
Any idea what this route is?
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- UnderTheRadars
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Any idea what this route is?
Just scanning through cycling uk’s YouTube vid about the King Alfred way and they’ve flicked up this slide showing potential new routes (yellow dashed line) they’re looking at. Any ideas what this one is with my red arrow?



- Bearbonesnorm
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Re: Any idea what this route is?
From Shrewsbury down to where it joins route 8, I'd say it's route 81 or Lon Cambria as they call it.
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- Bearlegged
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Re: Any idea what this route is?
There's an existing off-road* cycle route from Stafford to Newport, I wonder if it's looking to link that up a bit?
*Old railway, not shredding the gnar style.
*Old railway, not shredding the gnar style.
- In Reverse
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Re: Any idea what this route is?
The north east end looks like Leek, or somewhere along the edge of the Peaks between there and Macclesfield.
South west end could be Rhayader/Elan Valley.
Not sure what the best way to cycle between the two would be. Might it include the Kerry Ridgeline?
South west end could be Rhayader/Elan Valley.
Not sure what the best way to cycle between the two would be. Might it include the Kerry Ridgeline?
Re: Any idea what this route is?
Hmmm potential new route it says, so my reckoning is it isn't even created yet?? So its doesn't exist 

- UnderTheRadars
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Re: Any idea what this route is?
Heh! Sorry my op wasn't very well written. I'm wondering what existing trails this could use(and maybe even a guess at the name)
as an aside I think the Monarchs Way could be a very good route to mirror on 'legal' trails (a lot of it is FP but there's a fair bit of BW and canal towpaths around here)

Re: Any idea what this route is?
The one spearing out into East Angular looks like it just follows the Icknield Way and Peddars Way.
There are theories at the bottom of my jargon.