Thanks for all the suggestions, theyve pretty much all gone in the mixing pot.
I think we are going to try a few bits and bobs before coming up with a firmer idea of a route in Spring
He's already raised the idea of fancy dress!!!! One step at a time! He's quite keen on the distance aspect of the challenge - something I can wholeheartedly appreciate being someone who usually finds what's sensible and then pushes the envelope in some direction.
Thats certainly on the list, or certainly canals are. It ticks a few boxes, but i just dont like canal towpaths for some reason!.
For some reason that one had escaped me. I have a friend who has walked it and told me about it as a decent starter for multi day distance walking and id just mentally written it off as a walking route. At 50 miles it certainly hits the spot as a possible for a 2 day there and back. I need to look into it more!
If we dont ride it, i might walk it and its a part of the country I have rarely visited and have always wanted to do more!
I am very proud and very keen to maintain the interest before he forgets about it.
He is very keen on nature and the outdoors.
I am itching for him to get strong enough to do some of the big ticket routes and rides - King Alfreds Way, Cantii Way, Rebellion Way, West Kernow and so on. Its just a bit of a pain we in the Northwest are in a bit of a desert of such routes.
Having kids has curtailed my cycling and i havent done a hundred miler for a few years now... Still knocking out approaching 200 miles a week on average!
I wasnt aware of that, I'm trying to avoid laps for this ride, but Keilder is certainly on the mini-camp / mini break list - this may have pushed it up the list!
Its very much very open as to how we do it. We also have a 4 year old (who will then be 5) who wont be able to manage anything anything approaching the needed distances and at that point she'll probably be over the limit for the Hamax seat (she might be now) and i dont think she'll have the staying power for a tag along. Mrs B has said she could either stay home and look after Small or provide a support vehicle meeting up at campsites or hotels. Nanna's have a campervan and cycle so they might want to come along (but they are looking at changing the camper to a caravan and big ebikes to folders) so that would perhaps impact on terrain.
Ive been looking at a couple of the C2C promoted routes too.
Transpennine, Coast to Coast and Hadrians are all on the consideration lists. We Holiday near to Brampton often see Hadrians Cycleway that and walking the walking route is on the list / bucket list.
