Hi ,
Well I am Essex based, 46 years old, Married etc
i am trying to plan next spring/summers tour(s) and have been doing some basic investigations along these lines:
1) Strasbourg to the Hook of holland
2) Calais to the WW1 battlefields
3) Calais to Perignion or vice versa
These are just ideas at this point. I am not fit...which is why i am riding. I would be happy riding around 60-80km each day with a loaded tour bike assuming reasonable weather and no massive hills. I have a tent etc which i would carry on these tours as I'd need to keep the costs right down. I have time on my side at the moment (although that might change) and am not limited by employment holidays etc.
I will also be trying to do some shorter UK tours from home as well...not sure where....Norfolk was nice, I may do it again if the sun promises to shine!...or along the south coast is another option.
Wherever possible I am trying to minimise cost by camping and avoiding planes trains and automobiles etc.