I’m planning on offering fully escorted Devon Coast-to-Coast (C2C) tours along National Cycle Network route 27 (NCN 27) over two or three days, to small groups, or perhaps even individuals.
Ilfracombe |
The tours will include overnight accommodation at selected B & B’s along the way, as well as having all your luggage transferred each day to the next overnight stop. The two-day tour fits into a weekend, and we will cycle just over 50 miles per day, so a reasonable degree of fitness is required. The three-day option will include a Friday, and will take a far more leisurely pace.
A few others are offering such tours, except they don’t cycle along. Having cycled the route in its entirety, and parts of it many, many times, I offer the benefit of knowing the route. Having cycled it before, believe me when I say you can quite easily go off course, while the route signage leaves much to be desired.
Artistic bench on the Tarka Trail |
Devon C2C route is simply gorgeous, with stunning vistas, shady forests, open moorland, breath-taking viaducts, and much more. Most of the route is on traffic-free paths, often following the course of old railway lines.
Cycling Devon C2C with me is a quick and enjoyable breakaway that fits in with your schedule and your budget!
I haven’t quite decided on a name for the tours yet, and I’ll probably build a web site especially to market the tours. I also need to finalise any pricing, which in part is dependent on B & B prices.
UPDATE: I have now flung together a site, which you may find here: http://www.willcycle.co.uk
Now most regular visitors to my blog are keen cyclists themselves, who quite understandably wouldn’t go on an escorted C2C tour. If you are one of those, can I ask you a huge favour? Please will you tell others about me and what I can offer? Many thanks!
*Some parts of the route I cannot keep the location map updated in real time, due to loss of signal.
Sounds a great idea.
A few years ago I did toy with the idea of running cycle tours of Manchester after I'd been on a very enjoyable pedal propelled tour of New York City. In the end I decided the two locations did not really compare and so shelved the idea (for now!).
I wish you the best of luck and will post a blog on it this week.
Thank you so much for your kind support!
I now have a dedicated web site up for my Devon C2C holidays. You may view it by clicking here: http://www.willcycle.co.uk
There are great things to explore in Devon and a day isn't enough to see them. It's better to have holiday cottages in Devon and get the most of your holiday season.