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Freddyfruitba... World Chat Champion
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Posted: 19:55 - 08 Mar 2018 Post subject: Route from Northwest to Folkestone, no motorways? |
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I'll be heading for the Channel Tunnel with the bike in a few weeks for the first time (well, if it ever stops snowing) and am doing a bit of advance planning...
As my crossing is at stupid o'clock I'm going to overnight at Ashford. I can therefore make a leisurely day of it getting down there from the Northwest (south of Manchester) the day before, and would like to make it a decent ride rather than a boring motorway slog as far as that's possible. I don't know the south at all well - has anyone got any decent suggestions for routes south of the midlands? Or am I stuck with M1 or M40 - M25 (please God nooo...) - M20?
(Just for fun I stuck it into Google Maps with the "no highways" option ticked - it just took me via the A1 from south of Peterborough (so may as well be motorway), smack through the middle of London! Maybe not) ____________________ KC100->CB100N->CB250RS--------->DL650AL2->R1200RS->R1250RS |
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pepperami Super Spammer
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Posted: 21:26 - 08 Mar 2018 Post subject: |
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Possibly A1 - A14 - A12 - a little bit of M25 through across the QE2 bridge and once you’re into Kent the choice is yours ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now! |
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Posted: 22:42 - 08 Mar 2018 Post subject: |
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You could probably adapt this route. The last bit is motorway but you could avoid those. It's one I have planned for later in the year.
https://www.google.com/maps/dir/53.2558,-0.92084/53.2232,-0.93355/53.1736,-0.99078/53.1205,-0.99266/53.0916,-0.97221/53.0686,-0.96263/52.9751,-0.97056/52.8091,-0.93942/52.6481,-0.90465/52.4331,-0.8359/52.3421,-0.6517/52.2656,-0.57665/52.1111,-0.12831/52.0578,0.02852/51.4866,0.27418/51.3519,0.27416/51.1579,0.87016/51.1628,0.87041/@52.2012226,-1.2010087,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m4!4m3!2m1!1b1!3e0?hl=en ____________________ Yamaha FJR 1300 Normanton West Yorkshire |
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G The Voice of Reason
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Posted: 22:46 - 08 Mar 2018 Post subject: Re: Route from Northwest to Folkestone, no motorways? |
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Avoiding motorways to find 'good roads' - not a massive amount of choice I'm afraid. Definitely wouldn't go for the big roads over A-Roads just for the sake of it, unless it was a licence issue.
South East is particularly bad for it - the 30 and 40 limits have expanded with all the wealthy green-belt commuter villages and town.
Here's an idea for a portion of it - I've ridden all of it at various points.
None of it particularly great - but don't think you'll find much better either.
Th Reading -> Boxhill section was my normal route 'back in the day' for Sunday BCF meetups.
https://goo.gl/maps/CYzUiPgwvDn |
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I would do it something like This At some point you are going to have to suck up 25/m20. The Burton to Hinkley part is quite fun and A5 is a lot nicer to be on than the M1... Plus you can rejoin M1 very easily if you need to. Cat and fiddle into the peaks then south east out is worth it too imo!
Deffo a lot more options though. ____________________ Previous : 09 Vanvan 125| 02' Sv650s || Current: 1999 Xj600n | 1992 DR650 RSE | 2005 Fazer 1000 |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 6 years, 96 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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