I've got my 2 day route sorted. 10 check points, 145km… decided not to look at ups and downs. There's definitely at least one push/drag across a featureless moorland. 😉
All sorted here too. I reckon on it being 95% ridable and I'm no riding god, although whether I'm still saying this with 25lb of kit on me and the bike remains to be seen. A little challenge, theres an easily ridable,perfectly legal, route directly linking 2 of the checkpoints which isn't on any OS map or Google Earth version I have seen, it cuts out about 3 miles and a big climb. Anyone know it?
so you're not going to just give it away for the general good of the population?
trouble with doing that is that we then end up all doing the same route… I don't know where this route is but I intend to pour over the 1:25000 scale maps, google earth and geography.co.uk this weekend 🙂
Did a dry run at the weekend, not over the route just local to me. Judging by the time and distance covered I will be doing well if I can get 10 check points 😯
Track isn't shown on any version of MMap,Geograph or Google Earth but I have found a photo of it… Keep guessing, now I'm torn whether to disclose it, my initial thought was yes as after all it's not a race. Stuart is pretty warm but he should be after all 😉
So it's not on any map, not visible from space and there might be a picture of it on the web somewhere (amongst several million), this might take some time…
I didn't say it wasn't visible from space, the latest Google Earth photo is 3 years old and it has been built since then. OK flatfish what are the heights of the start and finish of the track running west to east?
As Nick said earlier, it would be boring if we all went the same way. I've just had another look at the Google Map satellite veiw and it isn't on my version still. Just to be clear it runs from just east of a run down farmhouse contouring up Draws Drum and across Banc Dolwen, leaving the forest at 803791 and across to the turbine road, it is definitely the most direct and least climby route between the 2 bothies. But what do I know, I've only been riding in these hills for 30 years.I remember when it was all fields. I'll shut up now.
fair play pistonbroke, you know the area so am not doubting you. Everyone's route will be different as that's just human nature, and what makes this an interesting and fun event. 🙂
I'm only able to do 1 night and 2 days riding, so have plotted a route around 10 checkpoints. Whether I get them all maybe doubtful….. from my previous experience in this part of wales, bridleways tend to have a time-sapping dimension not present in other parts of the country. 😀
In this part of Wales the locals call that "Welsh Time" … You think you know what time it is, then when you look it's 3 hours later than you thought. It doesn't happen in winter though only summer months. It'll be the reason I never manage to get my tea until 9.00pm 😉
1)Road? Are we allowed to use the road?
2)Does pushing count as singlespeed?
Sensible answer 1)About 30% 2)Not me, I've ridden with people on singlespeeds in this area and its not pretty.