You are reading a single comment by @exteroceptive and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
exteroceptive
I don't as I was just following some NCN and a rough idea. Activities linked below. Turns out it wasn't as 'big loopy' as I thought, more of a tight loop...
Day One - Oxford
Not being a native, saturday we drove up and spent the day riding/mooching around Oxford, just looking at rivers etc. Didn't starva this.
Day Two - Oxford to Evesham
link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9775920143
Basically out of Oxford along the canal, along to Woodstock along the A44 which was ok as its segregated. Then along some gorgeous back roads, wood paths etc to Shipston On Stour where we lunched. Then bit of a diversion so I could add in the Stratford greenway for a few miles, before more lovely back roads (recommend a stop off at the Cottage of Content!) to Bidford on Avon, then a rather plain road out of there to the campsite just north of Evesham. Dinner in a local pub, it was a Marstons, so not the greatest, but food and drink and just a short walk away.
Campsite was nice, quiet and friendly owners. Kind of a meadow feel to it : https://bredon-valecaravanandcamping.co.uk
Day Three - Evesham back to Oxford
link - https://www.strava.com/activities/9782298213
As we camped just north of Evesham, we then headed into Evesham for brekkie (Shout out to the Bear Claw Cafe, lovely coffee and pastries). Out of evesham to take in the Broadway tower, which was an absolutely savage climb, especially given the heat. We couldn't get the bikes right up to it, but close enough and had a second coffee at the cafe which has wonderful views.
Then down the back roads to Moreton in Marsh, which was HEAVING, and full of cars and plainly we just didn't fancy stopping there at all. Carried on down the lanes through Aldestrop (lovely gravel / wooded path there, and a famous poem!) to Kingham for lunch at the Kingham Plough which was exceptional. Fantastic food, great staff (ice cubes in our water bottles!) and lovely village. I had a puncture so stopped on the green to fix it after lunch and was excellent, all the locals came over to chat. Best village on the route in my opinion. Anyway, we then carried on through Chadlington, home of that twat with the farm where we saw some massive RAF planes doing some low flying.
Carried on to Charlbury for an ice cream, another lovely green in the middle of town. A real theme in the villages and towns of the area! Finally, winded our way back to Woodstock and back into Oxford.
All in all, great trip, wonderful area, lovely friendly people.
Edit - Do those links work? Or do I have to embed?