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FOUR MORE GREAT BRITISH SEASIDE RIDE-OUTS

Dungeness to Brighton Jurassic Coast
Miles 85 Good for Classic British seaside run Best bit Beachy Head Miles 85 Good for Fossil hunting Best bit B3157

It starts with the sci-fi isolation 1970s postcard, then into Riding over the swooping hills of high street and along the Cob.
of Dungeness, with its long historic Rye, around Beachy Dorset’s Jurassic coast is like Then to fossil-centric
pebble beach dotted with huts, Head’s giddy heights (avoid the riding over the back of a big Charmouth. Head for fish and
the imposing nuclear power Quadrophenia finale if you can) sauropod — which, given the chips at biker-friendly West Bay,
station and astonishing natural and finally along to Brighton’s fossils down on its beaches, you then a run along the B3157,
diversity, through to the bustling, noisy sea front. There’s probably are. Start off in the Chesil Beach to your right. Head
teeth-rattling twists and turns of something for all sorts of riders village of Beer then a gentle ride to Poole Quay to enjoy bike
Jury’s Gap. Camber Sands’ and all styles of bike in the south along the A3052 to Lyme Regis nights on every summer
beaches stretch for miles like a east corner of Sussex. to lose hours strolling down the Wednesday evening.

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West Coast of Scotland Antrim Coast
Miles 280 Good for Scenery Best bit All of it Miles 150 Good for Home of road racing Best bit Murlough Bay

One of the most stunningly and the Bealach na Bà pass, You need a ferry to get to it, so cliffs-tops to colourful tiny
scenic rides in the whole of the with mile after mile of dramatic it’s one of the more committed fishing harbours, the Antrim
UK, it’s almost impossible to go cliffs, views across the sea to definitions of a ride-out... but Coast is loaded with great riding.
wrong whichever section of it the islands, epic roads and with 150 miles of rugged riding And great culture: Titanic, The
you choose to tackle. From the mountains. And there are always through classic Irish villages and Troubles, Game of Thrones
port of Oban you can hug much plenty bikers who are just as sweeping coastal views between locations, and pay a visit to
of the west coast all the way to happy as you with their choice of Belfast and Derry, it’s worth the Joey’s Bar and memorial in
Ullapool, even diverting to the coastal ride-out to chat to along effort. From silvery beaches to Ballymoney. Local bikers are Map data ©2022, Google
Isle of Skye, taking in Applecross the way. stark rocky outcrops, dramatic super-friendly, too.

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