Saturday 23rd June is the inaugural 5 Valleys Gran Fondo, starting & finishing in Brimscombe, Stroud, Gloucestershire & taking in 80 miles & 2000 meters of the surrounding countryside (40 mile route also). Think short, sharp, steep climbing.
As I understand it, all profit goes towards my son's old primary school, which is hosting the event as well as having their school summer fair on the same day.
https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/175689/5-Valleys-Gran-Fondo
I'll likely be around, helping out on the day.
Grr, we're away that weekend or I'd have deffo done it. I can imagine the course being somewhat undulating 😉
Yea, BC have graded it as 4 out of 5 which is "hard", which means it could always be worse & "damn hard". 👊
Please feel free to promote from your own social media platforms, be good to get as much £ raised as possible 👊👍✌
Puts my first, relatively sedate paced century with a tiny incline short of 9000 feet of climbing, a few weeks ago into perspective.
Is there a route link yet, to see what cat 2/3/4 hills are included? 😉
See the Facebook page for route / info:
www.facebook.com/5ValleysGranFondo