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wvm is right: if you want to do an out and back from home you will not get much countryside for 25 miles. If the ride out of London seems like a bit of a grind, don't rule out using Oyster cards for quick trains which can pop you outside the M25 for ±£3. It's well worth doing, many of the TNRC routes are good for that, the Hemel Hempstead one may be closest to you.
The lea/lee valley canal path is good, but it isn't paved, so you'll be dodging walkers and families etc. That's probably about 25 miles to the end in Ware/Hertford, and is lovely in spring summer. I've also ridden out of London on the Paddington canal path to Iver, which I enjoyed.
Otherwise, there are tried and trusted routes to Cambridge, Southend, Brighton which you could do partially. And then inevitably steam onwards when you realise how much you are enjoying it....