Where are you touring this summer?

[toroddf]

Hi.

I have finally been able to map this summer's big tour. I am leaving on the 2. July.

The route is (see links below)

Day 1: 1 hours train to Ardrossan + 50 minutes ferry

http://www.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593746/

40 min ferry

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593792/

Day 2

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593880/

6 hours ferry

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593904/

Day 3

50 minutes ferry

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17579408/

Day 4

40 minutes ferry

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17579674/

Day 5

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17592942/

3 hours ferry

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593040/

Day 6

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593126/

Day 7

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593208/

Day 8.

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593246/

30 minutes ferry

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593290/

Day 9.

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593348/

(inluding a five minutes ferry)

Day 10.

http://beta.mapmyride.com/route/detail/17593468/

+ 8 miles from Erskine Bridge and home.

 

[Kirstie]

I finally get to reply to this thread because I've finally got my summer touring sorted - we're going to the midi-pyrenees ie Perpignan, Narbonne, Beziers, and then inland and up into the hills. Yay!

 

[rich p]

I finally get to reply to this thread because I've finally got my summer touring sorted - we're going to the midi-pyrenees ie Perpignan, Narbonne, Beziers, and then inland and up into the hills. Yay!

Excellent.

See you in Carcassonne

 

[Kirstie]

Excellent.

See you in Carcassonne

Ooh! When will you be there?

 

[rich p]

I'm not sure - it's a bit of a moveable feast. Probably about July 7th to 10th.

 

[Kirstie]

Ah - we'll be there in august - the only time my OH can go on hols because of his work commitments...

 

[Pottsy]

Got mine planned now!

Fly 27th April to Rome, bike in a box.

Cycle up to Tuscany, Sarteano for a wedding - 4 days with friends.

Then onward and upward (no detailed plan) towards central, northern Italy. Turn left , across to the Alps. Over the Alps (gulp) into France.

Bike Express bus back from Valence (near Grenoble) on 18th July.

3 weeks total, tent and stuff. Flexible plan. Any comments on places to visit appreciated.

Pottsy

 

[Anthony]

Got mine planned now!

Fly 27th April to Rome, bike in a box.

Cycle up to Tuscany, Sarteano for a wedding - 4 days with friends.

Then onward and upward (no detailed plan) towards central, northern Italy. Turn left , across to the Alps. Over the Alps (gulp) into France.

Bike Express bus back from Valence (near Grenoble) on 18th July.

3 weeks total, tent and stuff. Flexible plan. Any comments on places to visit appreciated.

Pottsy

I think you might have missed your flight!

 

[Pottsy]

I think you might have missed your flight!

Ha! Correct. Well actually I meant June (he says whilst double checking his booking just in case .

 

[Tedx]

2 weeks. Camino De Santiago Spain. Starting at Roncesvalles

 

[Arch]

Well, I've had mine - 800 miles in a loop from Le Havre to Confolens, then over to St Aiguillon sur Mer, and up to St Malo.

Boo. My holiday's all done.

Better start planning for next year....

 

[rich p]

Well, I've had mine - 800 miles in a loop from Le Havre to Confolens, then over to St Aiguillon sur Mer, and up to St Malo.

Boo. My holiday's all done.

Better start planning for next year....

Ah, but the memories sustain you for a while! I'm off bright and early on Thursday

 

[elduderino]

Only a little one for me this year. I just did 280 odd miles through the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. T'was a very hilly week indeed. I nearly coughed up a lung at the top of Hardknott Pass, 30% grade all the way

 

[Anthony]

Only a little one for me this year. I just did 280 odd miles through the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District. T'was a very hilly week indeed. I nearly coughed up a lung at the top of Hardknott Pass, 30% grade all the way

Nice! That's the steepest hill in England isn't it? Did you manage it without stopping?

 

[elduderino]

Nice! That's the steepest hill in England isn't it? Did you manage it without stopping?

I believe it is yeah. I would love to say I'd made it all the way without stopping...but it was near on impossible. I did cycle it all, but I stopped a couple of times to get my breath back.

I did Wrynose Pass and Harknott Pass in succession. On Wrynose Pass I had to take my bike for a walk on a couple of parts, it was 25% and seemed to go on forever. Whereas Hardknott was shorter but steeper.

http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l137/elduderino12/?action=view&current=P6180226.jpg

http://s95.photobucket.com/albums/l137/elduderino12/?action=view&current=P6180237.jpg

My mate who did it with me somehow did both without stopping. He's 17 years older than me too