I've always fancied riding between the two highest pubs in England, Tan Hill Inn and Cat & Fiddle
Isn't The CB, further down Arkengarthdale from Tan Hill, the second highest pub in England?
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Stupid Idea - GDR style endurance event on Pennine Bridleway
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Posted 3 years ago #
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How about just selecting two points at random -say glasgow and ullapool and leave route choice to the individual. See who gets there first.
hmmmm - sounds like one hell of a ride that does....
(goes to look at maps...)
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Smee -
How about just selecting two points at random -say glasgow and ullapool and leave route choice to the individual. See who gets there first.....
The guy who caught the bus?Posted 3 years ago # -
How about just selecting two points at random -say glasgow and ullapool and leave route choice to the individual. See who gets there first.
Cos it'd end up a road bike ride, that's why. Hence having checkpoints at locations deep into the mountains that would mandate an off-road approach.
Posted 3 years ago # -
can't think of the pub name but it's in the village of Flash, few miles south ish of Cat &Fiddle is higher than the C & F. I know for a long time it claimed to be highest pub in England, though I think it has been settled now that Tan Hill Inn is the one.
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An idea that I've been toying with in mid Wales (not sure if it would work elsewhere) is to have a ride with the aim of crossing as many different rivers (or tributaries thereof) as possible.
So you could start at Mach and cross one of the Dyfi tributaries on the way to the Severn round Havren way, then cross the Upper Wye and over to Cwm Ystwyth just touching the little streams that drain off Cefn Groes into the Rheidol, before heading towards the Teifi and Tywi. If you went East to the Elan that wouldn't count again, as it is a tributary of the Wye. See what I mean?
It would be open to different strategies as the shortest route would involve clambering over bogs and steep hills near the sources with a bike on your shoulder, or a much longer but easier ride (on a road bike even),helping to negate the concept of a "winner".
This is what I spend my time at work thinking about, anyway.Posted 3 years ago # -
You could go for linking the most drained area. So if you rode around Plynlumon (sp?) you'd get the catchment areas of Severn, Wye and Rheidol. Although, just doing that would probably get you the biggest score and not be very exciting
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Just had a play in Bikely: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Black-Sheep-Dirty-Century-rough-outline
110 miles (175km) with 4500' (1400m) of ascent. Mainly on roads and lanes, but with some off-road mixed in. Could easily be made longer/harder with more off-road through Swaledale.
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might try putting something together, route wise, where "fellow riders not competitors" have to start in north wales finishing in south wales going via checkpoints to get a pass code which have to be given in at the end to prove you rode it all.
What, like an audax...?
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When will bikely allow use of OS maps for some proper off-road mapping?
Posted 3 years ago # -
What, like an audax...?
lol
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By coincidence I'm off on a scouting mission in March to do a similar 100 mile route for a self-supported challenge later in the year. Doing it first off in a three-day exploration with the idea of coming back in the summer to do it in one go... Doubtless it'll appear in the mag eventually...
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Epicyclo, Molgrips etc - anyone doing that is not liable to enter this type of event... No prize money, no point in cheating.
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Thats right Smee, no point in cheating ... or we'll get Ton to sort you out
Chipps if your passing on your scouting drop in for a brew, kettles always on GR SN871975 OS Explorer 215
Cheers
Stuart
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