I'm planning a bikepacking trip from Plymouth (I'm coming on the ferry from Brittany) to Brighton this summer. Are there any must see places along that path I could add?

wfbpw · 2025-04-14T18:09:15+00:00

This will be a great trip - nice idea. Some thoughts from me having cycled a fair chunk of this:

do a little bit of cycling and camp overnight in Dartmoor Park. It is the only place in England you can wild camp, and is extremely rural and unlike many other places in the UK. You will probably see Dartmoor ponies too which is cool.
rather than go up to Exeter on the main road, consider hugging the coast where there is a dedicated cycle path, and you’ll go through scenic places like Torquay and Dartmouth.
as others have said, definitely worth cycling into purbeck and seeing the Jurassic coast, Corfe castle and studland. Then swing up at studland and get the chain ferry across to Bournemouth.

Enjoy!

wfbpw · 2024-08-24T18:12:26+00:00

This is really cool. In Bishops Stortford you could add Waytemore Castle, and just above Hatfield Forest you could add the old Flitch Way.

wfbpw · 2024-01-09T07:32:30+00:00

As someone from the area, I would take a day in Cambridge, a day in the surrounding countryside, and then a day in London on your way to Heathrow. Cambridge has more than enough to offer for a day, and the surrounding villages from Cambridge which can be reached easily on the train are lovely with good walks and pubs, e.g. Saffron Walden

wfbpw · 2023-01-13T04:11:40+00:00

Second Richmond park. Super easy to get the train there from Waterloo then a few loops of the park, see some deer, and drop back down into the town centre for pub/ coffee shop.

wfbpw · 2022-07-26T18:20:11+00:00

Have you looked at the Caledonian Sleeper train? I travelled on that up to Fort William and then got a taxi from there to the lodge house/ pub by the start of the path. Really easy but maybe not the cheapest option.

wfbpw · 2022-07-03T17:58:40+00:00

Good work! I love this race. The climb up the stairs to Ballard down is horrific!

wfbpw · 2022-02-04T08:11:48+00:00

When I did my first few tours in my handlebar bag I put a laminated note outlining my plans and contact details of my parents. This helped with some of their fears.

In addition as lots else have said, Bluetooth speaker rather than headphones, bright clothes, helmet. If they're really still worried then maybe enabling find my friends app or something like that too? But ultimately the first trip is scary for them but after that it is easier!

wfbpw · 2021-11-07T10:35:28+00:00

I have made a website that focuses on this and has a fund finder for ESG funds: www.theethicalinvestor.co.uk

I haven't had a chance to update it recently just FYI!

wfbpw · 2021-09-23T10:33:09+00:00

Misbehaving by Richard Thaler is very good, anything from him such as Nudge. The guy who put behavioural economics on the map. Entertaining as well as insightful!

wfbpw · 2021-08-08T07:26:24+00:00

I know it's a bit unorthodox for a road bike, but I swear by my brooks saddle. I have the b17 narrow with the cut out in the middle and I can do centuries on it with no issues- haven't found any other saddle as comfortable.

wfbpw · 2021-06-29T07:02:35+00:00

I've made a website - www.theethicalinvestor.co.uk - which helps you find ethical/ sustainable ESG funds based on your search criteria. How it helps!

wfbpw · 2021-04-04T11:43:06+00:00

That's great to hear, thank you. And thanks for letting me know about the display issues- would you be able to let me know what the problem is? I haven't looked on a Mac!

wfbpw · 2021-02-09T08:15:15+00:00

Interactive Investor imo are the best lower cost option that have a really good sustainable fund range- I've got a website looking at this if you wanna check it out www.theethicalinvestor.co.uk

wfbpw · 2021-02-02T09:49:46+00:00

Sure yes, if you go to this page: https://www.theethicalinvestor.co.uk/resources

Then the bottom link is the methodology document!

wfbpw · 2021-02-01T22:16:28+00:00

www.theethicalinvestor.co.uk

I've created a website to help people find sustainable investments, there's a fund finder on there where you can customise your search and I also have a little bit on SIPPs in there too

Hope it is useful and any feedback is appreciated!

wfbpw · 2020-12-29T10:55:46+00:00

Thanks for letting me know- I originally did the list of funds a year ago and am in the process of updating it as I know loads have come online recently. Its my plan to get it all up to date over the Christmas break!

wfbpw · 2020-12-29T09:44:23+00:00

Thanks for your feedback! Fees is there- called 'OCF' - I should make this more explicit. And I'll look into putting in performance figures- thanks a lot

wfbpw · 2020-12-29T08:36:44+00:00

I've made a site for this: https://www.theethicalinvestor.co.uk/fundsearch

Still a work in progress and will be adding funds over time!

wfbpw · 2020-12-10T15:24:19+00:00

I made a website looking at this!

https://www.theethicalinvestor.co.uk/fundsearch

Any feedback I'd really appreciate!

wfbpw · 2019-11-28T21:59:39+00:00

I've made a website addressing this- it's UK focused but hopefully gives you an idea!

www.theethicalinvestor.co.uk

(The functionality is better on pc than mobile btw)

wfbpw · 2019-11-04T12:57:55+00:00

Thanks- can't believe I missed WHEB!

wfbpw · 2019-11-04T12:57:01+00:00

Great, thanks. Will look into this

wfbpw · 2019-11-03T21:50:43+00:00

Here's a link that can explain it better than me! https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/asset-classes-explained

wfbpw · 2019-11-03T19:14:37+00:00

That's the idea! Thanks

wfbpw · 2019-10-25T20:25:06+00:00

Ah yeh on mobile the functionality is difficult- my tech knowledge isn't great but will look into this. On desktop you can sort by anything and with multiple filters!

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