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[Closed] 2-3 day cycle challenge - your ideas needed

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Idle chat with a mate who's looking for a challenge next year. He's just swam the English Channel, so he's not afraid of a bit of work.

Looking for something 2-3 days in duration with a reasonable, but not excessive, amount of cycling each day. Needs to be self supported and stopovers will be tents that we take with us.

Probably road rather than off-road (not my preference 🙁 )

Preferably use trains to get to where we need to go

Initial thoughts are a coast to coast of some sort or possibly Bruges to home (SE UK).

What can the hive mind suggest?


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 8:05 am
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May not be enough of a challenge for someone who's done the channel but the Way of The Roses is a cracking route. 2 days is perfectly feasible for a reasonably fit cyclist. 3 days makes for a more leisurely affair.

Www.wayoftheroses.info


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 8:08 am
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You could keep it simple and pick 2 places that are 250 - 300 miles apart and jus cycle between them, London - Paris is 250 miles, that could work, south coast to Manchester would be similar.


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 8:18 am
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[url= http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/last-weekend-calais-to-bruges ]ahem... [/url]


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 8:19 am
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Edinburgh-London and return?


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 8:40 pm
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Across Scotland - some sort of Scottish coast to coast or along the north coast from Cape Wrath to JOG.

Proper remote stuff.


 
Posted : 30/07/2015 9:47 pm
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[i]"He's just swam the English Channel"[/i]

Hmmm, do we now have [b]shoals[/b], as well as swarms? 😉


 
Posted : 31/07/2015 7:17 am

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