Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 25 February, 2023, 06:16:58 pm
Post by: Ian H on 25 February, 2023, 07:15:56 pm
Post by: drossall on 25 February, 2023, 07:19:17 pm
Post by: Wowbagger on 25 February, 2023, 07:32:13 pm
There was an A-roads game thread on here, or possibly on Cycling UK, at one time. Participants were attempting (collectively) to ride on all the nation's A roads, in numerical order. I'll have another go at finding it later.
It was on this forum's predecessor. It was started by Sir Simon Legg-Bandage, and he has never set foot over here.
Post by: Zed43 on 25 February, 2023, 08:25:38 pm
M1 out of Dublin: massive roadworks in 1998 and when I asked about the "old airport road" I got directions that got me in 30 seconds on the motorway in rush hour. Thrilling! Overtaken by a police car twice, neither could be bothered.
M48 across the Severn bridge. Closed to traffic because of maintenance, I could not resist and ride on the main road instead of the cycling path. Got some funny looks fro road workers.
Post by: LittleWheelsandBig on 25 February, 2023, 08:32:03 pm
Post by: drossall on 25 February, 2023, 08:36:51 pm
It was on this forum's predecessor. It was started by Sir Simon Legg-Bandage, and he has never set foot over here.Amazing how time flies. I could have sworn it was more recent than that. I think we petered out somewhere around the A64?
I used to claim that I'd raced on the whole of the A1 from Baldock to Morpeth. An exaggeration of course, but local club courses (and, I think, the old F1) ran north from Baldock. Various versions of the F1 ran up from Tempsford, then some N courses between Alconbury and Norman Cross. I'd not actually done much around Newark, but I raced as a student west of Retford - I remember going up towards the turn at Blyth. Another bit of a gap till bottom and top Boro, which gets you pretty much to Leeming Bar. Then the Newcastle clubs used to go north from that city, when I was meant to be visiting my girlfriend, who was a student there - she married me, so I can't have overdone the racing too much :-)
Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 25 February, 2023, 08:40:01 pm
I think you should allow the A303, it being a major trunk road.
I've not got that far yet, but I have cycled on the A303 on the Kernow & SW one year, just a short section, and a bit past Popham once on a club run when we were trying to avoid ice. The road was gridlocked as they hadn't gritted that either, which turned out to be entertaining.
I did manage to cycle the length of the A319 on my 319th century ride.
Post by: rogerzilla on 25 February, 2023, 08:48:48 pm
208 Gloucester Terrace
https://maps.app.goo.gl/DTy1XjjrtTJw3A8h7
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 25 February, 2023, 09:02:21 pm
M5 J18 to Avonmouth Bridge whereupon we chucked the bikes over the security fence separating us from the bikeway, climbed over and disappeared into the night.Rather you than me! I hate that bridge on the cyclepath, such constant noise. The actual motorway must be even worse.
Off the top of my head:
A4
A38
A46
A36
A39
Most of these are far quieter than their numbers and primary route status suggest.
Post by: LittleWheelsandBig on 25 February, 2023, 09:08:24 pm
The A5 went through a town I lived in for five years. I rode small chunks of it quite frequently. Some sections were the ‘old A5’, having been reclassified when a bypass went in.
The A4 is fine to ride in some sections at odd hours.
Post by: Wowbagger on 25 February, 2023, 09:14:13 pm
If you are cycling on the A404, I think you are probably lost... ;)
PS I recall delving into the AA Road Book, dated early 1960s and a present from Aunt Phyllis to my dad. It was this exchange that reminded me of the presence of Sir Simon L-B as he exclaimed that my research was "above and beyond the call of duty".
I haven't seen Simon for years. Anyone know how he is?
Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 25 February, 2023, 09:19:30 pm
Post by: Wowbagger on 25 February, 2023, 09:44:49 pm
The following day I cycled through Ireland. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map?X=513500&Y=241500&A=Y&Z=120
Post by: Basil on 25 February, 2023, 09:55:29 pm
OK, it wasn't actually opened yet, but as soon as it was fully paved, we would hammer up and down it every evening for 3 or 4 weeks.
Post by: Ian H on 25 February, 2023, 10:17:11 pm
Post by: sg37409 on 25 February, 2023, 10:20:15 pm
Post by: drossall on 25 February, 2023, 10:24:15 pm
The following day I cycled through Ireland. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/map?X=513500&Y=241500&A=Y&Z=120Ireland is on our club 10 course.
