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No, no particular ties, I just thought the Cotswolds looked nice. I was talking about riding up Cheddar Gorge just the other day, and I suppose it could be possible to rejig the route, or just save that for another time, e.g. my extremely vague LEJOG notion that's been knocking around in my head for a few years!
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Yep, so many options! Cotswolds are wonderful - I know a lovely route from Oxford to Bristol if that's of any interest... never been up to Worcester but sure it's great too!
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cheddar gorge is absolutely beautiful, would advise riding it east to west so you get the downhill
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Also, definitely do LEJOG, the UK is so incredibly diverse in landscape/scenery/architecture, seeing it change/unfold before you is one of the best things I've ever done. Plus scotland is just insane.
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platypus
Nae bother. Are you tied into going to Worcester? I might be tempted by kicking south from Reading and taking in the Quantocks/Mendips into Bristol and then out via Chepstow/Hay etc... but only because this is pretty much what I did and absolutely loved it! Means you'd get to ride up Cheddar Gorge and the Mendips are really lovely on top... but I guess then you'd miss the Cotswolds, which are great as well! So many excellent decisions to have to make...!