Rather like France, it’s a big place. I do wonder sometimes if some bods look at the routes and think, I’ll ride that tomorrow. They’ll be in for a large surprise if they do.
There was a fellow from Norfolk I think it was, who wanted a no mototorway route, little twisty roads, all the way up to very much well beyond the borders but had in mind doing it in not much over a morning to mid-afternoon. The only way I could find to explain just how far it was, was to ask him if he rode from home to Penzance, would he expect to do it in a morning, using minor roads only? Only then did the penny drop.