Here's a route requested by a reader – the North of England Relaxed tour, from second edition of Bikers' Britain: The Tours. Which I hadn't got round to putting online (sorry). If you spot another route I've missed and want me to build the GPX file for it, just get in touch… 

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This really is a relaxed ride – three laid-back days across the Lincolnshire Wolds, the North York Moors, the Pennines, the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales… so it packs a lot in!

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Even so, it's not a frantic tarmac-chasing challenge to posterior fortitude: these are short-ish days, ideal for late starts and long lunches, with plenty to see along the way. It's ideal for a two-up trip, with miles of wide, smooth, fun roads. 

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Though it's a three-day trip, you do need to get to the start point in Lincolnshire and then get home again from the final destination in York, so really it's a five-day trip by the time you've added the runs from your home.