Hi
I've been given the responsibility of finding a route from Greenwich/Woolwich to Dover, then Calais/Ypres
This will 20+ riders of all ages, most of whom have never cycled more than 20 miles in a day (plus a couple of of experienced tourers and a couple of hardened velo-commuters)
Luggage will be going in a van.
I'm looking for the easiest, flattest, no main roads, and ideally shortest route.
It looks like it's about 180 miles, so 60 miles a day for 3 days
(Can a novice do 60 miles a day three days in a row ????)
Has anyone got map sections they can send me ?
I'm thinking in terms of along the Thames to Gravesend, over to Rochester (is the tunnel cyclable ?), stopping for the night in the Sittingbourne/Faversham area, then next day onto Whistable and then Crab & Winkle to Canterbury and then over to Deal and down the coast and spend night two in Calais area.
Google maps seems to come up with a route that basically follows the M20.
Anyone done it ?
I've been given the responsibility of finding a route from Greenwich/Woolwich to Dover, then Calais/Ypres
This will 20+ riders of all ages, most of whom have never cycled more than 20 miles in a day (plus a couple of of experienced tourers and a couple of hardened velo-commuters)
Luggage will be going in a van.
I'm looking for the easiest, flattest, no main roads, and ideally shortest route.
It looks like it's about 180 miles, so 60 miles a day for 3 days
(Can a novice do 60 miles a day three days in a row ????)
Has anyone got map sections they can send me ?
I'm thinking in terms of along the Thames to Gravesend, over to Rochester (is the tunnel cyclable ?), stopping for the night in the Sittingbourne/Faversham area, then next day onto Whistable and then Crab & Winkle to Canterbury and then over to Deal and down the coast and spend night two in Calais area.
Google maps seems to come up with a route that basically follows the M20.
Anyone done it ?