Café ride to test the upcoming version of the cycle.travel app ☕️

In one of those wonderful coincidences, the code to display cycle.travel’s app map yn Gymraeg was finished today just as the Welsh Government announced a project to crowdsource Welsh placenames for OpenStreetMap https://media.service.gov.wales/news/new-priorities-to-help-protect-welsh-place-names

cycle.travel: fine-tuned C++ algorithms in the streets, handwritten route notes in the sheets (also 50cl pichet de vin rouge)

Researching a new route guide. A few tasters…

Looking for somewhere new to ride? Introducing Travel Tiles – a fun new way to challenge yourself to explore new places. As you ride, each hexagon lights up. See them in the cycle.travel route-planner so you can plan routes to places you haven’t been. Available right now in the Android and iOS app.

Got a Garmin? You can now send a route directly to Garmin Connect from the cycle.travel iPhone and Android apps, as well as the website. One tap and the route is on your GPS. 100% free!

If you go down to the woods today… you’ll see some woods. A host of improvements to our cycle-focused cartography includes woodlands, path names and (rolling out over the next week) more placenames at small scales, even in rural areas. cycle.travel/map

A little usability improvement for the end of the year: you can now delete and rename your saved journeys right from the cycle.travel map screen, or drag them into folders.

Brand new for cycle.travel supporters – multi-day tour generator. Choose a start point, an average daily distance and a number of days, and cycle.travel will plan you a tour overnighting at towns with accommodation. (Full public release coming in 2025!)