Skinny goes Touring. Bike and gear.

Also, you might as well just catch a train to Skipton and go North from there (unless you are going to Wales). There is nothing to see in the South.

What about most of Devon and Cornwall, large swathes of Somerset, Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Kent and Sussex? An area I've only touched upon, the Welsh Borders, looks amazing.

Isn't part of the plan to see more of the country? Sometimes you need to see the dull bits to appreciate the best bits.