Post by: Basil on 25 February, 2023, 10:33:58 pm
Post by: rr on 25 February, 2023, 11:00:56 pm
A38, A40,
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Post by: JellyLegs on 25 February, 2023, 11:30:23 pm
I recall claiming the A122, which no longer exists, which was Writtle Street, Chelmsford. The A roads west from Chelmsford have now been renumbered. The A414 is the nastier of the two and heads out towards Stansted Airport. The A1060 isn't too bad. Can't recall where it ends up.
The A1060 goes to Bishops Stortford via Leaden Roding. The A414 west of Chelmsford is part of Ride London 100 and heads for Harlow, and then on to Hertford, Hatfield and a few more H’s before it ends. It’s the A131 / A120 that go to the airport and neither of them are nice cycling.
Post by: telstarbox on 25 February, 2023, 11:35:13 pm
Used to commute regularly on A21, A20, A2 Old Kent Road, A4 and A3 all in Inner London.
Now commute on the A26 and occasionally A20.
Other ones - A5 Edgware Road. A10, A11, A12, A13. A22, A23, A24, A25, A28. A56. Think that is all!
Post by: Tim Hall on 25 February, 2023, 11:47:55 pm
I haven't seen Simon for years. Anyone know how he is?
I went to the LonJog 10 year anniversary drinks last year. Leggy wasn't there but it was said that he and the Lovely Suzy are living in Felixstowe (I think).
Post by: Kim on 25 February, 2023, 11:58:06 pm
A couple of times through the Queensway tunnel, where the A38 passes through Central Brum.
Without oxygen?
Post by: Basil on 26 February, 2023, 12:11:07 am
;DA couple of times through the Queensway tunnel, where the A38 passes through Central Brum.
Without oxygen?
Didn't need it. This was back in the day when I was still quite fast. [ish - ED] The effect of the suction and tail wind created by the traffic in each single direction tunnel meant I would whip through in no time at all.
Stopped doing it after driving through and unexpectedly coming up behind a moped on that corner half way through.
Post by: Kim on 26 February, 2023, 12:15:01 am
;DA couple of times through the Queensway tunnel, where the A38 passes through Central Brum.
Without oxygen?
Didn't need it. This was back in the day when I was still quite fast. [ish - ED] The effect of the suction and tail wind created by the traffic in each single direction tunnel meant I would whip through in no time at all.
Stopped doing it after driving through and unexpectedly coming up behind a moped on that corner half way through.
Ah, yes. I've come round that corner and found gridlock a couple of times, which is alarming enough when you're keeping to the speed limit, which most drivers won't be.
I'm still disappointed that the council didn't have the guts to close them for one of the various SkyRides. [You might have been able to retrieve your cap - Ed]
Post by: Mr Larrington on 26 February, 2023, 12:51:00 am
Post by: Wowbagger on 26 February, 2023, 05:46:51 am
Post by: rogerzilla on 26 February, 2023, 07:39:29 am
Post by: rr on 26 February, 2023, 07:46:12 am
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Post by: Rod Marton on 26 February, 2023, 08:46:41 am
Mind you, at various times I have lived in Maldon, Newbury, Petersfield, Stamford, Falkirk, St Albans, Bristol, Stockport and Stroud, so this gives me a fairly wide coverage of the country.
Post by: MikeFromLFE on 26 February, 2023, 09:40:37 am
The only time I bottled it was attempting to cycle up the A3 from a late night ferry arriving in Southampton in 1973 trying to go up the A3 with a set of dynohub lights. I slept on a bench outside a pub in King's Worthy and got the first train from Micheldever to London.
Statistics say roads were more dangerous than now, but these are not routes I'd contemplate for a moment nowadays. The folly of youth.
Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 26 February, 2023, 06:32:41 pm
Have only ridden 30 / 95 roads between A100 and A199, and have ridden the full length of the A100 and A161
Have ridden 40 / 94 roads between A200 and A299 as this is heading to my Hampshire and Sussex heartlands. This includes the full length of the A248, A272 (86 miles - although not in one go, that will probably be the longest), A284, A285, and A287
So that makes 136 so far.
