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if it's just two of you, you could start with a train out to any station around the South M25, plus or minus, then be fresher for any hills and take in a lot more of the villagey cafes
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Hmm Buzzbikes. This is the Stayer route that shows a steep track up to the beacon, which is horrible but better than the road (eh, you can always get off and push?). After this, you pootle along the top of the downs to Ditchling Road and down into Brighton.
[deleted the bit about the Cuckoo Trail because getting to it and off it will be pretty shitty]
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Related to the above. Are there any routes to Brighton that avoid Ditchling and any other spicy hills but which aren't a bit shit? I avoided it yesterday (great call by the way, the guy I was with was completely out of steam by that point!) and diverted through Lewes. Everything up to that point, via Woldingham and East Grinstead was lovely but the stretch from Lewes to Brighton was gross, a bike lane along the side of a dual carriageway. It was handy for dragging my mate along the last few miles but there's got to be a nicer route that's not too tough.
I'd like to take another friend who's new to cycling soon and I don't want to put him off with a big hill at the end of what would be his longest ride to date.