Re: Tips for cycling holiday in Bath area
- From: "Graham Harrison" <edward.harrison1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 22:55:55 -0000
"Roger Merriman" <NEWS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1is0a6b.18woc8y1iq5b3tN%NEWS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Jumpinjarhead <Jumpinjarhead.3kg53n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am a Yank and want to take a cycling holiday in the Bath area. I amif your not planning on using a car once around bath, then it seems a
also retired Marine Colonel so I would also be interested in military
lodging facilities in the area. I am just beginning to plan so bear
with me if I ask inane questions. any tips would be
appreciated--should I rent a car at the airport and drive to the Bath
area and then rent a bicycle or what?
lot of hassel when heathrow (i assume thats where you'll land?) is well
connected by train and to bath/bristol.
some lovely biking in the area such as chedder gorge, get a osmap or two
and browse would be my thing.
Many thanks.
roger
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www.rogermerriman.com
For the benefit of the "yank" "OS Maps" = Ordnance Survey maps. They do various scales but the most common are 1:25000 and 1:50000. They cover the whole country and if you go here http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/ and enter the post code BA1 1AA you'll see a small sample. For cycling the best compromise between how many you need and their usability is probably 1:50000.
Might also be worth looking at http://www.sustrans.org.uk/. I don't always agree with everything they say but they are slowly building a network of cycle friendly routes around the country. It's a mixture of low volume roads, shared (with pedestrians) paths and new construction.
http://www.ctc.org.uk/ is another resource that might be of use. http://www.twotunnels.org.uk/ is a Sustrans supported project (but nowhere near usable yet). This has already been mentioned http://www.bristolbathrailwaypath.org.uk/home.shtml
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