finally the route

Essential Tea and cakes stops-Cornwall 2011

Time constraints meant that we needed to map a fairly direct route. It was agreed that an average of 75 miles a day was about right for us, allowing sufficient time each day for a decent lunch stop and essential (for me) tea and cake breaks.

I used earlier experience of the South West Way ride to plot a route over the first 3 days that, hopefully, avoids most of the main roads and the worst of the Devon hills, arriving home in Axbridge, Somerset for our third night. From Axbridge its over to Chepstow and a couple of leasurely 50 mile days north through Welsh Border country arriving in Tarporley, Cheshire for night 6.  Then the tricky bit picking our way through the urban areas of Widnes and Warrington to Garstang and then Shap for night 8. Then its Moffat, Inverlochy to Fort William for night 12. Finally Dingwall, Helmsdale and finally JOG on day 15.

We have booked Easyjet flights home and the bikes will follow by courier which I think is a bargain deal at £35 per bike. It would cost that much as Easyjet baggage and then would they have to survive the tender attentions of airport baggage handlers.