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Dang. Need more notice (and to actually read this thread more often).
Weirdly, I was wondering about doing the reverse... wind-assist becomes a thing after a few miles : )
vilms5000-
huh. Too much bravado on my part by far! I ended up not doing it in the end. It's GCSE mocks and I was on duty all weekend helping out with revision...
It would definitely work in reverse, it's just that Shoreham is quite nice once you arrive there, so it would be quite a nice place to stop for a beer or something to eat.
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Tried that ride yesterday and it nearly killed me!
I ended up bailing out at Dorking and taking the train back.Technically I guess I did succeed in riding both trails, as Dorking is the turn-off point for the Downs Link, but it was just too hot.
However, having now ridden the Downs Link from South to North, I think it's much better ridden towards the south. The downhill portions are steeper in the southern direction, so harder to ride in the northern direction.
It's still a lovely ride.
Alex_B
If anyone's up for it, I might try a ride that follows part of the route this weekend.
I'm thinking of taking the train to East Grinstead, following the cuckoo trail and Avenue Vert trail (NCN21) south, then cross country diversion to the west, skirting to the north of Lewes and avoiding dipping into the South Downs before picking up the Downs Link at Steyning and then reversing my route of two weeks ago back to the smoke. About 120 miles all in.
This: https://cycle.travel/map/journey/110358
There's a bail out at Lewes at 35 miles, Shoreham at about 60 miles, then another one at Christ's Hospital at around 70 miles. Dorking would be about 90 miles in.
I've not floated this at home yet, so it might not go ahead...