I always look at Ride Routes with interest, but areas I know I think I can generally do better, they often stick to fairly main roads and miss some real gems - probably so Harley / Goldwing / R1 owners don't complain.
I have some stuff here which I tend to base my short trips on, some of them may be very similar to the ride routes, these are 4-5 day jaunts, easy to add a day or two if required, given more than 6 days and I would probably head to the Alps / Pyrenees / Tarn Gorge or somewhere new (yet to visit the Hartz myself)
https://www.myrouteapp.com/profile/routes/485#1831875/name/asc
Check them carefully to make sure waypoints on road, you have enough waypoints - maybe ad some shaping points etc and don't complain if you think they are crap after riding them, me and my mates have liked them.
I always copy them into a new route and then add detail, sometimes places to stop for lunch / see something or maybe try an new road or two, if I find a really good bit I may go back and update the "template" route.
IMHO always worth doing a couple of hours of Motorway away from Calais to clear the clutter and get to the nice parts a bit faster / have more time at the nice bits.
I have some stuff here which I tend to base my short trips on, some of them may be very similar to the ride routes, these are 4-5 day jaunts, easy to add a day or two if required, given more than 6 days and I would probably head to the Alps / Pyrenees / Tarn Gorge or somewhere new (yet to visit the Hartz myself)
https://www.myrouteapp.com/profile/routes/485#1831875/name/asc
Check them carefully to make sure waypoints on road, you have enough waypoints - maybe ad some shaping points etc and don't complain if you think they are crap after riding them, me and my mates have liked them.
I always copy them into a new route and then add detail, sometimes places to stop for lunch / see something or maybe try an new road or two, if I find a really good bit I may go back and update the "template" route.
IMHO always worth doing a couple of hours of Motorway away from Calais to clear the clutter and get to the nice parts a bit faster / have more time at the nice bits.