Where to go next

[Simon_m]

I guess this is a common thread with lots of you. I'm thinking of doing something adventurous again in 3-4-5 years time. I know its a long way off, but as it is freezing out, we are still in January and I'm still trying to burn off the excesses of Christmas, I thought I'd spice up my boring day with this question. Where to go next?! (Watching Bike channel and longing to be back on the road)

OK, so I've cycled across America which was a great adventure, but I think 3months is too long for the next trip. I've done the length of France, which was amazing, over 3weeks. Both of these were van supported and I'd like the next one to be as well. I like the sun and not the cold. Do I just have a base camp and go out exploring each day in different directions, or do a trip like the coast to coast. It would have to be a challenge - I think. The length of Italy or at least a tour around parts of it.

https://www.adventurecycling.org/ro...ycling-route-network/interactive-network-map/

So, ideas?

 

[MichaelW2]

Van support may be convenient but hardly an adventure. Solo, self supported bike tours can be an adventure wherever you go.

 

[Simon_m]

Van support may be convenient but hardly an adventure. Solo, self supported bike tours can be an adventure wherever you go.

I dont know, cycling across the plains of Kansas, over the Rockies, seeing buffalo and bears, then in France going up and over the Central Massif on the route I designed, up Ventoux and around the Ardeche in blistering heat days after Le Tour has passed through is pretty adventurous. I don't do self contained, I find it pointless and I leave it up to other people. So, not really a helpful comment on OP.

 

[psmiffy]

Van support may be convenient but hardly an adventure. Solo, self supported bike tours can be an adventure wherever you go.

I dont know, cycling across the plains of Kansas, over the Rockies, seeing buffalo and bears, then in France going up and over the Central Massif on the route I designed, up Ventoux and around the Ardeche in blistering heat days after Le Tour has passed through is pretty adventurous. I don't do self contained, I find it pointless and I leave it up to other people. So, not really a helpful comment on OP.

Agree not very helpful to the OP - But its a valid comment - Us "proper" tourers don't really regard "supported" as touring - supported is just a loada day rides one after another

 

[Simon_m]

Agree not very helpful to the OP - But its a valid comment - Us "proper" tourers don't really regard "supported" as touring - supported is just a loada day rides one after another

If I had wanted a discussion on which is better or proper, I would have started a thread with that title and question. As it is... I guess this is just pointless and a waste of time asking serious questions on this particular forum

 

[psmiffy]

There is another thing - most of us proper tourists have got some idea where we would like to go

not sure how any of the following would fit in with the consecutive day rides thing but here are a few suggestions

So in the spirit of constructive posting please find following


France - Brittany

Ferry to Caen - Angers - Nantes - Pornic - St Nazaire - Rennes - St Malo – Ferry Portsmouth -1248km

France – Le Havre to Bilbao

Ferry to Le Havre - Paris - Montargis - Orleans -Nevers - Moulins- Lyon- Valence-Avignon- Montepelier - Narbonne -Toulouse - Bordeax-Saintes-La Rochelle-Royan - Arcachon- Bayonne-San Sebastian-Bilbao- Ferry to Plymouth -3550km

France-Dordogne Ferry to Caen

Le Mans-Tours-Chateauroux - Monelucon - Clermont Ferrand - Bort St Orgues - Rocamadour- Domme- Bergerac-Bordeaux - La Rochelle - St Jean de Mints - Nantes-Lorient-St Malo – Ferry to Portsmouth -2104km

France - Dieppe to Roscoff via the Alps

Ferry to Dieppe - Bervais - Meaux - Troyes - Digon - Arbois - Nyon (Lac Lema) - Cou (1117m)- Evires (810m) - Annecy - Albertville - Meriallet (1619m) - Rosemund (1968m) - Bourg St Maurice - Val de Isere - Isere (2770m) - Madelaine (1720m) - Lanselvillard - Cenis (2089m) - Cesana (I) - Montgeneve (1845m)- Entenards - Cayolle (2326m) - Nice - Port Grimaud - Toulose - Marseilles -Gineste (327m) - Istres - Aigue Mortes - Montepeliar - St Martin De Londres - Meyrueis - Aurilliac - Rocamadour - Perigueux - Angouloume - Saintes - Niort - Les Sables d'Olonne - Nante - Lorient - Tregunc - Roscoff - Ferry to Porstmouth -3513km

Como (I) to Palafrugral (ESP) –

Eurobike Express to Como -Arona (Maggiore)- Ivrea - Aosta - Morgex - Petite St Bernard (2188m) Borg St Maurice - Albertville - Glandon (1924m) - Grenoble - Pont en Royans - Tournan - Lamastre - Auebenas -Ardeche - Pont St Espirit - Pont Gard -Nimes - Montepelier -Beziers - Perpignan - Palafrugral (ESP) – Eurobike Express to home - 1430km

New Zealand

Air New Zealand via LA to Auckland - Wellington - Picton - Blenheim - Cristchurch - Invergargill - Queenstown - Haast-Lyell-Greymouth- Lake Arnaud - Nelson -Wellington –Fly to Auckland - Air New Zealand via LA to LHR - 2500km

Corsica

Eurobike Express to Aix En Provence - Marsailles – Ferry to Basta - Calvi -Porto - Ajaccio - Bonifacio - Ateria - Corte - Basta – Ferry to Marseilles - Aix En Provence -989.5

