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Wonderful suggestions!
I will amend the route to incorporate the cockoo trail, looks really nice! As I said, it's a route I drafted quickly last night, I will edit it further to avoid as many A roads as possible.
As far as pubs and places to eat/drink, I'll pin em on the map, but we'll have to play it by the ear to account for weather and legs tiredness..
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I rode a similar route this weekend, some details here. Shame to miss the cuckoo trail as that's a really lovely 11 mile stretch of converted train track with good tarmac surface. Nice to get away from the traffic for a bit. If you want charming country pubs with lovely gardens, I'd also strongly recommend this place in Old Heathfield: http://www.starinnoldheathfield.co.uk/ Lewes is also very nice and worth a trip if you were looking for somewhere to stay with charm and great pubs. Recommend this place. Alfriston's very quaint - you can actually walk your bikes over the bridge into the center of the village (marked South Downs Way) which is a nice little short cut. I'd stay off the A22 and take the smaller roads to the North, it's not a particularly pleasant road. Probably try and avoid the A229 on the way down if your gf isn't a keen cyclist, it's not much fun being closely passed at 50mph by large vehicles...