England

Great trip for a sampling of the Lake District, Cumbria moors, and the Scottish borderlands. Hotels and meals were just right; riding routes were scenic and accessible with an electric bike for this 70+ rider with two recent knee replacements. Great group of guests, and the trip leaders were engaged, knowledgeable and responsive. We were the third group to take this new trip -- the itinerary and routes were tuned for the weather and the riders. It was great fun.

Wonderful views. Lots of climbs - highly recommend using an e-bike, unless you’re 20! Conor and Nick curated an excellent way to bike in northern England, into Scotland.

Really enjoyed our cycling trip through the Cotswolds. Our guides and cycling companions were fabulous. A better description of the road conditions and elevations would have been helpful. Roads were narrow and quite pocked with loose gravel in many places. Scenery was simply amazing!

Quiet country roads, scenic beauty of the Cotswolds and a rolling terrain is what you get when you participate in this VBT trip! A jolly good ol’ time was had in this part of England 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️

What a fantastic trip this was. This was my 6th time going to England, but my first for the Cotswold region and what an extraordinary time it was. The food was fantastic, everywhere you looked the views were spectacular. It was fantastic trip which I would do again in a heart beat.

My husband and I did this self-guided tour in early September and absolutely loved it. Country Walkers did an impeccable job taking care of every detail--booking hotels, moving our suitcases between hotels, and, best of all, the "route notes" book was so detailed and had everything we needed from step-by-step directions and restaurant suggestions to history and ideas for things to do. It felt like a wonderful adventure following the famous paths through sheep pastures and little forest thickets, past gardens and ancient churches, and climbing over or around all the different gates. It was often overcast and misty in the mornings, but the mid-day sun burned it all away. Our highlights are choosing to stop for an hour to check out the Hailes Abbey Museum and rubbing elbows with some locals at the only pub in a tiny village. So many great memories! We liked the intimate experience of doing a self-guided trip and the independence (without the planning!) that it provided. We spent some extra days in London at the end of our trip...that was just icing on the cake.