Cycle routes

[Gem]

This is a bit of a weird one but here goes.

I am planning a cycling holiday for the start of August travelling from Bristol down south as far as we can go. I have had a look on the sustrans website and they have a wonderful 'West country way' cycle route which basically maps the route I am hoping to take (but using safe and well used cycle friendly routes). Unfortunately this is now out of print and is not for sale anywhere! I have trawled second hand bookshops in real life and on the internet and can find nothing.

I know this is a long shot but does anybody have a copy of this I could buy or borrow. It really would make the holiday planning much easier, as I'm newish to the area so it really would be fantastically useful.

Anyhoo, fingers crossed!

Gem

[Green Aura]

Don't know if you've seen this, or if they cover the routes you want, but Sustrans seem to do a lot of free to download maps here
http://www.sustrans.org.uk/resources/pu ... nchorswest

[Gem]

Thanks Maggie, I have most of those printed out already but there are big gaps which I would really love to fill before the holiday. Its not really the end of the world as we can just cycle in any old direction and still enjoy it, I just loved the idea of following a route all the way down to Padstow! :)

[Andy Hamilton]

I cycled up to Aberdeenshire a while back using an AA road map book - close up Britain road atlas I believe it was called. I tore out the pages I needed and it had all the bike routes marked on it. I also use Os maps which clearly mark cycle routes too.

I've cycled from Bristol down a few times but there are a lot of hills and they just keep coming. But some beautiful countryside!

[citizentwiglet]

Ooh, Gem, does that route take you along the 'Tarka Trail'? We were in Croyde (North Devon) a few weeks back, and walked parts of the Tarka Trail (which is also suitable for bikes) from Braunton and it was absolutely stunning. Saw LOADS of wildlife.

http://www.devon.gov.uk/tarkatrail

It depends which way you intend to get to Padstow, but I would recommend the North Devon coast into Cornwall, via Croyde, Braunton then hopefully you can swing past Clovelly (just gorgeous) and down to Tintagel.

Aww, it sounds wonderful. I wish I was back there, it's just wonderful. Cold, rainy Scotland just isn't cutting it for me at the moment (Andy probably doesn't want to hear that right now....).......