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Alternative route for Avenue Verte in the UK?

Accessing this forum

Just wondering, am I being thick or is the only way to access these  forums via the 'feedback' link at the bottom of pages (or via a lucky Google search)? It's not very obvious - maybe there would be more input if it was easier to find?

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!