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by JMaude
21 Apr 2022, 1:45pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Lowestoft -St David's
Replies: 4
Views: 347

Re: Lowestoft -St David's

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/?
by JMaude
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.
by JMaude
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.
by JMaude
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.
by JMaude
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?
by JMaude
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.
by JMaude
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.
by JMaude
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
by JMaude
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
by JMaude
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.
by JMaude
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/
by JMaude
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.
by JMaude
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!
by JMaude
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.
by JMaude
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.