Home to Home: London to Worcester

I've just completed one of my cycling ambitions: riding from my home in London to my parents' in Worcester. My brother and I did it over two days, staying in Oxford overnight (thanks eyebrows)

I'll put up a proper ride report soon, but just wanted to announce it to the world!

135 miles FTW

nice one Matt!

could have done it in a day though you lazy git

haha,
good work matt

i was thinking of doing the same thing in the summer, my parents live about 7 miles away from Worcester in Pershore.
what rout did you take?

Good effort! Do the whole way in one day in the summer, I say.

well done mashton, next time do it fixed

Nice one, mashton, next time do it no-hands, juggling, and playing the accordeon.

Just get the train next time, you idiot.

Can't you afford a car?

nice one!

it was nice seeing you and your brother.
I hope my college were friendly, and not dicks like they sometimes can be.
Did you get breakfast?

and well done, sorry I didn't have much time, the dissertation nearly killed me.

Oh, easy for you Mr Mash.. think of the poor immigrant scum... 14,000k just to see mumsy and dadsy..

Nice work though, mate! :)

well done. epic a-to-b rides cause immense satisfaction.

i was thinking of doing the same thing in the summer, my parents live about 7 miles away from Worcester in Pershore.

How bizarre.

My folks lived in Pershore til last year.

There's a posh bike shop and an Alfa Romeo mender there.

And Toyah lives at the top of High Street. I sold her a Daily Mail when I worked in the paper shop...

Good work, Mashton!

I'm riding home to Newbury in about two weeks from SE London. I think thats about 90 miles and I plan to do it in one day. I have no idea which route to go, though.

I'm sure everyone on this forum will be tripping over themselves to help you out

try this

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Hey I was born in Worcester. Recently rode the short journey from Warwick to Redditch. Hell. Into the wind and hilly.

I'm riding home to Newbury in about two weeks from SE London. I think thats about 90 miles and I plan to do it in one day. I have no idea which route to go, though.

I'm from Newbury. You encapsulate many of the reasons why I left.

P.S. Well done Matt. Sounds like a good ride. I imagine the second day is a bit tougher than the first though?

@spag-hoops: for the London to Oxford leg we followed [ame="http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Richmond-to-Oxford"]Jonny's

%22%5DJonny%27s route[/ame] in the Oxford ride thread. Which was lovely.

As for Oxford to Worcester, we just took the A44 since no other routes looked feasible. it was actually a really nice road and very easy to navigate! And it goes through Pershore.

@andy: Actually the first day was harder for me, since I failed to pace myself properly and had a bi tof an energy slump in the penultimate 5 miles. Next day we took it easy on purpose and felt a million dollars the whole way. Ate loads and had regular, infrequent rests. Having said that, the hill out of Moreton-in-Marsh up to Boughton-on-the-Hill (!!) was a cunt. Coming down Fish Hill more than made up for it though.

@the rest of you: next time I'll do it fixed, backwards, on a train, in half an hour.

Another observation - having luggage makes my bike slower!

I'm riding home to Newbury in about two weeks from SE London. I think thats about 90 miles and I plan to do it in one day. I have no idea which route to go, though.

How can Newbury be 90 miles? It's just by Swindon innit?

nice, i was thinking the A44, i normally go that way when i drive, as it's a bit nicer, but does it not have some hairy dual carrigeway bits?
that hill out of Moreton is a bastard!........ and Fish Hill must have been well dodgy!
i was considering doing it fixed.... but we'll see..... i'm not sure i could handle Fish Hill fixed.

If you live in Gillingham http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Newbury,+United+Kingdom&daddr=51.376924,0.579529&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=9&dirflg=w&sll=51.491645,0.20874&sspn=0.641278,1.768799&ie=UTF8&ll=51.411199,-0.192261&spn=0.642409,1.768799&z=9

I had gears, my bro was on singlespeed. I think having a freewheel is worth it, just for the fun of descending.

No dual carriageway problems at all on the A44. One short stretch that you won't notice. generally a nice road. And the lanes you get on the Oxford leg more than make up for it.

Fish Hill was so much fun - no traffic and those hairpins felt like an alpine descent. I wish it was about ten times longer. And yes, Moreton -> Boughton was painful on gears, but I am putting that down the heavyish luggage I had on the bike.