amasidlover
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My son has decided he enjoys cycling and cycles to school with me 3 times a week (7k round trip) - he's also decided he likes camping (I've no idea where this has come from).
So at the end of April when the weather had improved enough for us and our 2 season sleeping backs we cycled from Ashbourne up the Tissington Trail through freezing rain and hail to the Royal Oak pub and camped there over night (waking to 1cm of snow covering the tent!). The following morning we cycled down the High Peak Trail to High Peak Junction near Cromford where my wife met us with the car. Despite the cold and wet we both had a good time.
So 3 days later he starts asking when we can do the next one... So now I'm looking for route suggestions; it needs to be reasonably flat, he can probably manage 25km per day average (the last one was 27km and 26km on each of the days), he's doing quiet roads with me on the way to and from school and he's developing his roadcraft, but I'd ideally like us to stay away from roads that have a speed limit over 30 since he's not that quick at the moment - finally it could do with being less than 2 hours from Manchester by train (or car if we really must).
So; does anyone have any suggestions? We've also wondered about a route which is out from a start point one day, camp overnight, do a loop from the campsite the following day and then return down the outbound route on a final day.
So at the end of April when the weather had improved enough for us and our 2 season sleeping backs we cycled from Ashbourne up the Tissington Trail through freezing rain and hail to the Royal Oak pub and camped there over night (waking to 1cm of snow covering the tent!). The following morning we cycled down the High Peak Trail to High Peak Junction near Cromford where my wife met us with the car. Despite the cold and wet we both had a good time.
So 3 days later he starts asking when we can do the next one... So now I'm looking for route suggestions; it needs to be reasonably flat, he can probably manage 25km per day average (the last one was 27km and 26km on each of the days), he's doing quiet roads with me on the way to and from school and he's developing his roadcraft, but I'd ideally like us to stay away from roads that have a speed limit over 30 since he's not that quick at the moment - finally it could do with being less than 2 hours from Manchester by train (or car if we really must).
So; does anyone have any suggestions? We've also wondered about a route which is out from a start point one day, camp overnight, do a loop from the campsite the following day and then return down the outbound route on a final day.
