cycling the British coast line?

ton · Post by **ton** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:30 pm

has anyone on here either ridden or tried to ride the whole coastline of the UK mainland ?

i have a couple of questions if you have.

Bearbonesnorm · Post by **Bearbonesnorm** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:36 pm

I think Mike weighed it up but no idea how far his idea got Tony.

ton · Post by **ton** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:39 pm

cheers Stu. i will message him.

MuddyPete · Post by **MuddyPete** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:07 pm

"One Man and His Bike" (Ebury Press, 2011) by Mike Carter describes one such journey. It's an uplifting, entertaining read

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Borderer · Post by **Borderer** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:09 pm

I just finished a book where the guy did just that.

One Man and his Bike by Mike Carter.

Edit - dang, Pete beat me too it. Unfortunately the book it out on lend elsewhere already or I would have offered it to you.

RIP · Post by **RIP** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:10 pm

Thanks Pete - £3.99, bought

https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-gb/book ... paEALw_wcB

Bearlegged · Post by **Bearlegged** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:11 pm

Another happy reader of said tome here...

lune ranger · Post by **lune ranger** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:28 pm

Also:
Slow Coast Home by Josie Dew
Circumnavigation of UK coastline by bike.

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 1:31 pm

mike carters book is a fab read people

ScotRoutes · Post by **ScotRoutes** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:02 pm

Fractals

RIP · Post by **RIP** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:36 pm

Was going to say exactly that earlier Colin

. Fat bike along high or low tide line?

ScotRoutes · Post by **ScotRoutes** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:51 pm

The coastline of Highland region is almost 5,000 km, Argyll and Bute is a further 3,700km. I can see why a few shortcuts might be a good idea.

Is there an "official" coastline route for folk to follow? I'm thinking maybe something a few have already done to set done sort of standard.

I've done a good bit of a Scottish circumnavigation, including the Scottish-English border. I still have Ayrshire, the Clyde and Argyll to do.

techno · Post by **techno** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:04 pm

RIP wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 3:36 pm Was going to say exactly that earlier Colin . Fat bike along high or low tide line?

This is from the thing about the guy walking the UK coast:
My most terrifying moment came in Holderness in East Yorkshire, where the cliffside is being eroded by five metres every year. Over time, roads crumble into the sea and whole villages have been lost to the waves. I didn’t know any of this, however, and was walking on the beach below the cliffs, assuming that when night fell and the tide came in, I’d be able to find a pathway up to the clifftop. But as the tide approached, I could see no way off the beach. When the water lapped over my boots, I panicked and thought I’d have to scramble up the cliff face, goodness knows how. I began to jog along the beach, then broke into a fearful run, my torch bouncing around as I tried to beat the tide. Eventually, and probably just in time, I succeeded in hauling myself up some steep ground, collapsing at the top and panting with adrenalin.

Choose your route wisely

Asposium · Post by **Asposium** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:51 pm

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/seri ... -adventure

ScotRoutes · Post by **ScotRoutes** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 4:53 pm

OK. This is most of the bits I've done.

Screenshot 2020-10-21 165131 by Colin Cadden, on Flickr

There are some small sections missing that I have ridden, including along the Firth of Forth in Edinburgh.

ozboz · Post by **ozboz** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:09 pm

I have ordered that book , I’d like to pedal the Newcastle to Edinburgh, or Coast and Castles as its sometime called ,
I’m looking forward to reading this Lads exploits !

substandard · Post by **substandard** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:22 pm

A friend of mine has done it twice for charity (closest roads to the coastline)

Pm me if you would like his details,

Borderer · Post by **Borderer** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:42 pm

substandard wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:22 pm

I have not seen you in here before. Can I just raise my hat to your choice of user name. Quality.

Hamish · Post by **Hamish** » Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:07 pm

Some info in this podcast https://livingadventurously.transistor. ... urously-48

substandard · Post by **substandard** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:26 am

Borderer wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:42 pm
substandard wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:22 pm
I have not seen you in here before. Can I just raise my hat to your choice of user name. Quality.

The names a throwback to my old car I built actually! If you google substandard hot rods it will make some sense - a heavily modified 50’s car made by standard motor company ( and hated by the purists). The car was sold years back but have still kept the name on forums/instagram etc! Boring waffle over!

Borderer · Post by **Borderer** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:15 am

substandard wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:26 am
Borderer wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:42 pm
substandard wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:22 pm
I have not seen you in here before. Can I just raise my hat to your choice of user name. Quality.
The names a throwback to my old car I built actually! If you google substandard hot rods it will make some sense - a heavily modified 50’s car made by standard motor company ( and hated by the purists). The car was sold years back but have still kept the name on forums/instagram etc! Boring waffle over!

Oh that's a shame! Cos it means something entirely different here!

Stu has a swear filter set to change sh1t to 'substandard'. This creates some puzzlement initially when people talk about being knee-deep in substandard but it has become part of the lingua franca of this place now.
So you have made a good start here by having a quality username, however unintended it may have been.

substandard · Post by **substandard** » Thu Oct 22, 2020 3:03 pm

Borderer wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 9:15 am
substandard wrote: ↑Thu Oct 22, 2020 8:26 am
Borderer wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 7:42 pm
substandard wrote: ↑Wed Oct 21, 2020 5:22 pm
I have not seen you in here before. Can I just raise my hat to your choice of user name. Quality.
The names a throwback to my old car I built actually! If you google substandard hot rods it will make some sense - a heavily modified 50’s car made by standard motor company ( and hated by the purists). The car was sold years back but have still kept the name on forums/instagram etc! Boring waffle over!
Oh that's a shame! Cos it means something entirely different here!
Stu has a swear filter set to change sh1t to 'substandard'. This creates some puzzlement initially when people talk about being knee-deep in substandard but it has become part of the lingua franca of this place now.
So you have made a good start here by having a quality username, however unintended it may have been.

Haha that’s pretty funny! On a previous forum I used almost every expletive corrected to ‘gammon slipper’

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