1) Eastbourne via Beachy Head. Fish & chips then train home. Did that a while ago.
2) Bournemouth. Similar kind of plan. (Didn't Wildgoose have a route out that way?)
3) NE of London might be good to explore (e.g. some of the end of TdF route down from Cambridge)
4) France. Early train to Dover (2 hrs) for ferry (1.5 hrs) then smash a loop out from Calais.
5) Avenue Vert
6) South Downs way in one day
7) the old TNRC route from Farnborough (to avoid the slog out of London) to Bath and back
8) Bryan Chapman Memorial
9) the Three Peaks race (absolute classic)
10) Bath to London in one day: 7.30 train from Paddington to Bath arriving 8.55. Would need to reserve bikes on the train ahead of time, £20 fare. Normally a tailwind all the way back, so should make light work of the 110 miles
@Denny
Plus, I put a similar thread on the old forum, which generated some ideas. And some trolling.
http://grupettoforum.grupetto.co.uk/index.php?p=/discussion/2401/ideas-for-one-day-cycling-adventures/p1
Ideas included:
1) Eastbourne via Beachy Head. Fish & chips then train home. Did that a while ago.
2) Bournemouth. Similar kind of plan. (Didn't Wildgoose have a route out that way?)
3) NE of London might be good to explore (e.g. some of the end of TdF route down from Cambridge)
4) France. Early train to Dover (2 hrs) for ferry (1.5 hrs) then smash a loop out from Calais.
5) Avenue Vert
6) South Downs way in one day
7) the old TNRC route from Farnborough (to avoid the slog out of London) to Bath and back
8) Bryan Chapman Memorial
9) the Three Peaks race (absolute classic)
10) Bath to London in one day: 7.30 train from Paddington to Bath arriving 8.55. Would need to reserve bikes on the train ahead of time, £20 fare. Normally a tailwind all the way back, so should make light work of the 110 miles
Plus other random ideas:
11) Do the Fred Whitton Challenge route in the Lakes (but not the actual sportive) - http://www.fredwhittonchallenge.co.uk/the-route/
12) Do the Coast2Coast again
13) Do some Audax
14) Don't do triathlon