 Karma :

August 2008 I did a mini tour of west coast of Scotland, leaving on the Friday afternoon and returning home Monday night.
I did 1053 miles, camped on proper sites for 3 nights, went to Skye on the ferry and I had just £100 to do it and feed myself.
The only motorway I used was to get to Glasgow before nightfall and to return home from Edinburgh.

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