Nottingham to London cycle route?

Rick said:

OK. So I'm feeling adventurous. Any ideas about how to do
this? I don't fancy any dual carriageways, so is it
possible without doubling the mileage?

A60 from Nott. to Loughboro,then A6 to Luton, then a choice
of other roads to London.Some stretches of Dual on the A6,
but many, like the Quorn/Mountsorrel bypass in Leics. have
been built as separate roads, so you can still go along the
old road through the villages. Alan.

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fancy any dual carriageways, so is it possible without
doubling the mileage?

I usually draw a straight line and multiply by 1.5 to get
the distance I will cycle on a nice route.

TerryJ

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OK. So I'm feeling adventurous. Any ideas about how to do
this? I don't fancy any dual carriageways, so is it
possible without doubling the

mileage?

Autoroute gives these directions when editing the
preferences to minor roads. Bit of a b***** to follow
though.

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Rick:

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OK. So I'm feeling adventurous. Any ideas about how to do this?

I'm planning to travel in the other direction later in the year, en route from Kent to the Lake District, except I'll be bypassing London and coming up through Cambridge, then past Peterborough and Grantham. I'm hoping to avoid dual carriageways too (espcially the A14), and I think it's possible though I haven't finalised the route yet so I'm afraid I can't be any more specific than that.

d.

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I'm planning to travel in the other direction later in the
year, en route from Kent to the Lake District, except I'll
be bypassing London and coming up through Cambridge, then
past Peterborough and Grantham. I'm hoping to avoid dual
carriageways too (espcially the A14), and I think it's
possible though I haven't finalised the route yet so I'm
afraid I can't be any more specific than that.

Unless you intend to pick up supplies there, don't slow down
through Peterborough. The outer bits ("Orton whatevers"😉
have a less than brilliant reputation. While your bike is
unlikely to be stolen, joyridden and torched it is an
unsavoury area. The surrounding countryside is very pretty
however, so there is a perfectly good excuse for bypassing
it altogether!

Jon

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Quoted message said:

OK. So I'm feeling adventurous. Any ideas about how to
do this? I don't fancy any dual carriageways, so is it
possible without doubling the

mileage?

Autoroute gives these directions when editing the
preferences to minor roads. Bit of a b***** to follow
though.

You can say that again! Thanks for taking the trouble! I can
never get the hang of those Autoroute type things because of
all the "turn left (east) onto local road after 80 yards"
LOL. In that case, I'll go down all the way on the hard
shoulder of the M1, hehe. (Just joking, folks, and not
intending to encourage any kind of illegal cycling!)

By the way, is there any kind of database of routes suitable
for cycling between major British cities, with perhaps even
the expected times of such journeys?

That's what my mate does. Can do it easily in a day
too..... KM

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Rick said:

OK. So I'm feeling adventurous. Any ideas about how to
do this? I don't fancy any dual carriageways, so is it
possible without doubling the

mileage?

Quoted message said:

A60 from Nott. to Loughboro,then A6 to Luton, then a
choice of other roads to London.Some stretches of Dual on
the A6, but many, like the Quorn/Mountsorrel bypass in
Leics. have been built as separate roads, so you can still
go along the old road through the villages. Alan.

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fancy any dual carriageways, so is it possible without
doubling the

mileage?

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I usually draw a straight line and multiply by 1.5 to get
the distance I will cycle on a nice route.

I think the usual mileage is 120, but that's to Central
London, and I'm going to north east London (Wood Green), so
perhaps about 110 by the usual car route. Maybe about 150
miles using bike friendly routes, but I haven't calculated
using your straight-line technique!

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Rick said:

OK. So I'm feeling adventurous. Any ideas about how to
do this? I don't fancy any dual carriageways, so is it
possible without doubling the

mileage?

Quoted message said:

A60 from Nott. to Loughboro,then A6 to Luton, then a
choice of other roads to London.Some stretches of Dual on
the A6, but many, like the Quorn/Mountsorrel bypass in
Leics. have been built as separate roads, so you can still
go along the old road through the villages. Alan.

Right, thanks a lot! What the hell, you only live once, so
even with those bits of dual ....!

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Rick:

Quoted message said:

OK. So I'm feeling adventurous. Any ideas about how to
do this?

I'm planning to travel in the other direction later in the
year, en route from Kent to the Lake District, except I'll
be bypassing London and coming up through Cambridge, then
past Peterborough and Grantham. I'm hoping to avoid dual
carriageways too (espcially the A14), and I think it's
possible though I haven't finalised the route yet so I'm
afraid I can't be any more specific than that.