France- Calais to Frejus

Channel Ferry to Calais - Arras - Charevill Mezieres - Montmedy - Luxembourg - Thionville - Metz - Nancy - Epinal - Bassas (731m) - Mulhouse - Basle - Bern - Mosses (1445m) - Aigle - Martigny - Forclaz (1271m) - Montets (1461m) - Chamonix - St Gervais Les Baines - ND Bellacombe - Saisies (1650m) - Meriallet (1619m) - Rosemund (1968m) - Bourg St Maurice - Val de Isere - Isere (2770m) -Lanstebourg - St Michael De Maurienne - Telegraphe (1516m) - Valloire - Galibere (2646m) - Lautaret (2058m) - Briancon - Embrun - St Vincent - St Jean (1333m) - Maure (1346m) - Labouret (1240m) - Digne les Baines - Leques (1148m) - Castellane - Luens (1054m) - Valferriere (1169m) - Fayence - Frejus – Eurobike Express to Home - 2008km

France Pyrenees

Ferry to St Malo - Pontivy - Clorhars - Lorient - Vannes - St Nazaire - Croix DeVie - La Rochelle - Rochefort - Royan - Locarneu Ocean - Cap Ferrat - Pyla - Biscarrosse - St Paul Les Dax - Putoo - Pau - Lourdes - Argeles Gazost - Tormelet (2115m) - (Aspin 1487m) - Arreu - Borderes Louron - Peysourde (1569m) - Bagneres De Luchon (chicken out of going into Andorra) - Ares (569m) - Buret (599m) - Aspet(1069m) -St Girons - Rille (938m) - Crouzette(1241m) - Peguere(1375m) - Jouels (1247m) - Marrous (990m) - Foix - Lavelanel - Babourade (655m) - Portel (655m) - Quillan - Perpignan - Beziers - Montpeliar – Eurobike Express to Home - 2036km

New Zealand - Part 1

Car to Haruru (Bay of Islands)- Ompere - Dargville - Bryderwyn - Kaiwake -Wellsford - Helensville - Auckland -500km

New Zealand - Part 2

Auckland - Raglan - New Plymouth - Hawera - Wanganui - Bulls - Woodville - Hastings - Napier - Gisborne - Hicks Bay - Ohope - Tauranga - Paeora - Thames - Bus to Auckland - Achilles Tendon not good - Air New Zealand via LA to LHR. -2008km

France Normandy

Ferry to Caen – Cherbourg – St Malo - Ferry to Portsmouth-382km

France- Caen to Perpignan

Ferry to Caen - Gace - Orleans - St Benoit Sur Loire - St Sater (Sancerre) - Chevendon - Diogin - Paray - Macon -Borg En Bresse - Roche (???m) - Berthiand (780m) - Bellagarde s Valserine - Annecy - Grenoble - Laffrey - Bayard (1248m) - Gap - Barcelonnete - Allos (2247m) - St Andre Les Alps - La blache (???m) - Castellane - Aiguines -Vaumale (???m) - D'Ilore (964m) - Riez - Cadenet - Rognes - Salon Aix Provence - Arles - Palvras - Sete - Beziers - Nabonne - Perpignan – Eurobike Express to Home - 1917km

Venice to Montpelier Par Le Cote Venice

Eurobike Express to Venice to Venice (I) - Venice Lido - Chioggia - Ravenna - Rimini- Ancona - Pescara - La Aquila - Terni - Perugia - Florence - Pisa - La Spezia - Cinque Terre - Genoa - Savona - Monte Carlo - Nice (F) - Toulon - Gineste (327m) -Marseilles - Istres - Port St Lois - Aigues Mort - Montpelier – Eurobike Express to Home – 1887km

Santander to Malaga par Le Cote

Ferry to Santander (ESP) - Llanes -Gigon - Ferrol - Corunna - Finistere - Vigo - Porto (P) - Lisbon - Lagos - Faro - Seville (ESP)- Cadiz - Algeciras -Gibraltar - Mirabella - Malaga – Easyjet to LTN - 1472km

Norway - Bodo to Stavanger

Newcastle Ferry to Bergen -Train to Oslo - Train to Trondheim - Train to Bodo - Bodo - Ornes - Foray Askard - Jetvik - Nesna - Sandnessjoen -Trotta -Forvik -Horn - Bronnersund - Vennesund - Holm -Overhalle -Namos - Folofoss - Falk (Trondheim) -Orkhanger - Molde -Vestness - Stranda - Hellesylt - Stryn - Byrkjelo - Forde - Lavik - Knarvik - Bergen (miss ferry) - Jetvick - Siggvarvig - Howlan -Buavag - Stavanger.-Ferry to Newcastle -1946km

Northern Greece

Easyjet to Athens (Airport) - Markopoulo - Rafina - Marmari (Evia) - Styra - Velos - Chalkida - Strotylia - Lmni - Loutra - Agiocampos -Glifa - Lamia - Karditsa -Trikala - Kalampaka - Katara Pass (1705m) - Metsovo - Ioannina -Igoumenitsa - Parga - Preveza - Arta –Agrinio - Mesolongi - Riza - Patra - Corinth - Megara - Salamina - Athens - Vouliagmina - Lavrio - Athens (Airport) Easyjet to STN - 1472km

Croatia

Eastjet to Venice - Chioggia - Rimini - Ancona - Split (CRO) - Zadar - Pag - Prizna - Senj - Rijeka - Pula - Porenzo - Pirano - Isola (SLK) - Trieste (I) - Portograro - Venice Easyjet to LTN - 1558km

Greece -The Peloponnese

Easyjet to Athens (airport - train to Corinth) Corinth - Almyri - Epidvadros - Thermisa - Poros - Kranidi - Nafplio - Astros - Leonideo - Kosmas (1212m) - Skala - Gytheio - Areopoli - Kardamyli - Kalamata - Messini - Koroni - Methoni - Giolova - Pylos - Kyparissia - Pygros - Patra - Corinth - Train to Athens - Train to Airport - Easyjet to STN-1133km

Bened –Calais to Antwerp

Ferry to Calais - Calais - Ostende - Knokke Heist - Middleburg - Haamstede - Bruinisse -Steebergen - Antwerp - Train Lille/Calais - Ferry -382km

Denmark

Easyjet to Copenhagen (airport) - Kobe -Nykobing -Nakskov - Rudkobing - Isle of Aero - Sonderbourg - Tonder -Hojer - Skaebaek - Esbjerg - Ringkobing - Lemvig - Fjerritsly - Hirtshals - Skagen- Fredrickhaven - Hals - Hadsund - Grenaa - Ebeltoft - Havnebyen - Helsingor - Copenhagen Easyjet to GTW-1520km

France- Orange to Montpelier via Bordeaux

Eurobike Express to Orange - Pont St Espirit - Ardeche - Vallon Pont D Arc - St Ambroix - Ceze - Bresragges - Le Pont de Monvert - Tarn - Les Vignes - St Satunine De Lenne - St Geniez De Olt - Lot - Capdenac Gare - Figeac - Rocadamour - Soulliac - Dordorgne - Branne - Bordeax - Garrone - Toulose - Canal du Midi - Narbonne - Beziers – Eurobike Express to Home -1224km

France-Brittany

Ferry to St Malo - Josselin - Vannes - Lorient - Quimper - Tregunac - Brest - Le Conquet - Plouguerneau - Roscoff - Paimpol - St Brieuc - St Malo – Ferry to Portsmouth - 1036km

Scandinavia

Easyjet to Stockholm – Ferry to Turku - Merikavia - Vassa Ferry to Umea - Umea - Harnosand - Sandviken - Stockholm – Easyjet to GTW - 1036km

Sardinia

BA to Olbia - Porto Servo -Santa Teresa - Castesardo - Porto Torres - Alghero - Bosa - Oristano - Calgliari - Arbatax - Siniscola - Olbia – BA to GTW - 1200km

BenedScan

Hoek to Stavanger – Ferry to Hoek-Haarlem - Den Helder – Harlingen - Weener (D), Wilhelmshaven –Bremerhaven – Gluckstadt - Brunnesbutel – Husum – Flensberg -Sonderborg (DK) - Faborg - Nyborg - Korsor - Fredrickssand - Helsingor - Helsinborg (S) - Halstadt - Varberg - Gothenberg - Stenungsund - Stomstad - Sandefjord (N) - Larvik - Kragero - Grimstad - Kristiansand - Stavanger –Ferry to Newcastle -2100km

France- Paris to Montpelier

Eurotunnel to Paris - Etampes -Chateuneuf S Loire - Gien - Nevers - Diogin - Lyon - Valence - Montelimar - Orange - Avignon - Aigues Mort - Serignan - Montepeliar –Eurobike Express to Home - 1124km

Europe

Northampton (GB) – Portsmouth – Ferry to St Malo (F) – Lorient – La Rochelle – Royan – Bordeax – Montpelier – Arles – Marsaillers – Nice – La Spezier (I) --Parma – Lake Como – Trento - Bruneck – Lienz (AUT) – Salzburg - Vissi Brodi (CZH) – Prague – Dreseden (D) – Magdeburg – Hamburg – Kiel – Sonderberg (DK) – Fredricksberg – Ferry to Gothenberg – Katrineholm – Stockholm – Ferry to Turku (FIN) – Helsinki – Ferry to Tallin (EST) – Parnu – Riga (LIT) – Kaunus (LAT) – Sulwalki (P) – Illwa - Bydgoszsz – Wilkowa - Frankfurt an der Oder (D) – Berlin – Potsdam – Wolfsberg – Hanover – Arnhem (NL) – Utrecht – Rotterdam – Hoek – Ferry to Harwich 9705km

Hoek to Rheinfalls and Back

Dover – Ferry to Ostende – Dunkirk – Rotterdam – Dordrecht – Nijmegen - Koln – Koblenz – Manheim – Strasbourg – Basle – Mulhouse – Besancon - Chalon-sur-Saône – Lyon – Avignon - Montpellier – Toulouse – Bordeaux – Royan – La Rochelle – Nantes – Rennes – Granville – Train To Cherbourg – Ferry to Poole

 

[Tigerbiten]

Start Eurovelo 6 at the french coast and head east.
Stop either when out of time or out of land ......
One option is to head north somewhere before heading back west.
I've turned at Linz aiming for the Elbe and at the Black Sea aiming for the Baltic.
The short option is around 2,000 miles and the long one 6,000 .......

 

[jags]

There is another thing - most of us proper tourists have got some idea where we would like to go

not sure how any of the following would fit in with the consecutive day rides thing but here are a few suggestions

So in the spirit of constructive posting please find following


France - Brittany

Ferry to Caen - Angers - Nantes - Pornic - St Nazaire - Rennes - St Malo – Ferry Portsmouth -1248km

France – Le Havre to Bilbao

Ferry to Le Havre - Paris - Montargis - Orleans -Nevers - Moulins- Lyon- Valence-Avignon- Montepelier - Narbonne -Toulouse - Bordeax-Saintes-La Rochelle-Royan - Arcachon- Bayonne-San Sebastian-Bilbao- Ferry to Plymouth -3550km

France-Dordogne Ferry to Caen

Le Mans-Tours-Chateauroux - Monelucon - Clermont Ferrand - Bort St Orgues - Rocamadour- Domme- Bergerac-Bordeaux - La Rochelle - St Jean de Mints - Nantes-Lorient-St Malo – Ferry to Portsmouth -2104km

France - Dieppe to Roscoff via the Alps

Ferry to Dieppe - Bervais - Meaux - Troyes - Digon - Arbois - Nyon (Lac Lema) - Cou (1117m)- Evires (810m) - Annecy - Albertville - Meriallet (1619m) - Rosemund (1968m) - Bourg St Maurice - Val de Isere - Isere (2770m) - Madelaine (1720m) - Lanselvillard - Cenis (2089m) - Cesana (I) - Montgeneve (1845m)- Entenards - Cayolle (2326m) - Nice - Port Grimaud - Toulose - Marseilles -Gineste (327m) - Istres - Aigue Mortes - Montepeliar - St Martin De Londres - Meyrueis - Aurilliac - Rocamadour - Perigueux - Angouloume - Saintes - Niort - Les Sables d'Olonne - Nante - Lorient - Tregunc - Roscoff - Ferry to Porstmouth -3513km

Como (I) to Palafrugral (ESP) –

Eurobike Express to Como -Arona (Maggiore)- Ivrea - Aosta - Morgex - Petite St Bernard (2188m) Borg St Maurice - Albertville - Glandon (1924m) - Grenoble - Pont en Royans - Tournan - Lamastre - Auebenas -Ardeche - Pont St Espirit - Pont Gard -Nimes - Montepelier -Beziers - Perpignan - Palafrugral (ESP) – Eurobike Express to home - 1430km

New Zealand

Air New Zealand via LA to Auckland - Wellington - Picton - Blenheim - Cristchurch - Invergargill - Queenstown - Haast-Lyell-Greymouth- Lake Arnaud - Nelson -Wellington –Fly to Auckland - Air New Zealand via LA to LHR - 2500km

Corsica

Eurobike Express to Aix En Provence - Marsailles – Ferry to Basta - Calvi -Porto - Ajaccio - Bonifacio - Ateria - Corte - Basta – Ferry to Marseilles - Aix En Provence -989.5

France- Calais to Frejus

Channel Ferry to Calais - Arras - Charevill Mezieres - Montmedy - Luxembourg - Thionville - Metz - Nancy - Epinal - Bassas (731m) - Mulhouse - Basle - Bern - Mosses (1445m) - Aigle - Martigny - Forclaz (1271m) - Montets (1461m) - Chamonix - St Gervais Les Baines - ND Bellacombe - Saisies (1650m) - Meriallet (1619m) - Rosemund (1968m) - Bourg St Maurice - Val de Isere - Isere (2770m) -Lanstebourg - St Michael De Maurienne - Telegraphe (1516m) - Valloire - Galibere (2646m) - Lautaret (2058m) - Briancon - Embrun - St Vincent - St Jean (1333m) - Maure (1346m) - Labouret (1240m) - Digne les Baines - Leques (1148m) - Castellane - Luens (1054m) - Valferriere (1169m) - Fayence - Frejus – Eurobike Express to Home - 2008km

France Pyrenees

Ferry to St Malo - Pontivy - Clorhars - Lorient - Vannes - St Nazaire - Croix DeVie - La Rochelle - Rochefort - Royan - Locarneu Ocean - Cap Ferrat - Pyla - Biscarrosse - St Paul Les Dax - Putoo - Pau - Lourdes - Argeles Gazost - Tormelet (2115m) - (Aspin 1487m) - Arreu - Borderes Louron - Peysourde (1569m) - Bagneres De Luchon (chicken out of going into Andorra) - Ares (569m) - Buret (599m) - Aspet(1069m) -St Girons - Rille (938m) - Crouzette(1241m) - Peguere(1375m) - Jouels (1247m) - Marrous (990m) - Foix - Lavelanel - Babourade (655m) - Portel (655m) - Quillan - Perpignan - Beziers - Montpeliar – Eurobike Express to Home - 2036km

New Zealand - Part 1

Car to Haruru (Bay of Islands)- Ompere - Dargville - Bryderwyn - Kaiwake -Wellsford - Helensville - Auckland -500km

New Zealand - Part 2

Auckland - Raglan - New Plymouth - Hawera - Wanganui - Bulls - Woodville - Hastings - Napier - Gisborne - Hicks Bay - Ohope - Tauranga - Paeora - Thames - Bus to Auckland - Achilles Tendon not good - Air New Zealand via LA to LHR. -2008km

France Normandy

Ferry to Caen – Cherbourg – St Malo - Ferry to Portsmouth-382km

France- Caen to Perpignan

Ferry to Caen - Gace - Orleans - St Benoit Sur Loire - St Sater (Sancerre) - Chevendon - Diogin - Paray - Macon -Borg En Bresse - Roche (???m) - Berthiand (780m) - Bellagarde s Valserine - Annecy - Grenoble - Laffrey - Bayard (1248m) - Gap - Barcelonnete - Allos (2247m) - St Andre Les Alps - La blache (???m) - Castellane - Aiguines -Vaumale (???m) - D'Ilore (964m) - Riez - Cadenet - Rognes - Salon Aix Provence - Arles - Palvras - Sete - Beziers - Nabonne - Perpignan – Eurobike Express to Home - 1917km

Venice to Montpelier Par Le Cote Venice

Eurobike Express to Venice to Venice (I) - Venice Lido - Chioggia - Ravenna - Rimini- Ancona - Pescara - La Aquila - Terni - Perugia - Florence - Pisa - La Spezia - Cinque Terre - Genoa - Savona - Monte Carlo - Nice (F) - Toulon - Gineste (327m) -Marseilles - Istres - Port St Lois - Aigues Mort - Montpelier – Eurobike Express to Home – 1887km

