From Aberdeen, the English section of EuroVelo 1 takes you along the north Scottish coast to Inverness. You will pass through Cairngorms National Park and Loch Lomond National Park and reach the Scottish coasts by following the Lochs and Glens Route. After going across the Irish Sea, the route visits the island of Ireland and then returns to the Welsh Coast at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. It joins the Celtic Trail and continues to Wales and Bristol and through Exmoor National Park. Largely tracing the course of former railway lines, the last part of this route takes you across the breathtaking viaducts and bridges bequeathed by Victorian railway engineers, passing through tunnels carved under the hills of Britannia.

https://en.eurovelo.com/ev1/united-kingdom 

Following Europe’s mighty western border, reaching from Scandinavia, to South and Western Portugal, the Atlantic Coast Route visits the majestic fjords of Norway, the wild Irish coastline, the rough cliffs of Brittany and the sun-kissed beaches of Portugal, totalling 11,000 km. Along the way you will not only be seduced by bustling port cities and cosy fishing villages, but you will be impressed by dramatic landscapes and have the chance to enjoy the best seafood each country has to offer.

https://en.eurovelo.com/ev1 

 

Route in Devon

Plymouth - Tavistock - Lydford - Okehampton

 

Okehampton - Hatherleigh - Great Torrington - Bideford - Barnstaple

 

Barnstaple - Bratton Fleming - Dulverton - Bampton

Open Street Map

https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=9/50.6669/-3.9413&layers=C 

 

Wikipedia EuroVelo 1 (EV1), named the Atlantic Coast Route, is a 8,186 km (5,087 mi) long EuroVelo long-distance cycling route running from North Cape in Norway to Sagres in Portugal. This north-south route runs (mostly) along the coast of the Atlantic Ocean of Western Europe and passes successively through eight countries: Norway, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, England, France, Spain and Portugal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EV1_The_Atlantic_Coast_Route 

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