My husband and I tried out a few of these routes, and they were certainly interesting for us, having not grown up in the UK. It was wonderful to follow these easy to read maps / guides and to find new places to take our bikes out to stretch their legs and really see a bit of the UK.

I downloaded the book onto my Kindle app on my mobile, and this could be viewed from the mounted phone on the bike.

Lots of fun, and we will certainly be trying more of these routes.

simple and easy to follow. The digital version is easy to plan on but Id buy the hard copy if I was out travlling as it'd be easier I think

This looked to me a well-produced book, although seeing it digitally in front of me at a table is not the same as having the paper thing in a weatherproof pouch on my handlebars and third gear kicking in. Rest assured, it does what it wants to do – produce a hundred circular routes for biking buddies to try together, all starting at key petrol stations so you can press zero on the trip mileage thingy and follow the directions with ease. Those directions come in a simple table, showing you hopefully at a glance the road number and target needed, the miles since you left off and the miles to the next change, and the nature of all junctions and breaks to the ride – I'll admit I kind of scoffed at the key mentioning a ferry, and yet there one was, on the very first trip; one later ride needs three of the blighters.

Beyond a couple of tiny annotations to the full-page map each route is marked out on, that's about it for the text. You aren't supposed to be learning about any classic films and books when bypassing Lyme Regis, say – although that is one instance where a suggestion for a break is made, even though none of the rides are exactly bladder-bursting.

If anything, the second route, whether that be SW England or Wales, is an easier start, as the directions are fewer and the turns more spaced out. But with a couple of lead riders with this and others in the gang having the ability to download from the author's website to their guides, this should keep the group together. Finally, every book that goes the extra mile should be commended, and this, with ride titles like "Don't Miss Faversham" and "Dandy, Fine and Baldock", shows an urge to pun for us as well as to plan for us. Above and beyond, then – but no that's not one of the directions given. A strong four stars, and while the target reader may well think this at least five, quibbles about speed limits would never allow me to give it fullest praise.