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cycling home - London to Fareham - why not A3?
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Having recently got rid of my very old, but lovely, Volvo 480 Turbo, I'm now thinking how I might get home to visit my parents for Christmas. They live in Lee-on-Solent, near Portsmouth. Volvo-wise, I'd just bomb down the A3. I really want to get down there on the bike this time. Can I make it? Well, I think, 'maybe just', in one long day but I'm not even sure how far it would be on the bike. I've cycled London-Brighton (2005) in six odd hours (my longest trip) and have done a fair few times (20 or so this year) the following, probably typical-Londoner rides, in three hours: gone to Richmond Park (11 miles), gone round 3 times (21 miles?) and come back (11 miles) so that's 45 miles or so. But I can't find much about total routes on the internet. I reckon it's going to be 80-90 miles or so somehow. So, if I set off 7am, I should be able to arrive on the same day ... Any ideas and why not just the A3 (not that I've seen a single cycle on it)? Emma PS Do not tell the parents! |
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cycling home - London to Fareham - why not A3?
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Any ideas and why not just the A3 (not that I've seen a single cycle on it)? The A3 in many places is effectively a motorway. Apart from being very unpleasant to cycle on it's also not good for your life expectancy. You don't say where in London you are but starting from Whitehall and avoiding the A3 I've generated the following example route on Autoroute. You should be able to verify it on the internet at www.streetmap.co.uk or various other mapping sites. It's about 78 miles so 6 to 7 hours should be quite doable including stops. It will take in some tough hills though. When you review this route (which you should, very thoroughly) there are still some busy roads you might want to plan to avoid such as the A4 and A316 in West London, but busy though they are they are nothing like the A3. I'm sure people will comment on other bits of it. You can then work up your own route sheet, or ink the route onto pages cut out from a motoring atlas. Mile Instruction 0 Depart London on A3212 [Whitehall] (North) 0.1 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto The Mall 0.7 Turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Local road(s) 0.8 Road name changes to Constitution Hill 1.2 Merge onto Duke of Wellington Place 1.2 Road name changes to Local road(s) 1.3 Bear LEFT (North-West) onto A4 [Knightsbridge] 1.4 Take Ramp onto A4 [Knightsbridge] 5.9 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A316 [Burlington Lane] 8.1 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A316 [Lower Mortlake Road] 8.6 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A316 [Twickenham Road] 9.8 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A316 [Chertsey Road] 12 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A316 [Great Chertsey Road] 13.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto Ramp 13.8 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Ramp 14.1 Merge onto A316 [Country Way] 14.7 At Exit 1, keep LEFT onto Ramp toward A308 / Sunbury / Staines 14.9 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto Green Street 15.3 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Nursery Road 15.8 Turn LEFT (South) onto A244 [Upper Halliford Road] 16.4 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A244 16.9 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Gaston Bridge Road 17 Road name changes to Green Lane 17.1 Turn LEFT to stay on Green Lane 17.2 Turn RIGHT (West) onto B3366 [Green Lane] 17.6 Turn LEFT (South) onto Green Lane, then immediately turn LEFT (South) onto High Street 17.7 Turn LEFT (South) onto B376 [High Street] 17.9 At roundabout, take the THIRD exit onto B375 [Renfree Way] 18.6 Bear LEFT (West) onto B375 [Chertsey Road] 19.3 At roundabout, take the FIRST exit onto B375 [Chertsey Bridge Road] 19.6 Keep STRAIGHT onto B375 [Bridge Road] 19.9 Turn LEFT (South) onto B387 [Weir Road] 20.1 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Stepgates 20.3 Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Free Prae Road 20.5 Turn RIGHT (West) onto A317 [Eastworth Road] 20.8 Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Charles Street, then immediately turn RIGHT (North-West) onto Station Road 20.9 Turn LEFT (South-West) onto Guildford Street 21 Road name changes to Guildford Road 21 Merge onto A320 [Bell Bridge Road] 21.1 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A320 [Guildford Road] 21.7 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto B386 [Holloway Hill] 22.3 Bear LEFT (South-West) onto Stonehill Road 25.1 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Old Chertsey Road 25.3 Keep STRAIGHT onto A319 [Chertsey Road] 26.3 Turn LEFT (South) onto A319 [High Street] 26.4 Bear LEFT (South) onto A3046 [High Street] 26.6 Keep STRAIGHT onto Castle Grove Road 26.9 Road name changes to Guildford Road 27.4 Road name changes to Chobham Road 29 Bear LEFT (South) onto A322 [Bagshot Road] 29.7 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Cemetery Pales 30.6 Road name changes to Local road(s) 30.7 Bear LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s) 30.9 Bear LEFT (South) onto A324 [Guildford Road] 34.8 Turn RIGHT (West) onto A323 [Guildford Road] 36.4 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A323 [Aldershot Road] 36.8 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Ramp 36.9 Merge onto A331 37.8 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Ramp 38.3 Merge onto A31 39.4 Take Local road(s) (LEFT) onto A31 [Farnham By Pass] 40.8 Turn LEFT (South) onto Weydon Lane 41.7 Bear LEFT (South) onto A325 [Wrecclesham Road] 48.9 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A325 [Petersfield Road] 51 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto Local road(s) 51.1 Turn LEFT (South) onto Petersfield Road 52.2 Turn LEFT (South) onto B3006 [Petersfield Road] 52.6 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto B3006 53.3 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Hawkley Road 54.1 Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 55 Turn