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- 4 Nov 2020, 7:17am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Towns and Villages in Wiltshire
- Replies: 44
- Views: 2036
- 9 Jul 2019, 7:14am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: All 4 Coast to coasts in one trip
- Replies: 13
- Views: 720
Re: All 4 Coast to coasts in one trip
Can't say about all 4 but I did 2 of them a few years ago.... Hadrians and C2C: http://www.richmay.co.uk/c2c/
- 17 May 2019, 9:39pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: how to hand signal 'straight ahead'?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1641
Re: how to hand signal 'straight ahead'?
Total nonsense. As others have said, if the turning you are taking is after the first exit but 'before 12 o'clock' you just indicate to the left after you pass the exit prior to the one you are taking. Sadly indicating on roundabouts is something that a large number of road users seem to get wrong
- 8 May 2019, 9:52pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Booking Dover - Dunkirk ferry with child and bikes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 622
Re: Booking Dover - Dunkirk ferry with child and bikes
I've taken a look at 'say no to 0870' website and you should be able to avoid the premium rate number by trying 020 8127 8303
- 8 May 2019, 1:03pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Booking Dover - Dunkirk ferry with child and bikes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 622
Re: Booking Dover - Dunkirk ferry with child and bikes
DFDS Dover-Dunkirk do have a limited number of proper bike racks near the doors ( visible in a pic described as "a small corner with railings" on this travelogue ), but they do also let people just strap the bikes onto rails around the deck if they're busy. Interesting. The ferry I was on...
- 8 May 2019, 12:49pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Visiting Orkney, which ferry, best place to leave a car
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1096
Re: Visiting Orkney, which ferry, best place to leave a car
I'd agree with asking the JoG ferry people about parking. If you can do so it's a great little sailing across and you get to start the ride at the southern most tip of the islands. Let the tourist buses set off and then the road towards Kirkwall should be pretty quiet and nice riding. As for leaving...
- 8 May 2019, 12:28pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Booking Dover - Dunkirk ferry with child and bikes
- Replies: 13
- Views: 622
Re: Booking Dover - Dunkirk ferry with child and bikes
Might be worth trying them on Twitter or email but I suspect you'll be good with just one bike booking. Used the ferry (from Dunkirk) in the summer and they just strap the bikes onto the deck. They don't have limited number of proper bike racks or anything that could limit numbers
- 5 Mar 2019, 9:50pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Collecting Bikes from Eurostar
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1417
Re: Collecting Bikes from Eurostar
No tips on how to do it but both times I've been on Eurostar (Paris to London and London to Brussels: a few years apart) I did get lucky and found the crew unloading the luggage can as I went past. They were happy to see my documents and hand the bike over both times (in fact they seemed happy to do...
- 4 Mar 2019, 9:51pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Coast to Coast (west to east)
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3066
- 6 Feb 2019, 10:02pm
- Forum: Lands End to John O'Groats
- Topic: Inverness to JoG on NCN1?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5145
Re: Inverness to JoG on NCN1?
Paulatic wrote:A good read thank you.
Air conditioning vans would be fitting Air Source Heat Pumps
Fixings on cars... for fishing rods?
Thanks Paulatic. That would make sense for the Aircon, and yes to the fishing rods [emoji3]
- 5 Feb 2019, 10:48pm
- Forum: Lands End to John O'Groats
- Topic: Inverness to JoG on NCN1?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 5145
Re: Inverness to JoG on NCN1?
Agreed that crossing the railway bridge was pretty hairy and once I was across I wished I'd stayed on the 'main' road and crossed at Bonar Bridge. If you're going in season and you like ferries taking the black isle route and getting the tiny Cromarty ferry is fun. And another vote for strathnaver. ...
- 5 Feb 2019, 10:33pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Avoiding Kessock Bridge
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1785
Re: Avoiding Kessock Bridge
Don't know about alternatives but agreed that there is no particular need to avoid the bridge. It has a segregated cycle/foot path, thus...

- 5 Feb 2019, 10:30pm
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Advice on Food and Snacks
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2773
Re: Advice on Food and Snacks
I always get by on things like flapjack, jelly babies and baby Bel. However do just be wary of the advice here about Boulangeries. Generally yes, but as someone else pointed out, I found the area around The Vexin to be very sparsely populated and went a long way on a very hot day without passing a s...
- 28 Jan 2019, 9:09pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Salisbury plain
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5319
Re: Salisbury plain
And a follow up having had a play on cycle.travel... If you manage to find a time when the plain is open I've taken the liberty of suggesting a possible two dayer (based on your c50 mile a day comment) starting and finishing at Westbury (well it has a station). Head around the north edge (starting w...
- 28 Jan 2019, 8:40pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Salisbury plain
- Replies: 18
- Views: 5319
Re: Salisbury plain
I grew up around the plain though not lived there for many years. If you can get a weekend when the ranges are open (they normally open at Easter and a few days in August) then you're in for a treat. The Western plain (Warminster side) is the infantry ranges and if you can get up to Imber across the...