http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: headwinds bad - Recent Posts en Wed, 13 May 2026 03:40:06 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311375 Thu, 25 Jul 2019 08:50:13 +0000 gembo 311375@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Nice to hear from GDR, the northern end of his route could get hilly. Ferry is good idea </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311365 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 23:09:21 +0000 unhurt 311365@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thanks! That's just the sort of info that makes me want to do it more. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311364 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 23:04:47 +0000 GDR 311364@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having moved to South Cumbria last year I can thoroughly recommend the Bay Cycleway fro Morcambe to Ulverston-a large chunk of your trip. Great scenery, mostly quiet roads and canal path and a few cheeky little hills. I don’t know the west coast eg up to Whitehaven but have been north from Grange over Sands to Windermere. Cross over on the ferry and go up the west side of the lake then paths/ lanes from Ambleside to Grasmere. I’m afraid my knowledge all gets a bit vague beyond this. Good luck! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311345 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 19:44:52 +0000 gembo 311345@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cockermouth is nice<br /> Keswick has a pencil museum<br /> The Solway Lido [Carlisl;e’s Butlins] is still there [we went one year AS kids, remember swimming in the rain being actually nice]</p> <p>Otherwise you probably don’t want to do it, which usually means you will do it? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311324 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 16:58:02 +0000 unhurt 311324@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All very practical especially @chdot's mapping help.</p> <p>But now I have a new question: do I actually WANT to wriggle my way along the coastline avoiding A-roads as much as possible for two days? Right now on a too-warm day it sounds like a spiffing plan - might seem less so on a damp September weekend... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311287 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:59:10 +0000 gembo 311287@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>LEJOG</p> <p>Is the clue</p> <p>Eschew the downhill for the SW breeze</p> <p>Ask the boy on the penny farthing</p> <p>Cycle from Blackpool to Carlisle. Stop at Cockermouth rather than Winscale etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311286 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:55:42 +0000 steveo 311286@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>South of the bypass? You'll be in England then. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311283 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:37:38 +0000 chdot 311283@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>“I get nervous south of the border, I never know where anything is!”</p> <p><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/England/@52.8382005,-2.327815,5z/data=" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/maps/place/England/@52.8382005,-2.327815,5z/data=</a>!4m2!3m1!1s0x47d0a98a6c1ed5df:0xf4e19525332d8ea8 </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311278 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:26:48 +0000 unhurt 311278@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Well, there might have been a weird micro-climate - I get nervous south of the border, I never know where anything is! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311276 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:20:38 +0000 ejstubbs 311276@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Aren't the prevailing winds the same as for most of the rest of the UK i.e. south-westerly? In which case S-N would appear to be be most <em>likely</em> to get a helpful wind. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=19747#post-311274 Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:03:20 +0000 unhurt 311274@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Have to be in Blackpool for a Thing early September. If you wanted to cycle along the coast between Blackpool &amp; Carlisle (rather than the most direct route) would you go S-N or N-S? </p>