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Bike Britain: Cycling from Land's End to John O'Groats | 
 enlarge | Author: Paul Salter
Publisher: Epic New Zealand Ltd
Category: Book
Buy New: £26.44
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 74860
Media: Paperback
Pages: 159
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.5
ISBN: 0958225613
Dewey Decimal Number: 796
EAN: 9780958225618
ASIN: 0958225613
Publication Date: November 5, 2002
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 It's a start but not much more December 11, 2007
V. Levy (Leeds UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book as a guide to the author's own endeavours is fine. There's some useful advice about planning and equipment needs and as such will suit a first timer to the world of long distance riding.
The books major shortcoming is that it ties the buyer to following the author's own route. It does endeavour to make the route interesting by including information about places of interest.
Deviate from the suggested route and your on your own as the strip maps are only just sufficient for the author's route.
A decent purchase for those obsessed with planning. Mine had little use after skimming the preparation section. I rode a route of my own which made the adventure more personal. Potential purchasers need to remember that thewre is no definitive route and P. Salter's is one of many.
 Excellent book, saved hours of planning and taking unnecessary weight January 12, 2007
T. D. Russell (Bath, UK)
20 out of 20 found this review helpful
It's a great book, as it includes really useful advice (what to pack, for example) for the first few pages, then the rest is the route - with maps and googlemaps-style detailed directions on every page. It saves having to print off or buy loads of maps thus saving money and weight.
The route it suggests is 950 miles (only a little more that the shortest distance) but avoids all main roads (though you are on surfaced routes the whole way not on footpaths or anything!!) It's split into 21 days averaging 45 miles and points out campsites, hostels, hotels, B&Bs, bike shops, information centres etc. all with phone numbers and prices (where applicable) so you can book ahead if you want. He also includes about a page of text per day on the history/beauty etc of the area - some might say it's a waste of space/weight but part of the fun of the end-to-end is actually admiring the beauty and he tells you what's worth noting on the way, telling you a bit about it!
In case you want to know the route given is LE-St. Agnes-Okehampton-Bath-Shrewsbury-Chester-Lake District-Lancaster-Carlisle-Dumfries-Glasgow-Fort William-Loch Ness-Tain-J. O'Groats
Anyway like I said I found it more than worth its weight in gold and have absolutely no regrets about buying it whatsoever. It saved me hours of planning. The only thing it could add in a future edition is showing the Nat. cycle network and what bits you could do on it - currently it's all on road (but quiet roads)
A couple of suggestions for a very practical & useful guide May 1, 2004
James D S Garrett (HOVE, East Sussex United Kingdom)
49 out of 49 found this review helpful
This is an excellent guide, and the only one I could find that showed the elevation of the route - indispensable info for planning the itinerary. We sourced all our accommodation from the book, and every hotel/B&B was excellent (and obviously very close to the route). Beforehand I hadn't been particularly bothered about the local history info in the book, but on the ride itself it made for very interesting reading, so I stand corrected on that. Needless to say the route passes through stunning countryside and scenery. Many many highlights but the part of the route along the Great Glen is amongst the best. If I was to do it again then I would do a couple of things differently :
1. Check for options to use Sustrans National Cycle Network routes. We went onto NCN routes a couple of times e.g. south of Lancaster, but with some forward planning there would have been many more chances to take traffic-free NCN routes . . .
2. . . and this is my only real criticism of the route; there are a couple of parts of the route that are just not suitable for cyclists, namely the 3 or 4 miles North & South of the Runcorn Bridge (busy, fast urban dual carriageways and dangerous access onto footpath for the bridge itself); and parts of A82 in Scotland (Ardlui to Crianlarich, and over Rannoch Moor, although some of the heavy traffic would have been due to Easter Bank Holiday). Still, the book is a good 4/5 and saves hours and hours of planning. Great trip, comfortably covered in 15 days - couldn't have done it without the book. Truly indespensable.
Best End to End By Far August 3, 2003
Paul Mehta (London)
68 out of 68 found this review helpful
Of all the guides I looked into for my End to End Journey, this seemed the most complete. Would appeal to the seasoned cycle tourist or amateur riders (like myself), with great detail on the local history / places to see along the way. Clearly written by an enthusiast.It is easy to do less or more than the planned day in the book, if you are feeling tired and want to stop or full of zest to carry on – accommodation listings not limited to start and end points. Really useful if you I broke from the route in the book to visit friends, the strip maps were detailed enough to guide me off and back onto the route again. During my entire trip I only lost the route once. It was great to have bike shop listings along the way, especially when I ran into problems near Ledbury. The Tourist Information Centre listings made it so easy to find accommodation when I went significantly off route into Nothrumbria. The books real strength were the elevation maps, really helped plan the days cycling, knowing how far I could travel given the impending terrain. I cursed them in Cornwall as I battled the swift ascents and descents of the coast, but as the journey progressed I found them invaluable. Paul Slater’s book really is worth the money and will guide any cyclist from one end of the country to the other.
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