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by Richard Fairhurst
26 Mar 2024, 4:05pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Cycle Travel Question
Replies: 1604
Views: 210848

Re: Cycle Travel Question

richardfm wrote: 25 Mar 2024, 6:39pm I just asked cycle.travel (using Edge on an Android phone) for a route from Lancaster to Grange-Over-Sands but it told me that it can't plot a route over the sea
Just to check - are you sure that you're selecting "Lancaster, Lancashire" from the autocomplete, and not "Lancaster, Pennsylvania"? cycle.travel might not know what country your IP address is in, and if it doesn't, it might put the American one at the top of the list.
by Richard Fairhurst
19 Mar 2024, 10:38am
Forum: Racing, Olympics, TdF, Competitive cycling
Topic: General racing chitchat
Replies: 55
Views: 33168

Re: General racing chitchat

Took the plunge last night and signed up for Discovery+.

I'm not greatly impressed at paying £6.99 a month and still getting very long advert breaks - GCN+ was cheaper and didn't have ads. That said, you can fast forward through them (on Apple TV at least), which makes them a bit pointless.

I wish they'd make more of an effort with their highlights "programmes". The Tour of Catalonia extended highlights were just the last hour of racing and some immediate post-finish wibbling. It'd be more interesting to have a few excerpts spliced together - and some post-race studio discussion in the bigger tours, though I suspect they don't do the Breakaway stuff for the lesser events.

The on-screen graphics were a bit lacking: no bottom-left identification of riders, just the time check in the top left. Suspect that's probably ASO's fault rather than Discovery's.

But it was a dramatic finish to the stage, the scenery was outstanding, and it's always entertaining to hear dear old Carlton Kirby again, even if he did manage to completely call the stage winner wrong.
by Richard Fairhurst
17 Mar 2024, 8:21am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Portsmouth - Le Havre
Replies: 4
Views: 273

Re: Portsmouth - Le Havre

It doesn’t take bikes or foot passengers sadly, I think to keep costs down at Le Havre.

There is a bus from Caen (town, not Ouistreham port) to Le Havre which takes bikes: https://www.lavelomaritime.com/porte-ve ... e-honfleur
by Richard Fairhurst
12 Mar 2024, 9:22am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: cycle.travel app
Replies: 14
Views: 629

Re: cycle.travel app

Here's the Android app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/deta ... el_android

As roubaixtuesday says, it doesn't do everything that the website does, but you can use it to either plan a simple route, or to follow a route that you've planned on the website (and it will honk at you when you go off-course). I've got a long list of features to add to both this and the iPhone app this year.
by Richard Fairhurst
9 Mar 2024, 1:04pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Cycle Travel Question
Replies: 1604
Views: 210848

Re: Cycle Travel Question

It's just that I haven't had time to add the marker functionality to the app yet! It'll be in the next release.
by Richard Fairhurst
8 Mar 2024, 4:56pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Filthy bridleway
Replies: 61
Views: 2736

Re: Filthy bridleway

Local Access Forum is a very good shout. Also your local authority's rights of way officer (who will be on, and probably coordinate, the Local Access Forum).

Sometimes you can get funding for surface upgrades from nearby developments through Section 106/Community Infrastructure Levy funds - our local council (Oxfordshire) is pretty good at this.
by Richard Fairhurst
8 Mar 2024, 12:25pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Cycle Travel Question
Replies: 1604
Views: 210848

Re: Cycle Travel Question

The "Night" option is for routes that are likely to be safer at night, which is mostly public roads and cycleways directly alongside them. It tries not to choose routes across parks and towpaths, for example. It's mostly geared towards city cycling rather than rural.
by Richard Fairhurst
8 Mar 2024, 11:49am
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Cycle Travel Question
Replies: 1604
Views: 210848

Re: Cycle Travel Question

Well spotted! Now live. :D
by Richard Fairhurst
6 Mar 2024, 6:22pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?
Replies: 30
Views: 1977

Re: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?

gbnz wrote: 6 Mar 2024, 3:58pm
Vorpal wrote: 6 Mar 2024, 10:41am
Romans & Victorians immediately recognised the contours of the local landscape and were able to engineer an appropriate route.
Oh I recognise that the Romans & Victorians were able to recognise the contours of the local landscape, as I had even as a 13yr old. Was merely bemused that the modern day "cycle route" planner, didn't appear to have the ability to follow an obvious route

Little or no engineering of any era on the routes & wasn't even as if the restrictions on modern day paths, tracks or roads being constructed, would have been a restraining factor. All the roads required for an obvious route existed, even the Roman road now being tarmac
It would help if you actually said where you were talking about!
by Richard Fairhurst
6 Mar 2024, 9:21am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?
Replies: 30
Views: 1977

Re: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?

Yes, I think most routers apply a small time penalty for traffic lights.
by Richard Fairhurst
2 Mar 2024, 8:46pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?
Replies: 30
Views: 1977

Re: Routing online or via "knowledge" ?

People have different tastes. Some will happily trade more motor traffic for less climbing. Others (including me) would prefer a bit of climbing if it means fewer cars.

Generally, signposted routes will lean towards the "fewer cars" end of the spectrum, and the valley roads have more cars. But if you don't like them you don't have to follow them.
by Richard Fairhurst
28 Feb 2024, 6:48pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: London underground/tube to transfer between kings cross and paddington with a loaded unfolded bike?
Replies: 25
Views: 1419

Re: London underground/tube to transfer between kings cross and paddington with a loaded unfolded bike?

I really like the ride between Kings Cross and Paddington - if you follow the official cycle route (used to be London Cycle Network 0, now C27 apparently) it's both safe and interesting. That's the way cycle.travel will send you by default. Don't, whatever you do, ride the Euston Road!
by Richard Fairhurst
23 Feb 2024, 11:35pm
Forum: Campaigning & Public Policy
Topic: Cycle track by HS2
Replies: 21
Views: 1545

Re: Cycle track by HS2

mjr wrote: 23 Feb 2024, 3:54pmMaybe I forget some?
This isn't a "forget" because it's not open yet, but there's a new cycleway - the Misbourne Greenway - being constructed beside the Chiltern line between Wendover and Great Missenden. Not long (four miles?) but it will cut out a nasty bit of A road. It's partly funded by HS2, too.
by Richard Fairhurst
12 Feb 2024, 4:06pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Cycling using trains (in UK and EU)
Replies: 588
Views: 61755

Re: Cycling using trains (in UK and EU)

I think LNER also removed some of the carriage-end windowless seats (which unsurprisingly aren’t very popular) to provide space for suitcases.
by Richard Fairhurst
12 Feb 2024, 4:04pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Cycle Travel Question
Replies: 1604
Views: 210848

Re: Cycle Travel Question

Yep, routing and place search is all done on a server rather then on your phone. That means it can be (in theory!) faster and smarter but does mean you need an internet connection I’m afraid.