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Cheers for this! Really appreciate it. I'm planning on going very close to Presteigne, but not through/up it - what would you recommend as the best approach? Going up/along Hay Bluff the day before which looks lovely.
Carlisle - Edinburgh/Peebles puts me in two minds. I've ridden quite a bit around Peebles (my gf comes from up there) so I know it's lovely, but I want to get up to Loch Lomand/Glencoe/Trossachs as directly as possible, which probably means staying East after the Lakes. Is this a big mistake? I don't really know what the riding up the West is like, guess will be relatively close to the M6 at most times... Hmmm.
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I put this in the Rides/Routes thread too in case you miss it...
If you're aiming for a hill or two on your LEJoG, Presteigne and The Bog should be in there somewhere... Shropshire/Welsh borders way
And Carlisle to Edinburgh is lovely over the Moorfoot hills.
Aim for Hesket Newmarket in the northern Lakes... Stunning pub/library/internet caff/postoffice/ brewery in the middle of the village (and next to a decent B&B!)
I did A9 to Helmsdale and then northwest over the Strath, 37 miles of nothing. Stunning cycling but for cattle grids. Think it's on your map above - N/S road just west of JoG
Oh, and if I have one regret from my ride, it's not detouring to Lizard/Dounreay points to cover North and South, as well as west. I grew up near Lowestoft so have no desire to cycle there again!