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However you take your riding, you can find it somewhere in Britain
MOUNTAINS: Ayrshire Alps GET THE ROUTE: komoot.com/tour/249717233
“The ‘Ayrshire Alps’ have lived up to their evocative moniker with their sense of beauty and remoteness – even though we were never more than 25 miles as the crow flies from the busy coastal town of Ayr – combining to make a memorable day in the saddle.”
COBBLES: Black Country GET THE ROUTE: komoot.com/tour/249723300
“It’s only as we round the curve – already down to our lowest gear - that the full horror of the sector is revealed. The concrete peters out and is replaced by hard-packed earth featuring two distinctive characteristics that will make this the toughest part of the day.”
FLAT: Cambridgeshire
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“The lack of ‘traditional’ cycling scenery had been replaced by geometric accuracy – rows upon rows of crops, their neat lines converging on the endlessly flat horizon, the land dissected and divided by a framework of fields, dykes and roads.”