The King John Way.
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DCLane
Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
The page for it is here - https://www.thekingjohnway.com/ and the RideWithGPS route links - off-road https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49354342 - and road only https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50321335
Not ridden the whole thing but know quite a lot of the area and have been on parts of the route. The unpaved bits will be mostly canal paths - the section to Grantham I've done on a road bike.
Not ridden the whole thing but know quite a lot of the area and have been on parts of the route. The unpaved bits will be mostly canal paths - the section to Grantham I've done on a road bike.
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Thanks for the links. Oh! Wait for the pun cowboys....
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
It is quite ironic to whine that the designer was "disappointed that Lincolnshire has so much to offer cyclists but is not represented with a major cycling route" and then use so much of NCN Routes 1, 12, 15, 64 and the National Byway, plus bits with comments like "check park opening times" and "local rules may say no cycling". I guess the NCN and NB aren't major ta them!
It all sounds a bit like crayon work that they've not actually surveyed. Is the whole thing more about advertising a youtube channel and a marmite-y tyre lever?
Maybe it's better than that and just presented badly.
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
Is there a section that follows King John's crossing of the Wash? If there is I'd avoid that bit. 
Although, boringly, if we did know John's actual route we'd probably find it to be perfectly safe now due to land drainage.
Although, boringly, if we did know John's actual route we'd probably find it to be perfectly safe now due to land drainage.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
- Location
- mostly Norfolk, sometimes Somerset
And somebody would have found the treasure!Is there a section that follows King John's crossing of the Wash? If there is I'd avoid that bit.
Although, boringly, if we did know John's actual route we'd probably find it to be perfectly safe now due to land drainage.
I reckon it's under Cross Keys Bank now so will never be uncovered again. That's a cycleway along the old A17 after the A17 took over the former railway, so that doesn't protect it as such (Lincs CC basically seem to hate cycling infrastructure), but even if government was to widen the A17 (why? It's way below capacity), they'd widen onto the flat land to its south instead of expensively dismantling an old bank and risking uncovering something surprising.
Shouldn't the King John Way visit his statue, erected in King's Lynn by some former council leaders who apparently felt inspired by the worst king ever 🤣 ? If it did, it would link up with the Rebellion Way, which links to the Wolf Way and Ickneild Way Cycle Trail, opening up a massive bikepacking trip across east and central-south England.
If you want to add a pilgrimage to Johnny's effigy at the entrance to an ugly modern shopping centre, head east from Holbeach on the B1515 and B1359, cross Sutton Bridge, then follow blue arrows along the former A17 ('orange' local cycle route) to King's Lynn!
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
Gwylan
Guru
- Location
- All at sea⛵
Is there a section that follows King John's crossing of the Wash? If there is I'd avoid that bit.
It's the bit that says you might need to dismount, path not clearly marked
