Annan Other Borders Circuit
407km cycling event starting from Ponteland. Controls at Kielder, Longtown, