Good roads in Devon???
Good roads in Devon???
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Monkeynut21

Original Poster:

67 posts

153 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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I'm off to Devon at the end of the week and would really appreciate a bit of local knowledge about some good roads to get out and about on.

Cheers

Andybow

1,177 posts

149 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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There’s quite few but holiday traffic knackered a lot of them, send me your email and I’ll doyou some routes, where are you staying

boyse7en

8,227 posts

196 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Loads of them. But Devon is a big county, so it depends where you are going to be as to which roads are accessible.

I know the North Devon/Exmoor/somerset roads, but don't know the Dartmoor/south Devon ones as well

black-k1

12,808 posts

260 months

Mr2Mike

20,143 posts

286 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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There ia a great bit of road between Torpoint (near plymouth) and Looe.

Monkeynut21

Original Poster:

67 posts

153 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Thanks for the help guys. We are staying in the north at a place called Contisbury.

Alzy

72 posts

181 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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I’d agree about the road from Torpoint to Looe. Haven’t ridden it personally but driven it quite a lot.

If you start from Plymouth you can take the ferry too.

jackthelad1984

845 posts

212 months

Tuesday 7th August 2018
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Take the a386 north out of plymouth, then either play around on the moors or carry on out past tavistock towards okehampton, over the a30 then left onto a3079 to do a bit of a triangle through to the a3072 and back to the a386. From there their are decent roads down towards launceston and back towards plymouth. Few decent spots on that route to stop for a brew or bite to eat.

SteelerSE

2,028 posts

187 months

Wednesday 8th August 2018
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I loved the A39 coming up from Cornwall to Padstow and then to Barnstaple. Lots of flowing fast stuff and near enough the coast for some good views if the traffic is heavy. We rode down to Padstow and parked up on the quay - it was great.