Going out on a ride..Itching for ideas...

Ride-outs & Events
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Hi fellow London bikers

I’ve booked two days off next week and I’m looking to ride somewhere interesting. Somewhere outside of London, i’m getting tired of Boris. The criteria is:

  • Somewhere around 5 hours ride away from London at most.
  • Looking to stay 1-2 nights.
  • Hoping to find somewhere relatively picturesque.
  • I’m riding with a Kwak Z750 so I’m not looking for roads that require a big BMW and huge sponsorship a la ‘Long Way Round’.

Any ideas? Can you recommend somewhere that you’ve been? Any hotels/hostels worth mentioning? Anyone doing something similar over this weekend? Let me know. Any ideas are much appreciated.

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Have you considered South Wales?

There are some beautiful roads around The Gower Peninsula and also up into The Brecons

It’s gods own country;):smiley:

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5 hours…thats scotland then :smiley:

or go n get the train to the continent :slight_smile:

or wales n the west country, loads really :slight_smile:

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WOW 5 hours thats the lakes, great roads good B&B, or Normandy even better roads as they will be empty!!! Wales is stunning .

Too much to chose 5 hours you can get to most parts of England ,Wales,or across some water to Ireland , wow hard call.

Good luck and have fun

SPG

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I’d go for South Wales as well,maybe with a little jaunt down to Devon as well

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Isle of Wight is nice, we sometimes go there for the day. Might be a bit busy now with holidaymakers though

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Thats intersting, how long do you need for a round trip to the IOW from London?

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+1 that’s the one i’d do, excellent roads, the lovely beaches of the gower and a bit of brecon madness…perfect!

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Devon has some good places. We recently went to Lynmouth in North Devon. The road in and the road out are both 25% gradients!

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North Yorkshire Moors…just over 3 hours from London - loads of nice roads

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One time we left Wembley 11.30 ish (!!!) on a Sunday, went there for lunch, rode all round the island & were back by about 9.00.

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We have often gone to the IOW for the day - Portsmouth Ferry is only one hour down the A3 from SW London, so as said, it is easy to get to the island before lunch - find a niece pub, do some riding on the south side of the island, get a ferry back at 7 or so and be back in time for Spooks or whatever.

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G… that’ll be porlock hill then, its a 1 in 4 hill with hairpins none of that foreign muck mate, 25% indeed :D:P

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Minehead to Lynmouth nice :), well worth the trip and loads of B&B’s in ilfracombe and Croyde, but don’t forget its holiday season so be prepared to look around.

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I would head across the channel and ride some beautiful “empty” roads in France and Belgium. Maybe head to ypes and take a wonder round the WW2 cemetary’s and see the menin gate. Tasty mussels and pancakes in the square … Actually sod it I’m going to go :smiley: