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Thanks again. It's like having to learn it all again, wasn't expecting that. I see that it's not possible to trace a route on osm, but there are plenty of other websites that let you do that based on their maps. Would you have a recommendation of which one is best for cycling here in the UK? One that makes good visual suggestions of what's a nice country lane and what's a terribly busy local road?
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Ride with gps has what I and many others think is just about the best routing algorithm for road cycling.
https://ridewithgps.com/https://ridewithgps.com/help/garmin-etrex
The only change I would make on the last page is track up as opposed to North up. Track up means the map rotates to your direction of travel, like most car sat navs.
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I've used tons of the online route mapping sites/apps, and the one I like the best (by quite a long way) is http://www.gpxeditor.co.uk/. Been using it for a few years now and still really happy with it.
I even made a development suggestion to the person who runs it and within the week it was there!
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The Strava route planner is quite slick, and available without the paid account. Allows you to export GPX/TCX, so not just for use within the app on a phone.
Nice: allows you to view a 'heatmap' which gives you a good idea of popular routes.
Not so nice: doesn't always distinguish surfaced roads from unsurfaced tracks, and popular routes may be busy commuter routes.
I've found it handy for getting an idea for ride routes in areas I'm not at all familiar with.
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Here is a text file as that is what gpx files are showing the same " path" one as a track and one as a route.