Does anyone know if there is a rideable route between Chapel St Leonards and Ingoldmells, that doesn't involve a hikerbike through deep sand (the missus will be on her ebike or more to the point, i'll be carrying the 25kg ebike if its deep sand ) or getting on the A52...
Cycle.travel/map appears to show a perfectly acceptable cycle track, mainly labelled 'promenade' with only a small distance labelled 'unsurfaced rough track'; however photos on Geograph.org show a somewhat different reality (of deep sand) and he OS map would make me very suspicious as it is largely a public bridleway ... so no guarantee
at all about surfaces, even if the winds and the local authorities have cleared the so-called 'promenade' ...
If you are willing to simply cross the A52 and later travel along no more than 500m of it, you could take a pleasant-ish looking ride via the back lanes through Addlethorpe, then cut across on Rectory Lane towards the A52, which you then have ~500m on before crosssing again to Trunch Lane, another minor road, which then leads you onto other minor roads and into Chapel St Leonards. Almost twice as far in distance than the direct route, but if you want to avoid both the A52
and the 'promenade' entirely, I can't see any way of doing it that wouldn't involve a very, very long journey!
The 500m from Rectory Lane to Trunch Lane don't look particularly pleasant to say the least, but there's a bit of respite in a handy parking place, and the sight lines when crossing the A52 to Trunch Lane look decent enough.
Let's see if I can save the route and link it ...
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