Claerwen reservoir track (mid Wales)

I rode this track around this reservoir the other day (and further west until it joins a paved road). I expected, judging from the colouring on cycle.travel, for it to be mostly a smooth cycle path (only a short section in the middle was marked as unpaved). Not so! It's rough the whole way, and pretty hard work in many places. I have since updated OSM to change the surface type.

OSM may still need more work perhaps Richard could check?

Afsluitdijk - Netherlands

I can't seem to create a route passing along this cycle route in the Netherlands (part of the North Sea route?) , cycle.travel always routes around the inside of Ijsselmeer. The routing info looks OK on OpenStreetMap

Finding hotels

I'm a little confused by the option for finding accommodation along a route. The symbol ££££ suggests to me more expensive hotels than just a  single £, but in the area I'm looking at (Puglia, Italy) some fairly low-cost hotels only appear when the ££££ is selected. But some pricier ones appear when ££ is selected.

On an associated issue, all the hotels link direct to Booking.com (which I already use quite a lot) - do you get commission per click from them, or from the hotels? I'm intrigued, but maybe you aren't able to say!

NCN 68 north of Haltwhistle

Hi Richard

I'm trying to plot a route along a section of NCN 68, from Haltwhistle to Bellingham, but cycle.travel won't let me! It appears to think there's a gap in the track just north of where the surfaced road ends (north of 'Robin Rock Drift'); any attempt to route north of there results in a huge diversion through Simonburn.

Do you know if there's any reason for this? It's plotted OK on your Pennine Cycleway guide.

Thanks

Chris

OSM updates

Richard, I am wondering how often your routing algorithm updates information from OSM. Some months ago I added a road and a bridge to OSM (both had been in existence for years, but not shown on the map). Now, if I try to use it on cycle.travel, it's impossible (the route takes me 3 miles round to an alternative bridge). It's a really good route for cyclists because it avoids a busy A.30 roundabout.

If I try to route on Viewranger, or MapMyRide, or Google. it lets me use the bridge. It's at 50°07'51.6"N 5°30'26.2"W (Longrock, about 2 miles East of Penzance - see 'missing bridge' route).