Post by: Wowbagger on 26 February, 2023, 06:52:50 pm
Post by: Sergeant Pluck on 26 February, 2023, 07:17:59 pm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A1_road_(Northern_Ireland)
In fact I first “rode" on the A1 when it was freshly tarmaced and not yet open to the public, not far from our house. My dad took me there on my Kettcar.
It was a dangerous road, being crossed by many minor and B-roads, which have (very) gradually either closed, bypassed, or converted to bridges / roundabouts over the years.
It’s not a road I would confidently ride on today.
Post by: Ian H on 26 February, 2023, 08:43:40 pm
From the A21-A30, definitely cycled the A23 in Brighton, I think the A24 in Dorking, the A25 near Dorking, the A26 in Maidstone. Can't remember cycling the A27 to 29. I've cycled on the A30 in Salisbury and between Penzance and Land's End.In fact my 600 uses the A30 from outside Salisbury towards the finish, with minor diversions to avoid the nastiness that is Yeovil.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 26 February, 2023, 11:22:34 pm
Post by: Jaded on 26 February, 2023, 11:41:33 pm
Quite a few others.
Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 03 March, 2023, 01:13:28 pm
Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 03 March, 2023, 10:22:07 pm
Post by: IanDG on 03 March, 2023, 10:38:19 pm
Post by: quixoticgeek on 04 March, 2023, 07:49:30 pm
A roads? Who cares about A roads when you can have motorways
M1 out of Dublin: massive roadworks in 1998 and when I asked about the "old airport road" I got directions that got me in 30 seconds on the motorway in rush hour. Thrilling! Overtaken by a police car twice, neither could be bothered.
M48 across the Severn bridge. Closed to traffic because of maintenance, I could not resist and ride on the main road instead of the cycling path. Got some funny looks fro road workers.
I once got a police escort from the M20...
J
Post by: hellymedic on 05 March, 2023, 11:27:16 pm
If you are cycling on the A404, I think you are probably lost... ;)
If you're surfing on A404, you're frustrated.
If you're cycling on the A404, HK will Tweet a picture sometime...
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 15 March, 2023, 10:39:58 pm
Forgot about the A25 and A48.And the A37 and A39!
Post by: drossall on 15 March, 2023, 10:58:26 pm
So I claim the A39 :-)
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 15 March, 2023, 11:53:54 pm
But any bit of it's got to count. As the OP says:
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Many of them were for very short sections (as little as a hundred meters or so) ,That the A46, for instance, is both this (https://goo.gl/maps/44mmXUkNyTQaeSfn9) and this, (https://goo.gl/maps/sVSWE3LB3wxJ9LLs8) is one of the fun points of the thread.
Post by: teethgrinder on 16 March, 2023, 10:44:53 pm
Post by: drossall on 16 March, 2023, 11:23:58 pm
That was as part of a few rides in the early 80s, coming from North Herts when I first moved there, picking up the A6 at Bedford, and following it to Derby, before heading for Ashbourne and Leek to return home to Cheshire.
Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 22 March, 2023, 09:18:36 am
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 22 March, 2023, 03:35:31 pm
Post by: Socks on 22 March, 2023, 05:23:36 pm
I'm using the current routes rather than the historical versions. I did add the A305, A310, and A311 to my list on Tuesday by commuting through Richmond Park and Twickenham rather than Richmond Park and Kingston, and also the entire length of the A3008, which is Hampton High Street and about 400m long. The exercise is showing me that there are an awful lot of short A roads that don't really go anywhere.
Although they do go from A to B
Post by: Solocle on 24 March, 2023, 01:36:22 pm
I have (accidentally) cycled on what used to be the A40(M) and M41. There are no warning signs on Gloucester Terrace and, if you take the right fork here, you have no escape.Ditto on that one.
208 Gloucester Terrace
https://maps.app.goo.gl/DTy1XjjrtTJw3A8h7
Also accidental entry to the M40 itself at J7.
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A1 - London Wall end of it
A2 - Crossed it in London
A3 - Short London stint
A4 - Bath, Avon causeway, etc. Candidate for a full length ride.
A5 - London
A6 - Peak District and Penrith on LEJOG.
A7 - Carlisle on LEJOG
A8 - Short section in Glasgow on LEJOG
A9 - Tain to Latheron, LEJOG
A10 - Liverpool St Station
A23 - London to Brighton (Veteran Car Route, only the trunk bit on the final run to Brighton, whereupon I was overtaking cars in lane 3!)
