JOGLE Route

MattE · Post by **MattE** » 14 Jun 2010, 9:15pm

Hi, I am in the process of planning my route for Jogle and would appreciate any advice that anyone can give. The intention is to cover about 50 miles a day keeping off main roads as far as possible and only using off road routes where they are paved.
I have plotted a route using the Sustrans mapping – not the easiest but it did show me cycle routes.

Basically my route is:
Day 1 JOG – Kirtomy
Day 2 Kirtomy – Achinduich
Day 3 Achinduich- Inverness
Day 4 Inverness- Spean Bridge
Day 5 Spean Bridge- Crianlarich
Day 6 Crianarich- Glasgow
Day 7 Glasgow- Elvanfoot
Day 8 Elvanfoot- Carlisle
Day 9 Carlisle- Kendal
Day 10 Kendal- Chorley
Day 11 Chorley- Chester
Day 12 Chester- Church Stretton
Day 13 Church Stretton- Hereford
Day 14 Hereford- Avon mouth
Day 15 Avon mouth- Taunton
Day 16 Taunton- Drewsteinton
Day 17 Drewsteinton- Camelford
Day 18 Camelford- Hayle
Day 19 Hayle- Land’s End

As far as I can tell the link to the routes is:
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/map#userrout ... 37594056,1

If anyone has knowledge of any of these routes and the time to look them over and suggest any improvements I would be very grateful.

Thanks

Post by **Mick F** » 14 Jun 2010, 9:36pm

Hello Matt, and welcome to the forum.

Take a look at these routes. The Old A30 is a good road and will take you all the way from Exeter to Launceston.
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course. ... rse=112393

From there, follow this:
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course. ... rse=117091

and this:
http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/Course. ... rse=112397

As for your Scottish legs, I wouldn't follow the A82 route for all the tea in China! Far better is the Old A9 from Inverness to Perth, then the Old A90 to Edinburgh.

Deckie · Post by **Deckie** » 15 Jun 2010, 10:15am

I know Mick F hates the A82, this is probably due to a combination of bad experience and having known the road when it was much quieter and less HGV oriented in it's layout.

We cycled it on our JoGLE last month and found it excellent (except for the sections they hadn't got round to resurfacing yet!). We had no problems with the traffic (the A6 was MUCH busier and at times downright frightening through Lancashire) although this may have been down to our set up - Tandem with Extra Wheel trailer. We think the drivers hadn't a clue what we were & so gave us more space!

We went A82 because we wanted to do the Great Glen, Spean Bridge Commando Memorial and Glencoe (amazing ride!) and I'm really glad we did. Don't be put off!

MattE · Post by **MattE** » 16 Jun 2010, 9:10am

Thanks for the comments and route through Devon/Cornwall, a great help.
Looking at Scotland, the old A9 route seems a good alternative, especially bearing in mind comments on other posts about midges, they seem to find me particularly tasty!
Has anyone plotted or described this route as I am having some trouble tracking it on the map.

skytandem · Post by **skytandem** » 16 Jun 2010, 11:19am

Deckie wrote:We went A82 because we wanted to do the Great Glen, Spean Bridge Commando Memorial and Glencoe (amazing ride!) and I'm really glad we did. Don't be put off!

I agree entirely. On our tandem LEJOG we took the hilly coastal route via St Ives, Padstow and Wadebridge, rather than the more direct route (living in the Yorkshire Dales we like tackling hills), and in Scotland we took the A82 because we wanted to cycle across Rannoch Moor and down Glencoe. We enjoyed our route immensely.

Take all the advice you can, of course, but it's your own journey.

Post by **Mick F** » 17 Jun 2010, 6:04am

MattE wrote:Thanks for the comments and route through Devon/Cornwall, a great help.
Looking at Scotland, the old A9 route seems a good alternative, especially bearing in mind comments on other posts about midges, they seem to find me particularly tasty!
Has anyone plotted or described this route as I am having some trouble tracking it on the map.

Yes. I have it, but having a bit of difficulty loading my actual route onto Bikeroutetoaster. I'll keep trying.

My route from only last month is Old A9 from Inverness to the top of Drumochter Pass, where I went onto the New A9 as it's downhill for 20 miles! I peeled off onto the Old A9 again at Blair Athol.

From Pitlochry, I followed Old A9 again and cycle tracks to just north of Perth where I got stuck into the traffic on the A9 into the city. No problems at all.

From Perth, you follow the Old A99 down through Fife. I was riding with DougieB from there and he showed me an excellent way into Edinburgh city centre without using the busy main roads.

I'll try an upload my routes again, so check in later.

Post by **Mick F** » 17 Jun 2010, 8:37am

Neil F · Post by **Neil F** » 17 Jun 2010, 7:26pm

My I suggest an alternative to cross Devon. From Taunton R3 to Tiverton. At Tiverton turn on to Witheridge(B3137 then B3042) passing by on to Eggesford Station and then Hatherleigh via Winkleigh. At Hathereigh you can pick up R3. Very quiet road goes across the mid Devon ridge cuts out a lot of hills but great views. Used it on my JOGLE. Passes good camp site if you are camping.

MattE · Post by **MattE** » 17 Jun 2010, 9:24pm

Thank you for the routes and advice, giving me lots to think about!

Could any one tell me whether the Bridgewater Taunton canal path has any paved sections? Trying to avoid the A38 but have ended up with quite a convoluted route.

Only a couple of weeks till I start, just need to get my exams out of the way first.

Neil F · Post by **Neil F** » 18 Jun 2010, 8:32am

As I recall the canal path was good but the setion near to Tiverton was very narrow, and at the time very wet, so I went on a road that followed the canal.

John-D · Post by **John-D** » 18 Jun 2010, 2:10pm

I used it from Taunton to Bridgwater and it was fine (except that when I first got onto it I took the path by the river, instead :oops:

, ie the NCP33 rather the NCP3 which is the canal towpath)

drpeterharris · Post by **drpeterharris** » 18 Jun 2010, 11:23pm

We did the Taunton canal path last week and the biggest problem was the compulsory dismounts every time you go under a bridge

My wife likes canal paths because they are flat but I find them a bit slow

Peter

MattE · Post by **MattE** » 22 Jun 2010, 1:57pm

Thanks for all your help, looking forward to getting started now. If anyone else is leaving JOG on 1 July see you there!

paul dormer · Post by **paul dormer** » 23 Jun 2010, 9:56am

MattE wrote:Thanks for all your help, looking forward to getting started now. If anyone else is leaving JOG on 1 July see you there!

I'm starting the day before so I don't think you'll catch me up but best of luck!

Paul

Marlow · Post by **Marlow** » 19 Aug 2010, 7:25pm

Mick F wrote:Apologies, but I can't seem to get my routes through in one piece, so I've divided the Inverness to Edinburgh into smaller bits.

@Mick

I had a look through your GPX files, they contain a lot of data points, which I why I think you couldn't upload them in one piece.

I retraced your route using Anquet and generated a single GPX from Queensferry up to Inverness (I'm going South to North - I think!). If you are happy I can upload that to Bike Route Toaster and post a link?

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