Kent to the Lake District sounds like a good one! Good
luck with that. I might break up the Nottingham to London
run with a B&B on the way, just for the sake of an easy
life, hehe.

Simon Mason said:

Autoroute gives these directions when editing the
preferences to minor roads. Bit of a b***** to
follow though.

Hi Simon

I've tried to use Autoroute at times to get some idea of the
length of various rides. As you suggest, the prog is geared
to motorists but with a bit of perseverence I can get the
results I wish. Bit might be more correctly translated as an
awful lot, coming to think about it.

James

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By the way, is there any kind of database of routes
suitable for cycling between major British cities, with
perhaps even the expected times of such journeys?

Not that I'm aware of, but it sounds like a market
opportunity.

Jon

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Simon Mason said:

Autoroute gives these directions when editing the
preferences to minor roads. Bit of a b***** to follow
though.

Hi Simon

I've tried to use Autoroute at times to get some idea of
the length of various rides. As you suggest, the prog is
geared to motorists but with a bit of perseverence I can
get the results I wish. Bit might be more correctly
translated as an awful lot, coming to think about it.

I adjusted the speed settings to 15 mph to give an idea of
the times involved. You can actually get a printout of every
turn as a strip map if the written directions are a bit
confusing.

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Simon M.

"Never get into an argument with an idiot. They drag you down to their level
and then beat you with experience"

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That's what my mate does. Can do it easily in a day
too..... KM

Good to hear. How many hours does it take him, exactly?

Simon Mason said:

I adjusted the speed settings to 15 mph to give an idea of
the times involved. You can actually get a printout of
every turn as a strip map if the written directions are a
bit confusing.

Agreed, Simon. It's more the auto-direction finding that
annoys me. I find I have to enter a waypoint at almost every
junction to get the informaton for the routes I know.

Anyway, FWIW, I cycle those routes anyhoo. It's merely the
distances I like to find out.

James

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OK. So I'm feeling adventurous. Any ideas about how to do
this? I don't fancy any dual carriageways, so is it
possible without doubling the mileage?

I regularly used to do Leicester to London Sustrans route 6
to Milton Keynes, then A5 through Dunstable (bit of a
bugg*r) - St Albans - Enfield. Exactly 100 miles My house to
Mother-in- Laws!

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Jon Senior jon@restlesslemon_DOT_co_DOT_uk.remove said:

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Quoted message said:

I'm planning to travel in the other direction later in
the year, en route from Kent to the Lake District, except
I'll be bypassing London and coming up through Cambridge,
then past Peterborough and Grantham. I'm hoping to avoid
dual carriageways too (espcially the A14), and I think
it's possible though I haven't finalised the route yet so
I'm afraid I can't be any more specific than that.

Unless you intend to pick up supplies there, don't slow
down through Peterborough. The outer bits ("Orton
whatevers"😉 have a less than brilliant reputation. While
your bike is unlikely to be stolen, joyridden and torched
it is an unsavoury area. The surrounding countryside is
very pretty however, so there is a perfectly good excuse
for bypassing it altogether!

It is not *that* bad Jon. Not that there is anything to
stop for in the main Ortons (there are some nicer Orton
bits). If I was coming from Cambridge, I would probably go
via Warboys, Ramsey and over the river at Whittlesey. Then
the OP can go up to Spalding or across from Thorney to
Market Deeping and up the A15 (although that road can get
busy). As the OP wants to avoid the major roads Spalding
will be the route to take however at Crowland there are two
ways to Spalding one up the A1073 with the lorries or a
quieter road the other side of the Welland which is about
the same distance.

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shepherd, but we still lost the sheep dog trials"
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for the sake of an easy life, hehe.

I must say I approve of having a nice route on backroads and
not planning huge distances.Why be miserable? I do not go on
tour because I am a masochist. If you have got to complete
120miles with luggage you cannot stop for the odd pint or
look around a museum or explore the remains of an old air
base, and these things make the trip memorable. However , if
you must impress the relatives with tales of massive
distances, then the A roads are usually the quickest and
shortest,which is why it is difficult to get Autoroute to
avoid them. When I try the Notts/London route on it the M1
seems to fascinate Autoroute however I set it, so I just use
road maps or draw a straight line on the Autoroute then use
pushpins to force it to go the nice ways.

TerryJ

Jon Senior:

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Unless you intend to pick up supplies there, don't slow
down through Peterborough.

Wilco. I've stopped in Grantham once, as I was passing
through on whichever trunk road it is that passes through
there. Once was quite enough.

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The surrounding countryside is very pretty however, so
there is a perfectly good excuse for bypassing it
altogether!

Sounds like a plan to me.

cheers,

d.