Coast to Coast 1-dayer: Achievement Unlocked!
Discussion
SixPotBelly said:
I see you mean about that detour! Respect for turning back north and rejoining your intended route.
I propose any PH out-and-back trip gets called The Savage Ride in your honour.
I think that is a most splendid bit of ego-pandering, and as such I wholeheartedly agree lolI propose any PH out-and-back trip gets called The Savage Ride in your honour.
Is the route marked clearly with those blue signs all the way across?
If so, excellent! Just a shame that so much cycle-route marking elsewhere is either unclear, obscured, or isn't really there at all.
I was thinking that I'd like a crack at this, but then I remembered - I've already done the coast to coast, there AND back in a day, on hired mountain bikes
Portreath to Devoran on the Cornish 'Mineral Tramway' Coast to Coast route... http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/mineral-t...
If so, excellent! Just a shame that so much cycle-route marking elsewhere is either unclear, obscured, or isn't really there at all.
I was thinking that I'd like a crack at this, but then I remembered - I've already done the coast to coast, there AND back in a day, on hired mountain bikes
Portreath to Devoran on the Cornish 'Mineral Tramway' Coast to Coast route... http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/mineral-t...
yellowjack said:
Is the route marked clearly with those blue signs all the way across?
If so, excellent! Just a shame that so much cycle-route marking elsewhere is either unclear, obscured, or isn't really there at all.
I was thinking that I'd like a crack at this, but then I remembered - I've already done the coast to coast, there AND back in a day, on hired mountain bikes
Portreath to Devoran on the Cornish 'Mineral Tramway' Coast to Coast route... http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/mineral-t...
Hahah, do that route 3/4 times a year, as parents live in Devoran, nice little routeIf so, excellent! Just a shame that so much cycle-route marking elsewhere is either unclear, obscured, or isn't really there at all.
I was thinking that I'd like a crack at this, but then I remembered - I've already done the coast to coast, there AND back in a day, on hired mountain bikes
Portreath to Devoran on the Cornish 'Mineral Tramway' Coast to Coast route... http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/mineral-t...
and you managed to complete BOTH miles?! :-D
The route is...MOSTLY signposted that clearly throughout.
Pointers:
Many of the waymarks are stickers on signposts - you do need to keep an eye out for them when approaching a junction, but you soon get used to it
A couple of the stickers are faded
A couple of the stickers have had the arrows torn off
Only at one junction, near gateshead, had all trace of route markings been removed by locals. A quick check of google maps, and I punted on turning right - sure enough, 100yds up the road, a blue signpost.
If you're unsure whether you've made the correct turn - look back. The route is marked both directions so you should see a pointer in the direction you've just come from. No pointer? You probably misread the sign.
Do have an idea of where the route goes in advance - a couple of signs say "Alternative route" - well how on earth do I know if I want the alternative or not? There are also two off-road sections - one at Whinlatter and one near Stanhope. They can both be bypassed on the road - but you need to know where on the route the off-road bit will spit you out.
Tip here: Where it says to go off into the forest at Whinlatter - stay on the road decent and follow the main cycle path into Keswick, it picks the route back up within about a mile. To bypass the offroad section at Stanhope - stick to the road and it's the next left, signposted as 17% incline...
The route is...MOSTLY signposted that clearly throughout.
Pointers:
Many of the waymarks are stickers on signposts - you do need to keep an eye out for them when approaching a junction, but you soon get used to it
A couple of the stickers are faded
A couple of the stickers have had the arrows torn off
Only at one junction, near gateshead, had all trace of route markings been removed by locals. A quick check of google maps, and I punted on turning right - sure enough, 100yds up the road, a blue signpost.
If you're unsure whether you've made the correct turn - look back. The route is marked both directions so you should see a pointer in the direction you've just come from. No pointer? You probably misread the sign.
Do have an idea of where the route goes in advance - a couple of signs say "Alternative route" - well how on earth do I know if I want the alternative or not? There are also two off-road sections - one at Whinlatter and one near Stanhope. They can both be bypassed on the road - but you need to know where on the route the off-road bit will spit you out.
Tip here: Where it says to go off into the forest at Whinlatter - stay on the road decent and follow the main cycle path into Keswick, it picks the route back up within about a mile. To bypass the offroad section at Stanhope - stick to the road and it's the next left, signposted as 17% incline...
keith2.2 said:
only messing!
Five miles between tea-rooms / pubs sounds intolerable - what is one to do once ones gin has run out and one still has a couple of miles to cover?!
Precisely! Hydration during exercise is vitally important. Which is why I'd never tackle the schlep from Padstow to Bodmin unless I was sure there was a barrel of Brains SA on at Bodmin Jail, to fuel the ride back Five miles between tea-rooms / pubs sounds intolerable - what is one to do once ones gin has run out and one still has a couple of miles to cover?!
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