That is some accumulation.
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That is some accumulation.
I have family down there being going for 35 years but cycling for the last 10
Can't you persuade them to move now?
alex_cycles
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I've still got ALL of the Devon/Cornwall 100 climbs to do some time.
alex_cycles
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Sounds like you need to plan a Route
Yeah I think that's multiple routes on a mini-break. Also got to finish South Wales.
Stick your bike on the train from Newquay to Par, 48 minutes, £6.80 for a return? That could help fill out around St Austell.
Alas, my coverage in that area is rather more skeletal.
I will look into that it will need to be an early train so I can get back to do family stuff.
Is that route from a lejogs trip ? Cycles now banned on the A30 from Chiverton cross (St Agnes turn ) to Carland Cross A39 turn
Yep, that was a 2021 LEJOG, and I was banned from the Zelah Bypass section, as the Chiverton-Carland works were just getting started. Of course, my understanding is that the A30 I used then is now effectively the cycle route
Yes lots of the old A30 are still used as roads to save building extra junctions but it has much lighter traffic than it used to have on itYep, that was a 2021 LEJOG, and I was banned from the Zelah Bypass section, as the Chiverton-Carland works were just getting started. Of course, my understanding is that the A30 I used then is now effectively the cycle route
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It's a route I know fairly well further east, where the A30 effectively is the old road to the A303. A bit busier given the distance from the A303 and local traffic, but still quite serviceable as a route.
Over various rides I've ridden the length of it from London to Honiton, and most of the old route beyond Honiton (not done Bodmin Moor or such).
The other end from Land's End
E.g. I used it for a near-200 km ride to London, fast, never too busy.
alex_cycles
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Another little excursion on the gravel bike to scoop up some of the tricky off-road tiles on my Western edge, near Charlbury. 500m of climb in 23 miles is quite lumpy for Oxfordshire 
As luck would have it, I have a dental appointment tomorrow first thing in Headington, which is quite close to a bunch of tiles I don't yet have, so I think I'll sling the bike in the car and grab some of them while I'm there. That one at Sandhills is currently limiting my square's southern boundary...
As luck would have it, I have a dental appointment tomorrow first thing in Headington, which is quite close to a bunch of tiles I don't yet have, so I think I'll sling the bike in the car and grab some of them while I'm there. That one at Sandhills is currently limiting my square's southern boundary...
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Another little excursion on the gravel bike to scoop up some of the tricky off-road tiles on my Western edge, near Charlbury. 500m of climb in 23 miles is quite lumpy for Oxfordshire
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As luck would have it, I have a dental appointment tomorrow first thing in Headington, which is quite close to a bunch of tiles I don't yet have, so I think I'll sling the bike in the car and grab some of them while I'm there. That one at Sandhills is currently limiting my square's southern boundary...
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Nice, yeah, that Northeastern end towards Chippy gets pretty lumpy.
For Sandhills, almost certainly easiest to to use the cycle path beside the A40. To the south you've got Shotover, which is itself a decent climb.
I'd probably be looking at heading to Wheatley and then coming back via Horspath, Cuddesdon Road and Butts Road probably?
alex_cycles
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Ta for that - I'll have a look at a possible route tonight
