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@MuswellGreg
Did it today. For anyone thinking of doing it, synopsis as follows:
Went from North London, picked up the A4 at Slough, stayed on it to Bath, then took the cycle path from Bath to Bristol.
Up to Newbury the A4 is frustrating. Loads of traffic, busy motorway type roundabouts and constant stopping and starting at lights. After Newbury it's actually pretty pleasant. By the time I got to Hungerford and beyond it was great - scenic and quiet. Mostly single carriageway. The cycle path from Bath to Bristol was brilliant though, well better than the roads. If anyone is thinking about doing London/Bristol I'd say take the cycle path as much as possible.
There weren't any hills really, the whole route was pretty flat - I was expecting one or two killer hills coming into Bath but if you take the A4 you manage to avoid anything significant. Given the force 10 gale and monsoon rain today I was a bit relieved, but if I did it again I'd find one or two hills to climb just to spice it up a bit. You wouldn't need to look very hard around Bath either.