Santander to Malaga par Le Cote

Ferry to Santander (ESP) - Llanes -Gigon - Ferrol - Corunna - Finistere - Vigo - Porto (P) - Lisbon - Lagos - Faro - Seville (ESP)- Cadiz - Algeciras -Gibraltar - Mirabella - Malaga – Easyjet to LTN - 1472km

Norway - Bodo to Stavanger

Newcastle Ferry to Bergen -Train to Oslo - Train to Trondheim - Train to Bodo - Bodo - Ornes - Foray Askard - Jetvik - Nesna - Sandnessjoen -Trotta -Forvik -Horn - Bronnersund - Vennesund - Holm -Overhalle -Namos - Folofoss - Falk (Trondheim) -Orkhanger - Molde -Vestness - Stranda - Hellesylt - Stryn - Byrkjelo - Forde - Lavik - Knarvik - Bergen (miss ferry) - Jetvick - Siggvarvig - Howlan -Buavag - Stavanger.-Ferry to Newcastle -1946km

Northern Greece

Easyjet to Athens (Airport) - Markopoulo - Rafina - Marmari (Evia) - Styra - Velos - Chalkida - Strotylia - Lmni - Loutra - Agiocampos -Glifa - Lamia - Karditsa -Trikala - Kalampaka - Katara Pass (1705m) - Metsovo - Ioannina -Igoumenitsa - Parga - Preveza - Arta –Agrinio - Mesolongi - Riza - Patra - Corinth - Megara - Salamina - Athens - Vouliagmina - Lavrio - Athens (Airport) Easyjet to STN - 1472km

Croatia

Eastjet to Venice - Chioggia - Rimini - Ancona - Split (CRO) - Zadar - Pag - Prizna - Senj - Rijeka - Pula - Porenzo - Pirano - Isola (SLK) - Trieste (I) - Portograro - Venice Easyjet to LTN - 1558km

Greece -The Peloponnese

Easyjet to Athens (airport - train to Corinth) Corinth - Almyri - Epidvadros - Thermisa - Poros - Kranidi - Nafplio - Astros - Leonideo - Kosmas (1212m) - Skala - Gytheio - Areopoli - Kardamyli - Kalamata - Messini - Koroni - Methoni - Giolova - Pylos - Kyparissia - Pygros - Patra - Corinth - Train to Athens - Train to Airport - Easyjet to STN-1133km

Bened –Calais to Antwerp

Ferry to Calais - Calais - Ostende - Knokke Heist - Middleburg - Haamstede - Bruinisse -Steebergen - Antwerp - Train Lille/Calais - Ferry -382km

Denmark

Easyjet to Copenhagen (airport) - Kobe -Nykobing -Nakskov - Rudkobing - Isle of Aero - Sonderbourg - Tonder -Hojer - Skaebaek - Esbjerg - Ringkobing - Lemvig - Fjerritsly - Hirtshals - Skagen- Fredrickhaven - Hals - Hadsund - Grenaa - Ebeltoft - Havnebyen - Helsingor - Copenhagen Easyjet to GTW-1520km

France- Orange to Montpelier via Bordeaux

Eurobike Express to Orange - Pont St Espirit - Ardeche - Vallon Pont D Arc - St Ambroix - Ceze - Bresragges - Le Pont de Monvert - Tarn - Les Vignes - St Satunine De Lenne - St Geniez De Olt - Lot - Capdenac Gare - Figeac - Rocadamour - Soulliac - Dordorgne - Branne - Bordeax - Garrone - Toulose - Canal du Midi - Narbonne - Beziers – Eurobike Express to Home -1224km

France-Brittany

Ferry to St Malo - Josselin - Vannes - Lorient - Quimper - Tregunac - Brest - Le Conquet - Plouguerneau - Roscoff - Paimpol - St Brieuc - St Malo – Ferry to Portsmouth - 1036km

Scandinavia

Easyjet to Stockholm – Ferry to Turku - Merikavia - Vassa Ferry to Umea - Umea - Harnosand - Sandviken - Stockholm – Easyjet to GTW - 1036km

Sardinia

BA to Olbia - Porto Servo -Santa Teresa - Castesardo - Porto Torres - Alghero - Bosa - Oristano - Calgliari - Arbatax - Siniscola - Olbia – BA to GTW - 1200km

BenedScan

Hoek to Stavanger – Ferry to Hoek-Haarlem - Den Helder – Harlingen - Weener (D), Wilhelmshaven –Bremerhaven – Gluckstadt - Brunnesbutel – Husum – Flensberg -Sonderborg (DK) - Faborg - Nyborg - Korsor - Fredrickssand - Helsingor - Helsinborg (S) - Halstadt - Varberg - Gothenberg - Stenungsund - Stomstad - Sandefjord (N) - Larvik - Kragero - Grimstad - Kristiansand - Stavanger –Ferry to Newcastle -2100km

France- Paris to Montpelier

Eurotunnel to Paris - Etampes -Chateuneuf S Loire - Gien - Nevers - Diogin - Lyon - Valence - Montelimar - Orange - Avignon - Aigues Mort - Serignan - Montepeliar –Eurobike Express to Home - 1124km

Europe

Northampton (GB) – Portsmouth – Ferry to St Malo (F) – Lorient – La Rochelle – Royan – Bordeax – Montpelier – Arles – Marsaillers – Nice – La Spezier (I) --Parma – Lake Como – Trento - Bruneck – Lienz (AUT) – Salzburg - Vissi Brodi (CZH) – Prague – Dreseden (D) – Magdeburg – Hamburg – Kiel – Sonderberg (DK) – Fredricksberg – Ferry to Gothenberg – Katrineholm – Stockholm – Ferry to Turku (FIN) – Helsinki – Ferry to Tallin (EST) – Parnu – Riga (LIT) – Kaunus (LAT) – Sulwalki (P) – Illwa - Bydgoszsz – Wilkowa - Frankfurt an der Oder (D) – Berlin – Potsdam – Wolfsberg – Hanover – Arnhem (NL) – Utrecht – Rotterdam – Hoek – Ferry to Harwich 9705km

