London to Land's End: 22-23 April 2023

The Route: day 1 - 400m/9hrs

1. London to Basingstoke - 1 hour, 43 miles: Dave and Jo leave Walton on Thames at 6am for a blast down the motorway to Basingstoke, meeting Neil at BP Popham Services on the A303. There is a Starbucks that opens at 7am and the BP Wild Bean cafe is 24hr. Chocks away from here at 7:30am, so have those tanks full and bladders empty.

2. Basingstoke to Gillingham - 1.5 hours, 58 miles: Head down the A303, but turn south on the A338 before Stonehenge to avoid the snarl-ups. Go across Cranborne Chase on the A30, aiming to get to The Old Brewery Cafe and Kitchen for opening time of 9am for breakfast.  There is a motorcycle collection here to peruse over.

3. Gillingham to Crediton - 2 hours, 78 miles: Take the A303 and A30 across the Blackdown Hills, turning right at Honiton and head cross-country to avoid Exeter towards Tiverton, then southwest on the A396 for a coffee/lunch stop at Union Road Moto Velo. Alternatively push on to Dartmore for lunch.

4. Crediton to Dartmore -  45min, 19 miles: Head down the B3212 to Dartmore (some sealed single track), stopping at Warren House Inn for a break, maybe some lunch if haven't eaten already.

5. Dartmore to Liskeard - 1 hour, 36 miles: Continue west across Dartmore and stop at Chequered Flag for a break and to check out the bikes. No need to ride all the way down to Lower Clicker as per Google maps, there is a right turn just south of Chequered Flag where we can do a U-turn.

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Decision Time!! We have a few options here for the last leg, depending on how people feel and what the want to do. 

6a. Liskeard to Land's End - 1.5 hours, 70 miles: B-Line it to Land's End via the A30.  Note; we practically go past the accommodation for the night so there are options to check in and dump the bags, or even stop for the day. Its another 45 min, 24 miles to Land's End from the accommodation.

6b. Liskeard to Lizard Point to Land's End - 2 hours, 100 miles: Lizard Point is the southern most point of mainland United Kingdom, option to swing by on our way to the most western point. Or we can nip down here on Sunday morning.

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Options for making our way to the accommodation, straight back or the coastal route:

7a. Land's End to Camborne - 40 min, 24 miles: Straight back up the A30.

7b. Land's End to Camborne via the coast - 1 hour, 31 miles: Head north along the B3306.

Accommodation

Stay at the Tyacks Hotel in Camborne which has parking, restaurant, bar and pool table.  There is a disco until midnight. There are also additional pubs close by including a Weatherspoons. 

Rooms are £77, breakfast included, free cancellation before 19 April 2023.  Three double rooms have been booked, requested quietest rooms available, with parking.