A27 - M3 terminus in Southampton following the A33 (multiplex).
A30 - London to Honiton at various points. Bits (inc trunk) on LEJOG. Old route almost in entirety (except Bodmin Moor).
A31 - M27 to Ferndown (when mostly closed), bits and pieces to A35.
A33 - Southampton, avoiding A303 at Popham.
A34 - Bicester to Oxford at rush hour, eek.
A35 - Most of the route between Southampton and Morecombelake.
A36 - Short bits near Bath and Wilton-Salisbury, the M27 spur at Ower
A37 - Dorchester to Shepton Mallet mostly ridden
A38 - Around Bristol.
A39 - LEJOG avoiding Bodmin Moor.
A40 - Oxford to London
A41 - Bicester
A43 - Through M40 J10 for Cherwell Valley services (miniscule)
A44 - Oxford-Chipping Norton
A46 - Dunkirk
A47 - LEJOG on outskirts of Nuneaton, 100 metres
A57 - Sheffield
A58 - Armley Gyratory
A59 - Blubberhouses - Bolton Bridge
A61 - Sheffield on LEJOG
A65 - While in Leeds
A66 - Whinfell Forest
A74 - Glasgow
A82 - Loch Lomond to Loch Ness
A87 - Isle of Skye
A99 - Latheron - JOG
Honourable mention for the A303.
Post by: andyoxon on 24 March, 2023, 02:38:00 pm
A9 Perth to Dunbeath, North of Inverness (most of it)
A30 LE to Okehampton (most of it)
Locally A34 - haven't touched it with a barge pole. May yet have a go at Chilton to West Ilsley junction, but in no rush.
A40 - tiny sections
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 24 March, 2023, 03:01:13 pm
A4 - Bath, Avon causeway, etc. Candidate for a full length ride.Might be worth it if you like being able to say you've done a thing, but bits of it – anything west of Bath, a section round Calne, probably most of it east of Newbury – would not be much fun unless done at silly o'clock. On the other hand, most of it between Bath and Newbury, but especially east of Calne, is really rather marvellous.
Post by: Solocle on 24 March, 2023, 03:28:33 pm
I was thinking you make an early start from London, get to Newbury before it gets busy, and then Bath-Avonmouth isn't very far.A4 - Bath, Avon causeway, etc. Candidate for a full length ride.Might be worth it if you like being able to say you've done a thing, but bits of it – anything west of Bath, a section round Calne, probably most of it east of Newbury – would not be much fun unless done at silly o'clock. On the other hand, most of it between Bath and Newbury, but especially east of Calne, is really rather marvellous.
I'd love to do the full length A30 too, but it means getting from Land's End to Exeter pretty much overnight, which is a tough old pace.
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 24 March, 2023, 07:22:32 pm
Thinking about this, I've probably never ridden the full 12 miles of A4 between Bristol and Bath. Firstly because I'd usually use the Railway Path, or some other, quieter route, but also because even if I've set out to use the A4, I've always gone through Keynsham town centre rather than the A4, which is the bypass. And I don't feel at all tempted to alter this.I was thinking you make an early start from London, get to Newbury before it gets busy, and then Bath-Avonmouth isn't very far.A4 - Bath, Avon causeway, etc. Candidate for a full length ride.Might be worth it if you like being able to say you've done a thing, but bits of it – anything west of Bath, a section round Calne, probably most of it east of Newbury – would not be much fun unless done at silly o'clock. On the other hand, most of it between Bath and Newbury, but especially east of Calne, is really rather marvellous.
I'd love to do the full length A30 too, but it means getting from Land's End to Exeter pretty much overnight, which is a tough old pace.
Post by: andrew_s on 24 March, 2023, 11:06:05 pm
Post by: IanDG on 24 March, 2023, 11:13:47 pm
Post by: Cudzoziemiec on 25 March, 2023, 10:48:03 am
A846 (https://goo.gl/maps/iD7fwM3j53FmAbD66) - single track with passing places, and grass up the middle.Staggering! :D
Post by: Wowbagger on 25 March, 2023, 08:41:43 pm
Add to that the honour of being "spotted" by another hitherto unknown forumite. Jan and I were sitting in the dilapidated café near St. Mary's Loch, enjoying our lunch. I noticed some guy in the queueue looking at me perhaps a bit more than etiquette would otherwise have demanded, but he and his lady friend came over and spoke to us.
