The Cycle Touring Club (ctc.org.uk) has three well-established routes and other information for members that can be downloaded from its website. The YHA (yha.org.uk) and the Scottish YHA (syha.org.uk) have a 16-day route between their hostels, which you can download. Book two to three weeks in advance as certain hostels, like those in the Lake District if you plan to tackle the Kirkstone Pass, get very busy. Also worth stopping at Carbisdale Castle SYHA, north of Inverness, possibly the best hostel in the world.

Sustrans (sustrans.org.uk) has strip maps of much of the National Cycle Network of purpose-built paths or quieter streets.
Paul Mehta

The route I chose links up the most interesting landscape and some interesting historic cities. It took 15 days and added about 200 miles to the shortest route.

· Lands End-Tintagel YH via Penzance, Helston, Truro & Wadebridge.

· Tintagel-Lynton YHA via A39, Bideford,Tarka Trail cycle route, Barnstaple, Blackmoor Gate and Woody Bay.

· Lynton-Bristol, A39 across Exmoor, Minehead, Bridgwater, then A38.

· Bristol-Ludlow YH via Old Severn Bridge, Wye Valley, Monmouth, Hereford, B4361 to Ludlow.

· Ludlow-Shrewsbury, A49 (rest day).

· Shrewsbury-Southport via A49, Whitchurch, A41, Chester, Birkenhead, ferry to Liverpool, A456 to Southport.

· Southport-Hawes YH via, Preston, A59, Clitheroe, Slaidburn, Ingleton, B6255 to Hawes.

· Hawes-Once Brewed YH via Kirkby Stephen, Brough, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Alston and Haltwhistle.

· Once Brewed YH-Byrness via Bellingham.

· Byrness-Edinburgh via A68, Jedburgh, Galashiels, A7 to Edinburgh.

· Edinburgh-Killin via Forth Bridge, A985, Stirling, A84, Callander to Killin.

· Killin-Glencoe, A85, Crianlarich, A82, Rannoch Moor, Glencoe YH.

· Glencoe-Drumnadrochit (Loch Ness) via Fort William, A82, Great Glen.

· Loch Ness-Carbisdale Castle YH at Boanr Bridge via A833, Beauly, Dingwall, Alness B9176.

· Carbisdale-John O'Groats via Loch Buidhe, A9 coast road, A99 to Wick then last 17 miles along A99.
Chris France

Lands End To John O'Groats: The Great British Bike Adventure by Phil Horsley (Cordee) uses quiet roads and cycle tracks wherever possible. We only missed the route once!
John Dennis

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This week's questions

I'd like to travel from Santiago, Chile to Quito, Equador by rail. Is this possible, or is there a better way that allows me to take in the Andes?
DJ Freeman

My boss and his wife intend to borrow a friend's car and drive from Boston to Montreal for four days. What paperwork do we need to prepare so that they have no trouble doing so?
Mary Boozell