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A couple of weeks, your bike and kit but no car and 'had' to stay within the UK, what would you do?
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Set off and see where I got to.
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Preferably in a bit of the country I didn’t know that well.
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Go bothy bagging, :-bd .
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If it's cycling from home ,I've got the peaks or most places in Wales I can get to in a day for the peaks or 2 days bimbling to get to Wales ,a week riding around and nobbing about then bimble home ,if we include trains , probably upto kielder and over the border ,to be honest there is a chance of getting upto the dales and back but not sure how much time I'd have to explore once there
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Not prying, don't answer if it involves deportation orders, why is it compulsory to stay in the UK?
What time of year are you talking about?
I'd jump on a cheap flight to somewhere where getting all 4 seasons in one day isn't the norm.
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Duncan I hope your not reading too much into Stu's recent threads about gay bars and swingers camping by offering up a place in the bed =))
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Go north.
I did the bottom bit of the Pennine Bridleway a couple of years ago but would like to do the rest of it. So I'd ride from home to the start of it and then carry on to Scotland :)
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Probably jump on the train with my walking boots and walk the Pembrokeshire Coast Path :cool:
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I'd probably try and do some form of loop via the peak district, yorkshire dales and, if time, the lake district. If I could use a train, I'd head up to ambleside and then amble around the lakes and dales.
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Up to Scotland and ride best parts of the Central Belter and Wild About Argyll routes?
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Variation of EWE removing all the poor show bits
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To See how far north I could get
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I'd get up to Scotland
- general exploring of mountainy areas
- NW highlands
- island hopping
- bothy bagging
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'cheap flight to somewhere' - my worst (*) nightmare, sorry PB :wink:

(*) apart from rap 'music' obviously. And prunes.

PS. Oh alright, to answer the question, not entirely original but train to Mach and see what happens. Don't tinker with a winning formula.

PPS. And not having all four seasons in one day is my fourth-worst nightmare :smile: .
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RIP wrote:
(*) apart from rap 'music' obviously. And prunes.
I like your consistency Reg. Even without prunes....
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Having rap 'music' inflicted on me while being force-fed prunes at the same time..... shudder....
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Shall l put you down as a "possible" for next year's Spanish C2C then Reg? :grin:
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Out the door turn right and see how far round the coastline of Sotland I could get preferably off-road.
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PB - :grin: . Vive la difference. Makes this place interesting.
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Island hopping in Scotland?

Take the fat bike (I assume you still have it) and take in some of those glorious looking beaches...
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Ride across the bridge into Wales and head north-ish and west-ish until I run out of castles to look at. :-bd
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Can I take a train? Yes? Great, thanks. As above, island hopping in Scotland. One day .... sigh
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As I live on the notth Wales coast, I'd do a loop of the Irish sea. So across the border up through the Lakes, through tother border and make the most of Galloway. Then ferry to Northern Ireland and make a long way to Dublin for the ferry back to holyhead.
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Just go over to Ireland for a bimble, oops not the uk though..... :shock:
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Done this few times although generally only for 4-8 days so far. So for a fortnight it would be up to the Cairngorms, wander round there for a bit, call in at my pals place at Speyside for a couple of days, head west to somewhere I can get a boat to the western isles, spend some beach time, boat back to Oban, then a couple of days home via various forest and estate tracks. All doable off road and (mainly) back roads from my front door

You know, I think I might just do this this year :grin:
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