"Excuse me, are you Wowbagger by any chance?"
It was Glasgow Dave along with Perky Girl.
Post by: Rod Marton on 26 March, 2023, 02:09:32 pm
Post by: Solocle on 30 March, 2023, 10:19:00 am
I have now come to the definitive total of about 78 1 and 2 digit A roads cycled on. The 'about' is due to the fact that a number of these have been renumbered/realigned over the many years I have been cycling, and on some of them I really can't remember what the number was when I rode along it. I've only done the full length of three of them in one go: the A68, A7 and A88 (though as the A88 is only about 3 miles long it isn't a big challenge), plus the whole of the A83 in two goes. I think it unlikely that I will increase this total, I certainly won't be going out of my way to do so.Completing the length of a road has a certain allure to me.
I'm actually not even that far off with the A303, of all roads :o
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One fell swoop is somewhat of a different proposition.
Of the first 9, the A4 and the A7 are prime candidates. The A8 is surely feasible, just consider the old route part of it and start at Greenock at a quiet time.
The A5/A6 might be doable.
The two digits that get my eye:
A30 - Absolute epic, but with the middle section timing it might be possible. Dual carriageway is quiet in the middle of the night.
A38 - 2nd longest road after the A1. Again timings are critical, Bodmin-Exeter would want to be overnight, as would Sutton Coldfield-Macclesfield.
A44. Epically long, but never too hairy. 19th longest non-motorway.
Post by: drossall on 30 March, 2023, 11:19:44 pm
Post by: yorkie on 31 March, 2023, 12:26:21 pm
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Post by: Asterix, the former Gaul. on 01 April, 2023, 03:04:05 pm
Post by: drossall on 02 April, 2023, 12:19:56 am
Post by: tonyh on 02 April, 2023, 11:56:40 am
My uncle lived just off it in Handforth.
Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 03 April, 2023, 02:26:16 pm
Post by: CrazyEnglishTriathlete on 19 December, 2023, 10:48:43 pm
Post by: Solocle on 12 March, 2024, 08:29:31 am
Am still working through the list - am up to the A4xxx roads. Am up to 516 different A roads of the 1343 surveyed so far. The A285 (Chichester - Petworth) is probably the one that I regular cycle on that I enjoy the most, especially going from south to north with the prevailing wind, which does Duncton Down the entertaining (rather than suffering way). I rode it one morning when there was a Ferrari owners club breakfast at Goodwood and was overtaken by at least 30 FerrarisRather good going that :)
One I couldn't believe it was legal to cycle on at all, but it turns out that it is in places, is the A282.
I honestly thought I was probably missing a "no cycling" sign on Street View, so looked in person back in June.
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Post by: aidan.f on 17 March, 2024, 09:51:12 pm
I think one of my favourites was the A708 from Moffat up to St. Mary's Loch. At the start it says "unsuitable for HGVs" and there were several points where this was obviously true.
I'm afraid that that "unsuitable for HGVs" has been overridden and timber wagons are prolific... It's becoming really unpleasant for of course cyclists and other drivers.
And as for damage to the surface...
Post by: ElyDave on 18 March, 2024, 05:41:33 pm
A10
A141
A142
A1101
A1421
A1123
A605
A1065
A134
A1122
A47
A148
A149
A1303
I've also ridden a bunch in Ox, Lincs, Derbys, Various Scotlands (main and Islands), Wilts, Hants, etc.
I think my least favourite, not the A40 near Witney, but crossing the A505 on a 200km audax last summer.
I've not tried A14 or A11 yet and no plans to do so.
Post by: Solocle on 19 March, 2024, 09:12:46 am
Almost impossible around here to get to the nicer bits without hittingI've ridden on the A11... but not on the main carriageway thereof. ;D
A10
A141
A142
A1101
A1421
A1123
A605
A1065
A134
A1122
A47
A148
A149
A1303
I've also ridden a bunch in Ox, Lincs, Derbys, Various Scotlands (main and Islands), Wilts, Hants, etc.
I think my least favourite, not the A40 near Witney, but crossing the A505 on a 200km audax last summer.
