Oh dear, it seemed like a good idea at the time.

[Davey B]

Traffic.

Fumes, noise and dickhead drivers.

Much nicer t’other side of the channel, I think.

It can be much nicer across the channel but there are still many places to have a great cycle ride in the UK....granted, many town and city centres are best avoided due to your first 4 moans....
If you read many of the motorbike trip reports on here...there are those that somehow manage to find the road less travelled. It's dead easy...the same on push bikes. Have a look at the National Cycle Network. Buy an OS map and spend an hour marking all the bridleways and the small lanes linking a few together. It really is that simple....IMHO...but I do like maps, cycling and getting out and about in the great British countryside...of which there is a shitload.

@Stever. I reckon the joy of this last trip was the adhoc nature of it....just a bit further...just a bit further.

 

[stever1]

@Stever. I reckon the joy of this last trip was the adhoc nature of it....just a bit further...just a bit further.

You may be right.

I always tend to over think things and plan ahead.
Perhaps the ad hoc nature of it gave spontaneity and freedom.
But, and it’s a big but, I would have liked someone to talk to occasionally which I would have on an organised trip.