LEFT (South-East) onto Local road(s) 55.2 Keep STRAIGHT onto Mill Lane 56.5 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Church Road 56.7 Keep STRAIGHT onto Local road(s) 57.7 Road name changes to Ridge Common Lane 58 Turn RIGHT (West) onto A272 [Winchester Road] 58.3 Turn LEFT (South) onto Ramsdean Road 59.8 Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 59.8 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 59.8 Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto Local road(s) 60.1 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 60.9 Bear LEFT (West) onto Local road(s) 60.9 Bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 61 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 61.5 Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 62.9 Keep LEFT onto Hyden Farm Lane 64.5 Bear RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 65.9 Bear LEFT (South-West) onto Local road(s) 66.4 Road name changes to East Street 66.7 Road name changes to West Street 67 Bear LEFT (South-West) onto B2150 67.5 Keep RIGHT onto Local road(s) 68.4 Bear RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 70 Bear LEFT (South) onto Shoot Hill 70.4 Bear RIGHT (South-West) onto Local road(s) 71.1 Turn LEFT (East) onto B2177 71.1 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Local road(s) 71.7 Turn RIGHT (West) onto Local road(s) 72.3 Turn RIGHT (South) onto Boarhunt Road 73.3 Turn LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 73.5 Bear LEFT (South) onto Local road(s) 73.5 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A27 74.7 Keep LEFT onto Local road(s) 74.8 Merge onto A32 [Gosport Road] 75.3 Keep RIGHT onto B3385 [Newgate Lane] 77 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto B3385 [Broom Way] 77.3 Turn LEFT (East) onto Brune Lane 77.7 Arrive Lee on Solent [Brune Lane, Lee on the Solent] -- Dave... |
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cycling home - London to Fareham - why not A3?
wrote in message ups.com... Hi Having recently got rid of my very old, but lovely, Volvo 480 Turbo, I'm now thinking how I might get home to visit my parents for Christmas. They live in Lee-on-Solent, near Portsmouth. Volvo-wise, I'd just bomb down the A3. I really want to get down there on the bike this time. Emma, a worthy trip no doubt! I would suggest avoiding the A3. As already mentioned, it's a motorway, and you could sort out a great journey but would take longer. My experience of cycling next to the A3 is that the cars throw up an awful amount of crud from the road. These are small bits that get stuck in your eyes. Also, it's bloody horrible, and car drivers won't welcome you. |
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... you might want to plan to avoid such as the A4 and A316 in West London, but busy though they are they are nothing like the A3. P.S. I regularly ride quite happily on both these roads, but many people would advise you to avoid them. They do have cycle paths for much of their length but using these is also a matter of personal choice. -- Dave... |
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cycling home - London to Fareham - why not A3?
On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:08:15 GMT, Dave Kahn wrote:
8.6 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A316 [Twickenham Road] 9.8 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A316 [Chertsey Road] Lets make this clear, you will die on this road. This is the elevated section and driving at the speed limit (50mph) you get very little time to see and react to cyclists as you round the bends. The correct route is: Waterloo-Change Once-Fareham Steve |
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) wrote: Any ideas and why not just the A3 (not that I've seen a single cycle on it)? Echo what Dave Kahn said about the A3, I /have/ in the past ridden the almost the entire length of it (Ripley - London and Guildford - Portsmouth), but that was when I was young and foolish. Last Sunday's 200 took in a half-mile stretch of it just south of Hindhead and it was the single most terrifying past of the day... -- Dave Larrington - http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk/ My other motto is in Latin. |
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cycling home - London to Fareham - why not A3?
Steve Peake wrote:
On Fri, 09 Dec 2005 00:08:15 GMT, Dave Kahn wrote: 8.6 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A316 [Twickenham Road] 9.8 At roundabout, take the SECOND exit onto A316 [Chertsey Road] Lets make this clear, you will die on this road. This is the elevated section and driving at the speed limit (50mph) you get very little time to see and react to cyclists as you round the bends. I didn't die when I rode on it this morning. I prefer the elevated section to negotiating the roundabouts underneath and I'm satisfied that sight lines are adequate for motorists, a few of whom travel within the speed limit. However, there are quieter alternatives. Even I wouldn't ride on the A3. The correct route is: Waterloo-Change Once-Fareham Emma asks for a cycling route and you send her by train? This is a newsgroup for cyclists. -- Dave... |
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Dave Larrington wrote: In article . com, ) wrote: Any ideas and why not just the A3 (not that I've seen a single cycle on it)? Echo what Dave Kahn said about the A3, I /have/ in the past ridden the almost the entire length of it (Ripley - London and Guildford - Portsmouth), but that was when I was young and foolish. Last Sunday's 200 took in a half-mile stretch of it just south of Hindhead and it was the single most terrifying past of the day... Ditto. I used to ride it fairly regularly when I was young and foolish. The most 'entertaining' part was from New Malden to the Hook underpass. At the time it was a NSL (now a 50). It has fairly narrow lanes, is unpleasant in a car, and to go on down the A3 from Hook you have to pull into the middle lane as the nearside veers off. After that it is not so nasty as there is a hard shoulder as far as Guildford (though the M25 junction is entertaining). There are better routes that will be more enjoyable and not placing so much confidence in the ability of the motorists. ...d |
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