Am looking at options to get back from Bridlington to Edinburgh in Sept.
Might pedal all/some/none of it depending entirely on how cycle-friendly the roads are.
If anyone has done any part of this, pls let me know. Thanks.
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East Coast back North
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Posted 6 years ago #
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You could look up the LEL route and head directly west from Bridlington to join the route north of the Pocklington control, then just head up the road from there to Bishop Aukland and onwards.
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I road the coastal route for Coast and Castles South from Tynemouth to Edinburgh last week. The route was good, there's nothing in particular that stuck out as being bad, except for running out of food with 50km to go.
There were a few bits of rougher off road which made me glad I had 32c tyres rather than 23c, but I saw people getting through on skinnies, just not in too much comfort. Most of these had road alternatives signed.Posted 6 years ago # -
anyone know how to download a .gpx from Openstreetmap ?
I think I'll just take NCN#1, but seems remarkably hard to get a decent.gpx
Posted 6 years ago # -
Are you suggesting NCN1 isn't well signposted?
Posted 6 years ago # -
I can do this, is a question of pulling all of the OSM "relation" and turning this into an GPX file.
I would also look at trying the routing out on http://cycle.travel/ - uses OSM, and tends to avoid roads where possible.
Posted 6 years ago # -
Research turns up much chat of a cinder track between Scarborough and Whitby, steel old railway at race scar.
Mention of the Middlesbrough transporter bridge and the South Shields ferry. From there I have done the tynemouth to Berwick optional jaunts to Farne islands and lindisfarne.
How many days you are taking might determine route plans?
Posted 6 years ago # -
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Known as “The Cinder Track” due to its cinder track ballast, the line now forms 21 miles of Route 1 of the National Cycle Network and is very popular with cyclists and walkers from across the UK.
The route should not be ridden on thin road bike tyres.
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/scarborough-to-whitby
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Posted 6 years ago # -
Did part of the Cinder Track a couple of years ago with the family. It was hard work - felt like going up hill all the time.
Posted 6 years ago # -
am aware of the cinder track and avoiding - looks horrific.
@chrisfl - I am almost ready to have your babies - I had given up trying to find a decent .gpx of this.
Posted 6 years ago # -
A couple of friends of mine rode the cinder track a few years ago. They reported it was clear and easy to follow, but the surface made it very hard work and it took much longer than they had planned.
Posted 6 years ago # -
OSM's NCN1 route can be downloaded from here
I used overpass to generate it http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/AHX
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@chrisfl - any idea if there's a good reason for the sections north of Dundee and south of King's Lynn being different relations?
This query has them all, just in case that's useful for anyone: http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/AI0
Posted 6 years ago # -
@Frenchy - I did spot that, it seemed a bit short. I think the multiple sections might be to keep the overall size down.
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