Looking for a challenging route

[loafer]

Hello Andrea
check your PM

regards Larry

[Galactic]

As this is my first time riding in the UK m looking for a route which passes as much cycing highlights as possible. I'm usually riding the Alps so I'd love to climb scenic passes.

A note of warning if you haven't cycled in Britain before: British hills may not be very high, but they can be ridiculously steep, and worse, constantly going up and down. Narrow roads with high hedges/stone walls and frequent sharp bends mean it's usually not possible to get a good momentum to carry you up the start of the next incline. I find tackling Alpine passes far easier and more enjoyable than a day's cycle through the hills in Devon or the Pennines.

Please don't think I'm suggesting you're not up to British hills, but personally I find the worst areas (I've mentioned Devon and the Pennines, parts of Wales can join the club too) irritating and exhausting. Others here seem to love our rippled landscape and will doubtless join in with arguments about it not being so bad at all. Hopefully you'll enjoy our hills too, but if not then it's worth having a plan B with an alternative route, just in case

Enjoy your Lejog!

[rareposter]

A note of warning if you haven't cycled in Britain before: ..... [snip]

If you read back through the thread, the OP started it in April 2022 and subsequently rode a LEJOG in summer 2022.
Then resurrected this thread a few weeks ago for further ideas on a second LEJOG this year due to how good the first one was.

[Galactic]

If you read back through the thread, the OP started it in April 2022 and subsequently rode a LEJOG in summer 2022.
Then resurrected this thread a few weeks ago for further ideas on a second LEJOG this year due to how good the first one was.

Ah, thanks. Missed the last post from the previous page! That's great, OP obviously likes our hills, definitely a good thing.

[Sparky56]

this should keep anyone who wants a challenge suitably satisfied

Not only that but it goes through wonderful scenery and interesting places

https://bikepacking.com/routes/gb-divide/

[geocycle]

I really enjoyed reading Marcus Leach's account of his JOGLE in The Cyclist magazine. Seems to have done all the big hills on route Bealach na Ba, Hard Knott, Gospel Pass etc. as the OP asks for, but did have support. Beyond my capabilities but Chapeau to him.

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/jogl ... te-day-one

https://www.komoot.com/collection/10050 ... enic-route

[mattheus]

this should keep anyone who wants a challenge suitably satisfied

Not only that but it goes through wonderful scenery and interesting places

https://bikepacking.com/routes/gb-divide/

Note that it's "55% unpaved" - in case anyone was going to jump onto a train to Penzance and load it onto their Garmin via train wifi!

[Sparky56]

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[Vitara]

Hummers Lumpy End to End

1900km in 190hrs

https://www.audax.uk/event-details/3522

[schneewehe]

Just finished my second LEJOG yesterday, and to be honestit was a really challenging route as we go over some famous climbs in Dartmoor, Gospel Pass and Long Mynd, Holme Moss, Fleet Moss, Tan Hill, Yad Moss, Tak Man Doon Road and do many other hills which I don't know if they have a name. All in all it takes us 1132 miles and 82857 ft in 12 days to reach John O'Groats. A lot of head wind in the first 8 days makes it even harder, but luckiliäy we had just 1 hour of rain. So thank you for all of your advices and I'm sure this won't be our last time in the UK. Because there are still some climbs left to do.