I've not tried A14 or A11 yet and no plans to do so.
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Post by: Mr Larrington on 19 March, 2024, 09:28:24 am
Post by: drossall on 19 March, 2024, 06:59:30 pm
I've ridden on the A11... but not on the main carriageway thereof. ;DThat's the problem section between Mildenhall and Thetford isn't it, where they built a shiny new dual carriageway with no sensible alternative route, so just assumed that cyclists would use their Star Trek transporters to disappear at one end and appear at the other. It being a strategic route for all traffic types.
Post by: Solocle on 21 March, 2024, 12:49:39 pm
It is, but the section just east of Elveden where there is a cycle path on the old road/alongside. However, I wanted to cut across to Thetford forest for a Veloviewer tile, and didn't really want to double back.I've ridden on the A11... but not on the main carriageway thereof. ;DThat's the problem section between Mildenhall and Thetford isn't it, where they built a shiny new dual carriageway with no sensible alternative route, so just assumed that cyclists would use their Star Trek transporters to disappear at one end and appear at the other. It being a strategic route for all traffic types.
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Post by: ElyDave on 23 March, 2024, 02:24:13 pm
I've ridden on the A11... but not on the main carriageway thereof. ;DThat's the problem section between Mildenhall and Thetford isn't it, where they built a shiny new dual carriageway with no sensible alternative route, so just assumed that cyclists would use their Star Trek transporters to disappear at one end and appear at the other. It being a strategic route for all traffic types.
Actually that reminds me, I ended up for exactly this reason having to cross it at one of those monster fast roundabouts just outside Mildenhall, not something to repeat in a hurry.
Post by: drossall on 23 March, 2024, 03:02:46 pm
It is, but the section just east of Elveden where there is a cycle path on the old road/alongside.I knew about that section, but it seems pointless without the rest. And they even gave away part of the old road to a private estate, not that it would have been any good without the missing onward route.
Post by: Solocle on 25 March, 2024, 08:42:10 am
Indeed, although a cut through would at least reduce the distance on the A11 in one direction. Since I was riding from Center Parcs Elveden, that stretch was useful for going to Thetford. As you can see, when me and my dad rode down to Cambridge, it was a substantial detour.It is, but the section just east of Elveden where there is a cycle path on the old road/alongside.I knew about that section, but it seems pointless without the rest. And they even gave away part of the old road to a private estate, not that it would have been any good without the missing onward route.
(https://thumbsnap.com/s/A58QF4cr.jpg) (https://thumbsnap.com/A58QF4cr)
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Post by: Solocle on 25 March, 2024, 08:49:57 am
Indeed, although a cut through would at least reduce the distance on the A11 in one direction. Since I was riding from Center Parcs Elveden, that stretch was useful for going to Thetford. As you can see, when me and my dad rode down to Cambridge, it was a substantial detour.It is, but the section just east of Elveden where there is a cycle path on the old road/alongside.I knew about that section, but it seems pointless without the rest. And they even gave away part of the old road to a private estate, not that it would have been any good without the missing onward route.
(https://thumbsnap.com/s/A58QF4cr.jpg) (https://thumbsnap.com/A58QF4cr)
(https://thumbsnap.com/s/geoQcgN8.jpg) (https://thumbsnap.com/geoQcgN8)
Oh, does it count as riding on the A14 if I rode on a coned off area of its tarmac, and a short part of a slip road, during the 2019 FFF500? :P
Post by: drossall on 25 March, 2024, 06:13:40 pm
Post by: ElyDave on 25 March, 2024, 06:40:05 pm
I could have also given you a much nicer route to Cambridge ;)
Post by: Solocle on 27 March, 2024, 02:17:40 pm
Now I'm wondering where that A11/A14 photo was taken?Here - https://maps.app.goo.gl/hr6JoE82WT4Ux8Pt6 (https://maps.app.goo.gl/hr6JoE82WT4Ux8Pt6)
you were that close you could have popped in for a cuppa. I regularly ride out past the USAF bases and up to Thetford ForestIt worked fairly well for us tbh, I'm quite a fan of old trunk roads where possible, and it was designed to be compatible on a Veloviewer tiling front with a god-forsaken hour TT along the A11/A14 :)
I could have also given you a much nicer route to Cambridge ;)
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