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The Dartford Crossing provides an on demand shuttle service for cyclists; surely that sets a precedent for at least a short term solution here.

I don’t feel qualified to say if they’re “the best” but Polstead (Essex/Suffolk border) and Woodhall Spa (Lincolnshire) both offer good possibilities.

Thehairs1970 wrote:

mjr wrote:How tall is your bag?

The Ram Mount looks interesting but a similar one I had wobbled a lot and gradually tipped over.

I would expect that for mounting on a handlebar, the component that's most likely to move would be the bit that attaches to the bar. How much torque are you brave enough to apply to the nuts on the U bolt... There's also a clamp mount with rubberised jaws which might be more effective.

I used to use a Ram-mount at work where they were deployed to mount an iPads in an aircraft. Once properly nipped up, I never had one slip, not in turbulence, on taxiways made out of extra ripple effect concrete, or indeed, as a result of a 'special' landing (it was the copilot, honest guv).

Buy online of course and you can try it. If it doesn't work, send it back.

Ram-mount have this.

You can buy components individually too if you needed, for example, a longer arm.

Does your camera have image stabilisation? There is often a lot of vibration when mounting cameras directly to a bike. You might consider a chest mount which means your body dampens out vibration. Chest mounts are quite a lot cheaper too, but if you're local to West Suffolk, you can borrow mine to try if you like. I also have a Ram mount (for a different application) which nevertheless would enable you to test the concept

Not a C2C but I've just planned and booked a solo tour for myself; West Suffolk - Stratford-on-Avon - Oxford and return. I've got 5 nights booked (fully refundable) in Travelodges at an average of £41/night. Admittedly, 2 of the locations are in the middle of nowhere but they are en-route.

£20 per day for food should be doable.

If all goes to plan, should work out at £1 per mile...

Sea to Summit Comfort Plus Insulated sleeping pad is advertised as having 2 separate layers of interlocking air chambers to provide some redundancy in the event of a puncture.

Never tried one, just recently saw some guy on YouTube saying he bought it because of that feature.

Probably going to be plenty of space in airport car parks this summer...

The iOS app "Outdoors GPS - Offline OS Maps" provides free offline versions of 1:50000 maps of all the UK National Parks.

Full subscription for the rest of the UK at 1:50000 and 1:25000 is £20/annum.

I seem to recall someone on here saying that the Club sites, in particular, were meant be able to save a little space to accommodate late arriving walkers and cyclists even if the sites were officially at full capacity.

That has been the policy of the CCC. Any roadmap to getting back to normal though may well mean that sites open without the facilities blocks being available. That is easy to deal with for caravan and motorhome owners. Those using camper vans without onboard facilities, and tent campers, may well only be accommodated if they arrive with a portapotty and toilet tent...

I suspect that cycle tourers and backpackers may have some further time to wait before we can use campsites

My understanding is that all CCC campsites are generally operated under a franchise arrangement. Their Certificated Site network (i.e. the small capacity ones that can operate without having to have obtained planning permission to be a campsite) are all privately owned. Not all have facilities (essentially a loo) to accept tent campers.

I would suggest Suffolk & Norfolk.

mattsccm wrote:Much better that way. I remember a visit to Maine in the early 90's when English pubs were trendy over there. You could buy beer by the pint in handled glasses. Bar staff were not happy when I pointed out that a fifth of the pint was missing. All very amicable though.

I guess that saying a fifth is missing is better than saying you need a quarter more...

Some of the best campsites I’ve been to are naturist

The “which camera” question can only be answered if you can say what creative choices you wish to have when taking an image.

Do you want to be able to control focal length, aperture, shutter speed and iso? How you answer that dictates what you take.

Rod Goodfellow wrote:"We went to the Pencil Museum on Honeymoon and really enjoyed it...!" Which?

Lead in your pencil?

philvantwo wrote:I've been to Keswick 3 times on walking holidays and I certainly wouldn't recommend taking a bike unless you've got a low geared bike and enjoy climbing hills.The pencil museum is a waste of money so don't bother with that.

Lake District roads are too busy for me to enjoy cycling, but might be ok for early morning rides

We went to the Pencil Museum on Honeymoon and really enjoyed it...!