Originally Posted by
AGoodleyUK
Hi guys thanks for all the replies I appreciate the thoughts, I apologize for posting this in the wrong place.
Regards to how much time I have to give for this trip I was thinking 9 days, but I just wanted to see what some of you more experienced guys think I would need time wise. More than anything this is meant to be something that I will enjoy, the journey there is what will be the fun part and the adventures that I will come across to get there.
350/ 9 is 38 so just to get there in 9 days will take 38 miles a day, to me that is very doable but that is not factoring in the fact that it is 38 over and over 9 times in a row.
If I average 50 -60Miles a day I will be able to be in Holland for a couple of days and this was the target I wanted to reach.
I will be fully loaded and plan to have a triple pannier (2X 36 litre side bags and 1X 15 litre top bag) although I have not planned what I will need to bring with me yet.
I am 21 and pretty fit, I used to live on my bike but gave it a rest for 3 or so years. In the past couple of months I have been doing 10 miles every evening after work and once a week I cycle to work which is a 46 mile RT.
I guess I was just looking for an insight to someone that has maybe done something like this and what it was like their first time, not only advising me on the physical side of things but also the mental challenge. To me this would be quite big thing as I haven't done something like this before.
Cheers guys
With those new parameters, I would say you have nothing to worry about. That seems like a very reasonable pace for someone so young and fit. My advice it don't fixate on the miles one way or the other. The most important thing is to enjoy yourself. Some people want to do lots of miles in a day, other prefer to take a slower pace, take time to smell the flowers.
Both are excellent choices and up to you. And nothing says you can't do both. You are young and will have lots and lots of tours ahead of you. Maybe you do one tour where you take your time to see the sites, talk to folks along the way. Then the next tour you set a goal to be in a certain place in a specific amount of time with lots of miles per day. There are lots of choices.
And be prepared. Do you training and do that overnight I mentioned. An overnight really helps to shake out the buts of what to take and what to not take. How to pack etc.