Cycle routes - how do you find yours?

[raleighnut]

Has it been extended? All of the Cloud Trail except a half mile north of the canal used to be NCN6 and it didn't go all the way to the city boundary, let alone the centre.

It goes all the way past the football ground* and finishes near the Railway station. It goes through urban areas with multiple road crossings but is still an off-road cycle only pathway. After the short towpath section it crosses the canal by the lock that has a keepers cottage next to it.

* Pride Park

 

[Saracenlad]

It would take up most of a pannier just to carry the maps if I used OS maps for touring, and that assumes I know in advance where I'm going, which I don't. For that reason I use a 4m to the inch road atlas.




Pages cut from an A4 road atlas and folded into four fit into my mapholder made from a Tupperware CD case which is showerproof as it is, water proof with the map in a sandwich bag, and covers about 20 miles at a time. The case holds enough pages for 2-3 days, with the rest of the atlas stowed in the pannier.

Presta. Read my reply. I don't take any maps, just my little Beeline.