Edinburgh-Bath DIY
Not sure if this the best place to post this, as I'm not anticipating people leaping to join me, but I'm beginning to think about a head-down, no-frills Edinburgh-Bath DIY later in the year, as the means to a cheap(er) night on the sauce in the Star, in Bath, before returning to Bonnie Scotia by train the following day. I wonder if some of the cognoscenti that tread these boards can give me any tips on a sensible southbound route from beyond Carlisle. Is there a well-worn, straightforward NW to SW route that someone could share with me? Conversely, are there any roads that although they might look benign on the map are dreadful and best avoided? My f-i-l lives in West Brom (poor chap) and I would probably look to overnight there. With any luck I might be able to tweak this into a 600, although I'm not sure what state I would be in for a night on the batter at the end of it if I determined to get there <40hrs. Still... all valuable PBP training.
Many thanks.