Bike Adventures run this as a 10/14 day holiday which may be useful for route planning and stop-over locations.
https://www.bikeadventures.co.uk/produc ... -10-days/?
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- 21 Apr 2022, 1:45pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Lowestoft -St David's
- Replies: 4
- Views: 347
- 5 Jun 2021, 12:44pm
- Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
- Topic: Just Turning Up at Campsites
- Replies: 41
- Views: 3685
Re: Just Turning Up at Campsites
I am setting off on Monday for a 3 week tour. I normally just turn up at campsites and usually not had a problem. This year I have decided to book most places in advance. Double checking one that I hadn’t book I discovered that they were not accepting tents, neither was the alternative site they recommended. So I think it is worth this year checking and booking in advance.
- 26 Apr 2021, 3:46pm
- Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
- Topic: Views on/experience of this tent
- Replies: 42
- Views: 4734
Re: Views on/experience of this tent
Andrew Park has an initial review of this tent on Youtube. He is impressed with the size of the porch and headroom seems OK. Not yet tested overnight.
- 31 May 2020, 5:51pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycle Travel Question
- Replies: 1604
- Views: 211080
Re: Cycle Travel Question
Deleting a folder. Open up the folder, delete each route and when empty you can then delete the folder.
- 13 May 2020, 7:18pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycle Travel Question
- Replies: 1604
- Views: 211080
Re: Cycle Travel Question
Hi Vantage - thanks for posting a solution. Just to clarify do you click on the elevation profile (mountain button) and then when you have the split screen showing then download the gpx prior to uploading it to the Etrex?
- 12 May 2020, 5:34pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycle Travel Question
- Replies: 1604
- Views: 211080
Re: Cycle Travel Question
I use CT gpx routes on an Etrex 30x. I get the Loading track message. After a while I usually get bored with it and click the backup button and it reverts to the map.
- 22 Jul 2019, 4:14pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Recommendations Needed for Iverness to Edinburgh Route
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2850
Re: Recommendations Needed for Iverness to Edinburgh Route
I have cycled south from Inverness to Edinburgh. The route I took was the Sustrans route via Aviemore, Pitlochry and Perth. I took 3 days with overnights in Aviemore and nth of Pitlochry. There is a section after Newtonmore which is a dedicated cycle path close to the A9 - the surface is on the whole pretty good. I don’t recall any issues with the route.....but it was a while ago.
As for gps, create your own using the excellent cycle.travel website....just follow the red dots on the map. Alternatively ridewithgps.com also has the route.
As for gps, create your own using the excellent cycle.travel website....just follow the red dots on the map. Alternatively ridewithgps.com also has the route.
- 30 May 2019, 3:08pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Cycling to Berlin via Holland
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1971
Re: Cycling to Berlin via Holland
Ride with GPS is the go to location for GPX files. Probably need to be registered with them to download the file, but here it is for reference:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29343802
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29343802
- 5 Mar 2019, 10:51am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Afsluitdijk cycle path closing on 1 April 2019
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1188
Afsluitdijk cycle path closing on 1 April 2019
Useful information for anybody touring in The Netherlands in the next few years.......text is from the website below
https://www.deafsluitdijk.nl/nieuws/
Strengthening the Afsluitdijk is a big job. Safety for road users and for the people who perform the work is paramount. In order to be able to safely carry out work on the Wadden Sea side, we close the cycle path between 1 April 2019 and 1 April 2022. This happens alternately between Den Oever-Breezanddijk and Den Oever-Kornwerderzand. We arrange replacement transport for pedestrians and cyclists.
Afsluitdijk cycle bus
Pedestrians and (hum) cyclists can make use of a bicycle bus free of charge during the conclusion of the bike path, in which we can also transport (hum) bicycles. The bus runs once per hour. About 15 bicycles and 25 people can be transported by bus.
Timetable
We will publish the timetable via this website before 1 April.
Location stops
At Den Oever, the Monument, Breezanddijk and Kornwerderzand there are stops. We will announce the exact locations of these stops before 1 April.
Disabled vehicles
Due to the dimensions it is not possible to transport closed, less-invalid vehicles (for example a Canta) in the bicycle bus. For disabled users of such a vehicle, we will look for a suitable solution on a case-by-case basis. You can contact Loket Afsluitdijk for this. We can take open disabled vehicles, the so-called mobility scooters, into the bicycle bus.
Why is the closure necessary?
The closure of the cycle path is necessary for the construction of additional drainage sluices, pumps and the renovation of the dams at Den Oever. But also for the safe installation of new upholstery over the entire dike and for the renovation of the spitting complexes and bicycle bridges. At the same time Windpark Fryslân is working on the wiring of a wind farm in the IJsselmeer near Breezanddijk. Here too it is necessary to close the bicycle path.
