To find routes, search for Wales on the online bike-route map from Sustrans, a charity promoting alternatives to driving.

BBC: Walking the new Wales coastal path

With no hills and even some separate bike lanes, the route becomes increasingly verdant, passing through the small towns of Drayton and Langley.

BBC: Five one-day bike trips from London

The real event occurs rarely, but every summer aficionados run the route by bike, motorcycle and even canoe and as we set out from the handsome medieval core of Sneek, our goal was to hew approximately to the route, while avoiding the cyclists that were following it in earnest.

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Here, newly painted bike lanes designate the Harbour Route, which loops one mile around the North End neighbourhood on Commercial Street.

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Bike around the edge or cycle into the crater on Route 40, passing the Carpentry, a unique rock formation that resembles wood.

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Route 30A, meanwhile, is chockablock with great restaurants, boutiques, bike routes and similarly precious towns.

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