Route Doon!!

[Blue Flame]

Hiya Peeps.

Just planning the route down and the first stab at it looks like this.

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Any suggestions on better roads?

Originally Posted by Blue Flame

Intend to stay off the motorway as much as possible.

What happened?

Give me five mins, I'll map some of the roads I have used on the way up to GM's

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...63,7.13562&z=8

[Blue Flame]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

What happened?

Nothing happened... I am just being lazy and letting others pick the route for me

[Blue Flame]

Originally Posted by -Ralph-

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=d&so...63,7.13562&z=8

See..... it worked

If you're going to do my route give yourself 11-12 hours, especially if you are not riding alone.

[Blue Flame]

11- 12 hours is a bit of a killer esp when I have to build a tent at the end but it looks like there is plenty of bail out spots if I get a bit weary,

Thanks Col you are a superstar !!!

Biggar to Moffat is much better than the A7 which sends me to sleep, but a bit boring from Biggar to Carlisle. If you want to do it take the old A70 from Currie/Balerno to Carnwath, then B7016 to Biggar/Broughton, then then the A701 to Moffat. I'd rather do that than the A7 any day.

[Blue Flame]

My original plan was the Biggar road but what put me off was arriving at the M74 too far North hence the A7. Although part of me is thinking to get the miles under the belt to Carlisle and then go off the motorway. If I leave about 6AM I should get there at a half decent time.

Originally Posted by Blue Flame

11- 12 hours is a bit of a killer esp when I have to build a tent at the end but it looks like there is plenty of bail out spots if I get a bit weary,

Thanks Col you are a superstar !!!

No worries. Your route from Merseyside to the campsite is a bit uninspiring to be honest. Just main road through populated areas of England, lots of 30 mph limits, etc.

Personally if I wanted to bail out to motorway, I do it for the last 3 hours of the journey and stick with motorway from M6 @ Preston to M5 @ Worcester. Do all the nice roads in the North for your first half, and motorway the second half.