London to Amsterdam Route

via france and belgium not the shortest but the nicest again follow the coast, up to antwerp and beyond

pm me when you are going to be here

wow! nice idea. would love to know how long it takes you??

maxtm, this thread is pretty old now,

I did 'similar' this summer also,

we did birmingham to royston (hertfordshire, or cambridge) - around 120 miles, 8 hrs of cycling on one day.

then royston to harwich the next day, around 80 miles, through essex, colchester etc, fairly nice countryside riding, think we averaged around 19-20mph this day, due to the shorter distance,

arrived at harwich at like 5, got on a ferry at 11, off the other end around 6am ( i think ) - then its like a 60 miles ride to amsterdam along cycle route 1b or 1a north sea route (if i remember correctly) although, it ended up being 80 miles because we got lost -

surprisingly, the amsterdam cycle paths weren't as clearly signposted as we had anticipated ! and we ended up miles out of our way.

So from london alone, as there is pretty much only overnight ferries, its always gonna take 2 days.

3 from brum, although could have done it in 2 if we wanted to go straight to harwich.

I'll be doing this late december, to spend NYE in amsterdam. Current plan is London - Harwich (circa 80miles/130k), 11pm ferry, 6.45am arrival and then ride up the coast to the 'dam (50miles/80k - ish).

Planning on taking lots of maps...!

London-Harwich is a nightmare to do, too much traffic and just plain dangerous. Next time I'm doing this I'll cheat and take the train to Harwich.

I have two weeks of time off work coming up soon, and my holiday plans have been cancelled... so was thinking of doing this solo, and speding a few days in Amsterdam.

Is the London to Harwich section really that shit?
If so, does anyone have a decent alternative route to Harwich?

I just managed to swindle a few days off work in September so I'm gonna give this a go fixed using this route off Bikely http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/London-to-Amsterdam

Anyone know if the cycle paths are tiled all the way? Not sure whether 23c tyres'll suit this ride.