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solo touring is awesome.
you decide what you want to ride, when you want to ride, what you want to see, etc.
if it gets unendingly boring have no shame in packing up and going home, i've done this loads.
just take what bike/kit/route seems good to you, no need to impress or compete with anyone
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I have, a couple of times. Boredom and motivation weren't a problem; it is a pain when something breaks (I had a broken cleat which was a nightmare) but even if I'd been with more people I wouldn't have had the necessary stuff, and would have felt worse slowing a group down.
Trickiest part for me was finding places to sleep as I was wild camping - when you're actually doing it, it seems really stressful as you need to feel relaxed enough to actually fall asleep!
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For a couple of days you shouldn't need anymore tools than you'd take on a sunday ride, chance of major issues is supremely unlikely.
I like having some audiobooks/podcasts to listen to for solo touring, helps me with motivation on those long headwind days.
Navigation is fine, as you can stop for a couple of seconds to check and carry on, it's worse with groups as you end up stopped for 10+ minutes every time someone stops to check directions.
Definitely wild camp, paying a campsite pitch on your own is usually exorbitant.
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Stop posting on the forum...and if you want to do it, just do it.
It's the UK, not Mongolia.
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Has anyone done any solo touring? I want to go somewhere this weekend but none of my friends are around. So I was considering some sort of micro-tour; 1 or 2 nights camping and ~200 miles. But I've never done anything like that by myself; just wondering if anyone has any advice?
Off the top of my head there are a few "issues" to consider;