Hoek to Rheinfalls and Back

Dover – Ferry to Ostende – Dunkirk – Rotterdam – Dordrecht – Nijmegen - Koln – Koblenz – Manheim – Strasbourg – Basle – Mulhouse – Besancon - Chalon-sur-Saône – Lyon – Avignon - Montpellier – Toulouse – Bordeaux – Royan – La Rochelle – Nantes – Rennes – Granville – Train To Cherbourg – Ferry to Poole

wow that's some reply ,so did you actually do all those tours .fantastic stuff.

 

[snorri]

As it is... I guess this is just pointless and a waste of time asking serious questions on this particular forum

I think you're being a bit harsh, you must surely accept your approach to cycle touring is highly unconventional and is bound to get varying reactions.

 

[steveindenmark]

Van support may be convenient but hardly an adventure. Solo, self supported bike tours can be an adventure wherever you go.

I have done lots of solo, unsupported cycling around europe. A couple of years agoI decided that I did not want to waste time getting to places I really wanted to cycle at. But I also wanted to stay out in the open, in nature.

So I bought myself a box trailer, which I use to store my bikes in during the winter. During the Spring and summer we use it for transporting the bikes and camping in it. We park up, load our gear on bikes and go touring for a few days.

Then we miss the boring bit and get to the next interesting bit to tour in.

It makes perfect sense and is just as much adventure as the usual cycle touring.

 

[Grant Fondo]

There is another thing - most of us proper tourists have got some idea where we would like to go

not sure how any of the following would fit in with the consecutive day rides thing but here are a few suggestions

So in the spirit of constructive posting please find following


France - Brittany

Ferry to Caen - Angers - Nantes - Pornic - St Nazaire - Rennes - St Malo – Ferry Portsmouth -1248km

France – Le Havre to Bilbao

Ferry to Le Havre - Paris - Montargis - Orleans -Nevers - Moulins- Lyon- Valence-Avignon- Montepelier - Narbonne -Toulouse - Bordeax-Saintes-La Rochelle-Royan - Arcachon- Bayonne-San Sebastian-Bilbao- Ferry to Plymouth -3550km

France-Dordogne Ferry to Caen

Le Mans-Tours-Chateauroux - Monelucon - Clermont Ferrand - Bort St Orgues - Rocamadour- Domme- Bergerac-Bordeaux - La Rochelle - St Jean de Mints - Nantes-Lorient-St Malo – Ferry to Portsmouth -2104km

France - Dieppe to Roscoff via the Alps

Ferry to Dieppe - Bervais - Meaux - Troyes - Digon - Arbois - Nyon (Lac Lema) - Cou (1117m)- Evires (810m) - Annecy - Albertville - Meriallet (1619m) - Rosemund (1968m) - Bourg St Maurice - Val de Isere - Isere (2770m) - Madelaine (1720m) - Lanselvillard - Cenis (2089m) - Cesana (I) - Montgeneve (1845m)- Entenards - Cayolle (2326m) - Nice - Port Grimaud - Toulose - Marseilles -Gineste (327m) - Istres - Aigue Mortes - Montepeliar - St Martin De Londres - Meyrueis - Aurilliac - Rocamadour - Perigueux - Angouloume - Saintes - Niort - Les Sables d'Olonne - Nante - Lorient - Tregunc - Roscoff - Ferry to Porstmouth -3513km

Como (I) to Palafrugral (ESP) –

Eurobike Express to Como -Arona (Maggiore)- Ivrea - Aosta - Morgex - Petite St Bernard (2188m) Borg St Maurice - Albertville - Glandon (1924m) - Grenoble - Pont en Royans - Tournan - Lamastre - Auebenas -Ardeche - Pont St Espirit - Pont Gard -Nimes - Montepelier -Beziers - Perpignan - Palafrugral (ESP) – Eurobike Express to home - 1430km

New Zealand

Air New Zealand via LA to Auckland - Wellington - Picton - Blenheim - Cristchurch - Invergargill - Queenstown - Haast-Lyell-Greymouth- Lake Arnaud - Nelson -Wellington –Fly to Auckland - Air New Zealand via LA to LHR - 2500km

Corsica

Eurobike Express to Aix En Provence - Marsailles – Ferry to Basta - Calvi -Porto - Ajaccio - Bonifacio - Ateria - Corte - Basta – Ferry to Marseilles - Aix En Provence -989.5

France- Calais to Frejus

Channel Ferry to Calais - Arras - Charevill Mezieres - Montmedy - Luxembourg - Thionville - Metz - Nancy - Epinal - Bassas (731m) - Mulhouse - Basle - Bern - Mosses (1445m) - Aigle - Martigny - Forclaz (1271m) - Montets (1461m) - Chamonix - St Gervais Les Baines - ND Bellacombe - Saisies (1650m) - Meriallet (1619m) - Rosemund (1968m) - Bourg St Maurice - Val de Isere - Isere (2770m) -Lanstebourg - St Michael De Maurienne - Telegraphe (1516m) - Valloire - Galibere (2646m) - Lautaret (2058m) - Briancon - Embrun - St Vincent - St Jean (1333m) - Maure (1346m) - Labouret (1240m) - Digne les Baines - Leques (1148m) - Castellane - Luens (1054m) - Valferriere (1169m) - Fayence - Frejus – Eurobike Express to Home - 2008km