Definitive situation
After 1 April 2022 you can again use the existing bike path. There will also be a new bicycle and walking path along the Wadden Sea along the entire length of the Afsluitdijk. We will be laying this new path in the coming years.
Loket Afsluitdijk
Since 1 January 2019 there is a joint Loket Afsluitdijk for reports or questions about the Afsluitdijk. This Loket Afsluitdijk is an initiative of Rijkswaterstaat and the partnership De Nieuwe Afsluitdijk. Windpark Fryslân is also affiliated with this joint notification desk. The counter can be reached via the telephone number 0800-6040 and loket@deafsluitdijk.nl
https://www.deafsluitdijk.nl/nieuws/
Strengthening the Afsluitdijk is a big job. Safety for road users and for the people who perform the work is paramount. In order to be able to safely carry out work on the Wadden Sea side, we close the cycle path between 1 April 2019 and 1 April 2022. This happens alternately between Den Oever-Breezanddijk and Den Oever-Kornwerderzand. We arrange replacement transport for pedestrians and cyclists.
Afsluitdijk cycle bus
Pedestrians and (hum) cyclists can make use of a bicycle bus free of charge during the conclusion of the bike path, in which we can also transport (hum) bicycles. The bus runs once per hour. About 15 bicycles and 25 people can be transported by bus.
Timetable
We will publish the timetable via this website before 1 April.
Location stops
At Den Oever, the Monument, Breezanddijk and Kornwerderzand there are stops. We will announce the exact locations of these stops before 1 April.
Disabled vehicles
Due to the dimensions it is not possible to transport closed, less-invalid vehicles (for example a Canta) in the bicycle bus. For disabled users of such a vehicle, we will look for a suitable solution on a case-by-case basis. You can contact Loket Afsluitdijk for this. We can take open disabled vehicles, the so-called mobility scooters, into the bicycle bus.
Why is the closure necessary?
The closure of the cycle path is necessary for the construction of additional drainage sluices, pumps and the renovation of the dams at Den Oever. But also for the safe installation of new upholstery over the entire dike and for the renovation of the spitting complexes and bicycle bridges. At the same time Windpark Fryslân is working on the wiring of a wind farm in the IJsselmeer near Breezanddijk. Here too it is necessary to close the bicycle path.
Definitive situation
After 1 April 2022 you can again use the existing bike path. There will also be a new bicycle and walking path along the Wadden Sea along the entire length of the Afsluitdijk. We will be laying this new path in the coming years.
Loket Afsluitdijk
Since 1 January 2019 there is a joint Loket Afsluitdijk for reports or questions about the Afsluitdijk. This Loket Afsluitdijk is an initiative of Rijkswaterstaat and the partnership De Nieuwe Afsluitdijk. Windpark Fryslân is also affiliated with this joint notification desk. The counter can be reached via the telephone number 0800-6040 and loket@deafsluitdijk.nl
- 27 Mar 2018, 9:30pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Traveling from the UK to northern Denmark
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2304
Re: Traveling from the UK to northern Denmark
Unfortunately Flixbus do not allow for the carriage of e-bikes.
- 21 Mar 2018, 1:02pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Eurovelo 8
- Replies: 1
- Views: 685
Re: Eurovelo 8
Not cycled the route, but a few minutes of Googling you could have come up with this:-
https://italy-cycling-guide.info/international-cycle-routes/eurovelo-8/
https://italy-cycling-guide.info/international-cycle-routes/eurovelo-8/
- 24 Apr 2016, 6:39pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Any such thing as an easyish N Portugal cycle camping tour?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 916
Re: Any such thing as an easyish N Portugal cycle camping to
Suggest that you have a look at the https://pedalportugal.com/ website - they have a number of suggested tour itinararies as well as comprehensive details of campsites and advice re weather etc.
- 29 Mar 2016, 4:10pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Touring Belgium using Canals
- Replies: 4
- Views: 758
Re: Touring Belgium using Canals
Sorry about the link - that was the one I was aiming for but the text thought police decided on something else!
- 23 Mar 2016, 6:54pm
- Forum: Cycle Camping sub-forum
- Topic: What do you look for in a campsite
- Replies: 108
- Views: 9315
Re: What do you look for in a campsite
Charging points for phones etc that are lockable for security.
- 18 Mar 2016, 7:33am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Touring Ireland End to End
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1679
Re: Touring Ireland End to End
I am cycling the Wild Atlantic Way in June / July. It looks a great route and I'm looking forward to it.