Is the Bike8 any good then?
I think, if you’ve read this ride report, then you already know my answer to that question. The team at Bike Magazine have done a stellar job creating the route. There were parts of it that even justify it’s appearance in a supplement entitled ‘Epic Routes’.
Unfortunately for you guys in the South-East, the route doesn’t really do much more than dip a toe in and even that part isn’t exactly awe-inspiring. To add insult to injury, there’s a lot of road resurfacing going on this summer, so you can’t even properly enjoy these roads, even if you know them well!
As I mentioned in the blog posts; touring, fully loaded, on roads you don’t know, is not the best way to enjoy these roads. Ideally, I’d spend a week learning each leg, based in a B&B so I don’t have to carry much stuff, and then string them all together in one almighty blast!
Whether the weather would hold up for the entirety of a venture like that is a different question entirely!