France Pyrenees

Ferry to St Malo - Pontivy - Clorhars - Lorient - Vannes - St Nazaire - Croix DeVie - La Rochelle - Rochefort - Royan - Locarneu Ocean - Cap Ferrat - Pyla - Biscarrosse - St Paul Les Dax - Putoo - Pau - Lourdes - Argeles Gazost - Tormelet (2115m) - (Aspin 1487m) - Arreu - Borderes Louron - Peysourde (1569m) - Bagneres De Luchon (chicken out of going into Andorra) - Ares (569m) - Buret (599m) - Aspet(1069m) -St Girons - Rille (938m) - Crouzette(1241m) - Peguere(1375m) - Jouels (1247m) - Marrous (990m) - Foix - Lavelanel - Babourade (655m) - Portel (655m) - Quillan - Perpignan - Beziers - Montpeliar – Eurobike Express to Home - 2036km

New Zealand - Part 1

Car to Haruru (Bay of Islands)- Ompere - Dargville - Bryderwyn - Kaiwake -Wellsford - Helensville - Auckland -500km

New Zealand - Part 2

Auckland - Raglan - New Plymouth - Hawera - Wanganui - Bulls - Woodville - Hastings - Napier - Gisborne - Hicks Bay - Ohope - Tauranga - Paeora - Thames - Bus to Auckland - Achilles Tendon not good - Air New Zealand via LA to LHR. -2008km

France Normandy

Ferry to Caen – Cherbourg – St Malo - Ferry to Portsmouth-382km

France- Caen to Perpignan

Ferry to Caen - Gace - Orleans - St Benoit Sur Loire - St Sater (Sancerre) - Chevendon - Diogin - Paray - Macon -Borg En Bresse - Roche (???m) - Berthiand (780m) - Bellagarde s Valserine - Annecy - Grenoble - Laffrey - Bayard (1248m) - Gap - Barcelonnete - Allos (2247m) - St Andre Les Alps - La blache (???m) - Castellane - Aiguines -Vaumale (???m) - D'Ilore (964m) - Riez - Cadenet - Rognes - Salon Aix Provence - Arles - Palvras - Sete - Beziers - Nabonne - Perpignan – Eurobike Express to Home - 1917km

Venice to Montpelier Par Le Cote Venice

Eurobike Express to Venice to Venice (I) - Venice Lido - Chioggia - Ravenna - Rimini- Ancona - Pescara - La Aquila - Terni - Perugia - Florence - Pisa - La Spezia - Cinque Terre - Genoa - Savona - Monte Carlo - Nice (F) - Toulon - Gineste (327m) -Marseilles - Istres - Port St Lois - Aigues Mort - Montpelier – Eurobike Express to Home – 1887km

Santander to Malaga par Le Cote

Ferry to Santander (ESP) - Llanes -Gigon - Ferrol - Corunna - Finistere - Vigo - Porto (P) - Lisbon - Lagos - Faro - Seville (ESP)- Cadiz - Algeciras -Gibraltar - Mirabella - Malaga – Easyjet to LTN - 1472km

Norway - Bodo to Stavanger

Newcastle Ferry to Bergen -Train to Oslo - Train to Trondheim - Train to Bodo - Bodo - Ornes - Foray Askard - Jetvik - Nesna - Sandnessjoen -Trotta -Forvik -Horn - Bronnersund - Vennesund - Holm -Overhalle -Namos - Folofoss - Falk (Trondheim) -Orkhanger - Molde -Vestness - Stranda - Hellesylt - Stryn - Byrkjelo - Forde - Lavik - Knarvik - Bergen (miss ferry) - Jetvick - Siggvarvig - Howlan -Buavag - Stavanger.-Ferry to Newcastle -1946km

Northern Greece

Easyjet to Athens (Airport) - Markopoulo - Rafina - Marmari (Evia) - Styra - Velos - Chalkida - Strotylia - Lmni - Loutra - Agiocampos -Glifa - Lamia - Karditsa -Trikala - Kalampaka - Katara Pass (1705m) - Metsovo - Ioannina -Igoumenitsa - Parga - Preveza - Arta –Agrinio - Mesolongi - Riza - Patra - Corinth - Megara - Salamina - Athens - Vouliagmina - Lavrio - Athens (Airport) Easyjet to STN - 1472km

Croatia

Eastjet to Venice - Chioggia - Rimini - Ancona - Split (CRO) - Zadar - Pag - Prizna - Senj - Rijeka - Pula - Porenzo - Pirano - Isola (SLK) - Trieste (I) - Portograro - Venice Easyjet to LTN - 1558km

Greece -The Peloponnese

Easyjet to Athens (airport - train to Corinth) Corinth - Almyri - Epidvadros - Thermisa - Poros - Kranidi - Nafplio - Astros - Leonideo - Kosmas (1212m) - Skala - Gytheio - Areopoli - Kardamyli - Kalamata - Messini - Koroni - Methoni - Giolova - Pylos - Kyparissia - Pygros - Patra - Corinth - Train to Athens - Train to Airport - Easyjet to STN-1133km

Bened –Calais to Antwerp

Ferry to Calais - Calais - Ostende - Knokke Heist - Middleburg - Haamstede - Bruinisse -Steebergen - Antwerp - Train Lille/Calais - Ferry -382km

Denmark

Easyjet to Copenhagen (airport) - Kobe -Nykobing -Nakskov - Rudkobing - Isle of Aero - Sonderbourg - Tonder -Hojer - Skaebaek - Esbjerg - Ringkobing - Lemvig - Fjerritsly - Hirtshals - Skagen- Fredrickhaven - Hals - Hadsund - Grenaa - Ebeltoft - Havnebyen - Helsingor - Copenhagen Easyjet to GTW-1520km

