Tour 2018
Welcome
This is our fifth annual touring supplement. We’ve seen a steady increase in the number of readers using the routes we put together and feedback has always been great – but we hear from only a tiny number of people, compared with the number of downloads from the website. So if you’ve done one of our trips, please drop us a line to let us know what you liked (and what you didn’t) and maybe share a pic of your travels.
This year’s Tour supplement looks at rides with a woodland theme – from our own British forests to those on the Continents (and even further afield) with everything from daytrips to total tours. We also have the story of the epic journey to Nordkapp, Europe’s most northerly point. It’s a trip I’ve not done yet and, after reading this, I’m even more keen to do it. If one of our stories inspires your tour this summer, please remember to get in touch. Enjoy Tour 2018 – and enjoy your tour this summer.
Simon Weir
Editor
RiDE
Contents
4 Thetford – and other great British forest rides
8 Pfälzerwald – and other German forest rides
14 The Morvan
16 Luxembourg
18 Segovia and the Sierra de Guadarrama
22 Tsitsikamma Forest
26 Nordkapp
Start/finish: Barton Mills Distance: 85 miles Riding time: 2 hours Download GPX file
1 Galloway Forest loop
190 miles Riding time: 5 hours Download GPX file
90 miles Riding time: 3 hours Download GPX file
110 miles Riding time: 3.5 hours Download GPX file
160 miles Riding time: 4.5 hours Download GPX file
90 miles Riding time: 2.5 hours Download GPX file
6 Invergarry and Tormich forests
140 miles Riding time: 3 hours Download GPX file
Pfalzerwald Tour (Germany)
Calais to Montherme Distance: 195 miles Riding time: 5 hours Download GPX file
Montherme to Bitche Distance: 220 miles Riding time: 6 hours Download GPX file
Bitche to Frankenstein Distance: 180 miles Riding time: 5.5 hours Download GPX file
Frankenstein to Spa Distance: 185 miles Riding time: 5 hours Download GPX file
Spa to Calais Distance: 240 miles Riding time: 5 hours Download GPX file
Other German forests
Start/Finish: Baden-Baden Distance: 225 miles Riding time: 7 hours Download GPX file
Start/Finish: Frieburg Distance: 190 miles Riding time: 5.5 hours Download GPX file
Start/Finish: Bad Lauterburg Distance: 185 miles Riding time: 5.5 hours Download GPX file
Start/Finish: Simmerath Distance: 185 miles Riding time: 4.5 hours Download GPX file
Start/Finish: Furth im Wald Distance: 170 miles Riding time: 4.5 hours Download GPX file
Morvan tour (France)
205 miles Riding time: 5 hours Download GPX file
Day two: Moussy to Chateau Chinon
195 miles Riding time: 5.5 hours Download GPX file
Day three: Chateau Chinon to Nanteuil sur Marne
205 miles Riding time: 5.5 hours Download GPX file
Day four: Nanteuil sur Marne to Calais
190 miles Riding time: 4 hours Download GPX file
Luxembourg tour
Day one: Calais to Luxembourg City Distance: 270 miles Riding time: 6 hours Download GPX file
Day two: Luxembourg countryside route Distance: 160 miles Riding time: 5 hours Download the GPX file
Day three: Luxembourg City to Calais Distance: 260 miles Riding time: 6 hours Download the GPX file
Segovia tour (Spain)
150 miles Riding time: 3.5 hours Download GPX file
200 miles Riding time: 4.5 hours Download GPX file
Day three: Segovia forest daytrip
175 miles Riding time: 6 hours Download GPX file
Day four: Segovia optional daytrip
175 miles Riding time: 5 hours Download GPX file
220 miles Riding time: 5 hours Download GPX file
230 miles Riding time: 7 hours Download GPX file
NB: Full-day’s route for evening sailing
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