Wales expenses
12-17-12, 08:33 PM
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Wales expenses
I am considering a tour in Wales for this summer for about 7 or 8 days and I have several questions for anyone who's done a similar ride before.
-How much should I plan to spend on food? From what I've heard food in the UK isn't cheap.
-How bad are most of the roads for cyclists?
-Are affordable and tent-friendly campgrounds (preferably costing less than the equivalent of 15-20 USD) common or should I plan on stealth camping?
-How much should I plan to spend on food? From what I've heard food in the UK isn't cheap.
-How bad are most of the roads for cyclists?
-Are affordable and tent-friendly campgrounds (preferably costing less than the equivalent of 15-20 USD) common or should I plan on stealth camping?
12-17-12, 08:59 PM
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I've done a 6-day tour in Wales in 2003.
-- food ... when I was there, the British Pound meant that a $5 burger meal cost 5 Pounds which was the equivalent of $12.5. 2.5 times the Canadian dollar. Things have changed, and right now the British Pound is about 1.5 times the Canadian or Australian dollars. So that $5 burger meal would cost approx. $7.5. Not too bad.
-- roads ... in Wales, at least the part of Wales where I cycled, the roads are small and empty. The thickest traffic jam we encountered was a herd of sheep.
-- camping ... in Wales, when I was there, certain farms were allowed to offer camping. As we cycled along, we could identify those farms by a little sign on their gate. In 2003, we paid the farmer about 5 Pounds (unless he asked for more) for the use of a field for the tent, and sometimes a toilet block. I'm not sure what the going rate would be these days.
My Wales tour ... https://www.machka.net/pbp/post.htm
-- food ... when I was there, the British Pound meant that a $5 burger meal cost 5 Pounds which was the equivalent of $12.5. 2.5 times the Canadian dollar. Things have changed, and right now the British Pound is about 1.5 times the Canadian or Australian dollars. So that $5 burger meal would cost approx. $7.5. Not too bad.
-- roads ... in Wales, at least the part of Wales where I cycled, the roads are small and empty. The thickest traffic jam we encountered was a herd of sheep.
-- camping ... in Wales, when I was there, certain farms were allowed to offer camping. As we cycled along, we could identify those farms by a little sign on their gate. In 2003, we paid the farmer about 5 Pounds (unless he asked for more) for the use of a field for the tent, and sometimes a toilet block. I'm not sure what the going rate would be these days.
My Wales tour ... https://www.machka.net/pbp/post.htm
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12-26-12, 09:47 PM
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Update:
I've decided I'll likely modify the "Lon Las Cymru" route to make it closer to 300 miles and follow that fairly closely. How frequent are traditional tent-camping sites along the way?
I've decided I'll likely modify the "Lon Las Cymru" route to make it closer to 300 miles and follow that fairly closely. How frequent are traditional tent-camping sites along the way?
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