Nothing wrong with a bit of fun! ✌️😆👍

A wise and sensible response, after all, we ride to enjoy life, not to bring an end to it.

Ha Ha, that's funny 'cause there are no hills there! :lol:

I worked at a a place located on "Hills Road."

If we are still talking about Cambridge, I worked in an office near the station, my wife worked for the National extension college nearby. We lived for a while in Girton.

Cue "The Four Yorkshiremen".

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Yes.

I lived right around the corner from the station, near Mill Road.

I spent part of the summer in the western part of the UK.
I quickly learned to try to follow the National Cycle Network (NCN) routes and Komoot.
The roads were extremely narrow but very rural so lightly traveled.
The vast majority of drivers were careful and driving appropriate for the conditions.
Just stay off the "A" roads as much as possible.
And now for you sheep fans:
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Two curious sheep wondering what I'm up to.
From outside St. Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales.

If you are looking for a slow, calm riding experience, cycling the rural roads of Britain will be the most rewarding. Although those doing the LeJog will want to put the miles in - 100+ a day - taking it slower will reduce the stress and give you much more time to stop and enjoy the small villages. You would be surprised at the number of B&B's there are so really no need to book ahead, just take your time, wave to the locals and soak up the history.

I've lived in the UK since 2011. I've lived in cities (Bristol, outskirts of London), the suburbs, and now in a more rural location (small town on the edge of the countryside, about 8 miles from Bristol). One of the great things about the UK is that we have lovely countryside that, for the most part, is not too far from small villages or towns for re-fuelling, accommodation, etc (this isn't true for every where, but for a good chunk of the UK it is). Riding along the country lanes for the most part is wonderful and there is very little traffic. But it is important to note, that the speed limit on a lot of this narrow, singletrack road is the National Speed Limit (60 mph). So you do need to have your wits about you. Most people who drive on country lanes, so do carefully, and drive at speeds much more suited to the road because you may come across another car (and it's not wide enough to pass each other, someone always needs to reverse to the closest passing place), a farmer on his tractor, a lorry, cyclists, horse riders, and sometimes a herd of cows being moved to a different field. But there is the occasional knobhead, usually a local lad, tearing it around the lanes. |So while traffic count is low, you still do need to have your wits about you. But most people are courteous.
I much prefer off-road these days. We have a lovely network of bridleways, by ways, forest tracks, single/double track linked up by country lanes here in the south west.

Rivers, One thing I like to do when my route is confirmed is to 'virtually' ride it on Street View just to look for any landmarks that will help when I am actually on the road, and I can concur just having 'finished' the segment Street to Bewdley, is that around Bristol the country is lovely. You are very fortunate to live in such a wonderful part of England. BTW, I'm looking forward to riding over the Severn Bridge, it is one of my iconic bridges to cross (Golden Gate Bridge - among others - already done)
Ken.

I love riding over the bridge into Wales. There's a few motorways that have a short section of shared path/cycle lanes adjacent. All over bridges- there's another one on the M5 that crosses the River Avon connecting Pill to Lawrence Weston (I think). You can link up both in a single ride.
there's lovely riding in the SW of England. Cheddar gorge is less than 20 miles away, Dartmoor is about 2 hours on the train (which is my favourite place ro ride tbh).
Enjoy your travels