Here is a short part of my normal route to/from Winchester
https://cycle.travel/map/journey/151307
Travelling North-South the route is fine and exactly matches the situation on the ground. Now use the "reverse route" button. The route takes you on a hilly 3mile detour! In the real world there is no impediment in either direction, so I assume there is some wrongly-applied "one direction" message in OSM. It's really annoying because a lot of the many exercise rides we have ridden since lockdown go this way and I want to be able to choose freely which way round to plot. I have no experience of editing OSM and don't wish to make this error even worse by untutored meddling! Please help if you can.
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Yes – it was an OSM error! I’ve fixed it in OSM and it’ll show in cycle.travel next time we take an update. Until then, you can use the ‘Go direct’ option between via points to skip the offending section; it’s the connection between the cycleway (on the east side of the road) and the B3335, just south of the motorway, that was missing. If you look closely on the map you can see there’s a break in the route there.
Thank you Richard, amazing service again.