France- Orange to Montpelier via Bordeaux

Eurobike Express to Orange - Pont St Espirit - Ardeche - Vallon Pont D Arc - St Ambroix - Ceze - Bresragges - Le Pont de Monvert - Tarn - Les Vignes - St Satunine De Lenne - St Geniez De Olt - Lot - Capdenac Gare - Figeac - Rocadamour - Soulliac - Dordorgne - Branne - Bordeax - Garrone - Toulose - Canal du Midi - Narbonne - Beziers – Eurobike Express to Home -1224km

France-Brittany

Ferry to St Malo - Josselin - Vannes - Lorient - Quimper - Tregunac - Brest - Le Conquet - Plouguerneau - Roscoff - Paimpol - St Brieuc - St Malo – Ferry to Portsmouth - 1036km

Scandinavia

Easyjet to Stockholm – Ferry to Turku - Merikavia - Vassa Ferry to Umea - Umea - Harnosand - Sandviken - Stockholm – Easyjet to GTW - 1036km

Sardinia

BA to Olbia - Porto Servo -Santa Teresa - Castesardo - Porto Torres - Alghero - Bosa - Oristano - Calgliari - Arbatax - Siniscola - Olbia – BA to GTW - 1200km

BenedScan

Hoek to Stavanger – Ferry to Hoek-Haarlem - Den Helder – Harlingen - Weener (D), Wilhelmshaven –Bremerhaven – Gluckstadt - Brunnesbutel – Husum – Flensberg -Sonderborg (DK) - Faborg - Nyborg - Korsor - Fredrickssand - Helsingor - Helsinborg (S) - Halstadt - Varberg - Gothenberg - Stenungsund - Stomstad - Sandefjord (N) - Larvik - Kragero - Grimstad - Kristiansand - Stavanger –Ferry to Newcastle -2100km

France- Paris to Montpelier

Eurotunnel to Paris - Etampes -Chateuneuf S Loire - Gien - Nevers - Diogin - Lyon - Valence - Montelimar - Orange - Avignon - Aigues Mort - Serignan - Montepeliar –Eurobike Express to Home - 1124km

Europe

Northampton (GB) – Portsmouth – Ferry to St Malo (F) – Lorient – La Rochelle – Royan – Bordeax – Montpelier – Arles – Marsaillers – Nice – La Spezier (I) --Parma – Lake Como – Trento - Bruneck – Lienz (AUT) – Salzburg - Vissi Brodi (CZH) – Prague – Dreseden (D) – Magdeburg – Hamburg – Kiel – Sonderberg (DK) – Fredricksberg – Ferry to Gothenberg – Katrineholm – Stockholm – Ferry to Turku (FIN) – Helsinki – Ferry to Tallin (EST) – Parnu – Riga (LIT) – Kaunus (LAT) – Sulwalki (P) – Illwa - Bydgoszsz – Wilkowa - Frankfurt an der Oder (D) – Berlin – Potsdam – Wolfsberg – Hanover – Arnhem (NL) – Utrecht – Rotterdam – Hoek – Ferry to Harwich 9705km

Hoek to Rheinfalls and Back

Dover – Ferry to Ostende – Dunkirk – Rotterdam – Dordrecht – Nijmegen - Koln – Koblenz – Manheim – Strasbourg – Basle – Mulhouse – Besancon - Chalon-sur-Saône – Lyon – Avignon - Montpellier – Toulouse – Bordeaux – Royan – La Rochelle – Nantes – Rennes – Granville – Train To Cherbourg – Ferry to Poole

You lazy poster..wheres the Cebu grand tour (Philippines?) C'mon!

 

[MarkF]

I dont know, cycling across the plains of Kansas, over the Rockies, seeing buffalo and bears, then in France going up and over the Central Massif on the route I designed, up Ventoux and around the Ardeche in blistering heat days after Le Tour has passed through is pretty adventurous. I don't do self contained, I find it pointless and I leave it up to other people. So, not really a helpful comment on OP.

But you said "It would have to be a challenge", tbh many people (myself included) wouldn't see any van supported trip as any challenge at all.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

But you said "It would have to be a challenge", tbh many people (myself included) wouldn't see any van supported trip as any challenge at all.

That's a bit narrow minded. So if the multi-day tour included various physically challenging rides, but included van support, you'd dismiss it as "easy"?

 

[MarkF]

That's a bit narrow minded. So if the multi-day tour included various physically challenging rides, but included van support, you'd dismiss it as "easy"?

Of course, you always have a "get out", and if you then fail you'll be picked up, so how can that not be "easy"?

When I start to read travel reports I always avoid "supported" ones, it's not being narrow minded, they just don't do anything to fire my imagination.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Of course, you always have a "get out", and if you then fail you'll be picked up, so how can that not be "easy"?

When I start to read travel reports I always avoid "supported" ones, it's not being narrow minded, they just don't do anything to fire my imagination.

It depends on how far you have to travel to do the rides. When I rode in the French Alps, Mont Ventoux and French side of the Pyrenees in September, I was grateful for the tour company's support, because travelling across the world to do a self-supported tour would have required more planning than I was willing to do. There was the chance my bicycle would get damaged in transit, and my unfamiliarity with Europe, to consider, so I was more than happy to pay a company to reduce a lot of that hassle for me, particularly since the rides themselves were very physically challenging.
I find your dismissive attitude towards any type of cycle touring not fitting your preconceived notion of what's interesting pretty disappointing.