Where does one "ride out" to in the Cotswolds?

[Tigerlea]

Looking for some suggestions as I've just moved out to the area and it's a beautiful, sunny day! I want to go out!

Your favourite routes or destinations, please!

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[Tigerlea]

Unsurprisingly, I'm still at the university doing university things, and not on my bike.

Will be on the bike.. hopefully.. Within an hour.

I'll be setting out from Cheltenham.

[FretGrinder]

Head over to Monmouth / Tintern / Abergavenny.

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[Matt B]

Bourton on the Water, Stow on the Wold both nice places to visit.
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[grr666]

I enjoy a run out to the Cotswolds airport. Nice place for a mid ride stop anyway as there are toilets and a cafe/bar there.
There and back for me is about 80 miles round trip. Took Mrs grr last time I went.

https://www.cotswoldairport.com/
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[Evil Hans]

Head down to Cirencester via North Cerney, then to Stroud via Minchinhampton, then back to Cheltenham via Painswick. If you get lost, then all the better.

Stop at the Jolly Nice or The Glider on the A419 for a tea break.
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[linuxyeti]

There are so many places .., and if you're feeling adventurous, after stopping for a cuppa at Cotswold Airport, take the A429, and follow it all the way up to Kenilworth !! Cracking road to ride, although it can get a bit heavy around Moreton-In-Marsh, especially on a market day. You can then work your way back, via Worcestershire, come round via Oxfordshire. There are so many cracking riding routes around the Cotswolds, you'll always be finding new routes !
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[Kentol750]

Up towards Severn springs, take road to cirencester. Over to Stroud, take road through slad back to birdlip and then back on to Charlton kings and home. Couple of good places for a break on way that do good coffee. Do it at 7am on Sunday, it's fantastic.
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[Old Git Racing]

Ride past Clarkson's house at 7.00am on a Sunday morning with a loud pipe doing a wheelie at 70 in a 30 zone.

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[andyscooter]

over to broadway tower is a nice route (towers ok but iirc pricey to get in)
fish hill is fun to go up if you get a good run on it
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[Bricktop]

"Ride out"...

Whoever coined that woeful expression wants thrapeing round the legs with a wet strap.

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[ocatoro]

fairly nice ride from gloucester to bourton on the water. and/or a veer off to the left toward stow on the wold via swell...

bourton usually has a few bikes hanging around. nice for a posh cream tea. and has the Cotswold Motor Museum as well and if so inclined, a model railway thing.
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[chickenstrip]

I used to like the so-called Charlbury TT, on the eastern edge of the Cotswolds. Tight and twisty, with some rollercoaster-like bends that can easily catch out the unwary. Bit further from the OP than I was to it though.
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[linuxyeti]

Hi, inspired by your original post, I went on a bit of jaunt today ..

Well, look at me, living on the edge, risking a chinese bike, and I still haven't put any acf-50 on it ..Anyhow, had a good run out today, if google maps behaves this link should work ..

https://goo.gl/maps/dZ8WPTtabS32

Here is the map of the route ..

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/rideout_20171108_map.png

Now for a couple of photos from out & about ..

Wellesbourne Mountford

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/cf650tr_2015_20171108_wellesbourne_mountford_1.jpg

Shipston ..

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/cf650tr_2015_20171108_shipston_on_stour_2.jpg

Kemble ...

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/cf650tr_2015_20171108_kemble_1.jpg

Godwins - Hampton Bishop

https://cdn.bcf.44bytes.net/files/cf650tr_2015_20171108_the_godwins_-_hampton_bishop_1.jpg

There are some cracking roads in amongst that lot ..
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[stevo as b4]

Nice pics and not a bad route and selection of roads. 12+years ago when I had sports bikes, I used to ride from Redditch to Stratford, then through Shipston, Morton and to a nice cafe in Stow. I came home via Cheltenham, Tewkesbury and Worcester, or did the run in reverse sometimes.

Nice change from doing the usual Sunday run to Craven Arms etc.

[linuxyeti]

Hi Steve

Thanks, yeah, I enjoyed the ride out, bike was filthy by the time I got home, so gave it a quick wash, and thought I'd best put some acf-50 on. It was also nice to go on a ride, for the sake of going on a ride, not just to get to work, or do the shopping !!
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[arthurmo]

Back of the Malvern hills features a lovely little twisty section(poor mans alps)cafes and good pubs.
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[andyscooter]

Used to do droitwich to bridge north to wales/talgarth to Hereford to droitwich a fair bit
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[stevo as b4]

The road through little Rollrights up to Chipping Norton is quite hilly and sweeping too. And the road from Stow to Cheltenham A429 is quite interesting in parts. Trouble is there's some 50mph sections, and I don't recognise or believe in re-graded 50mph limits.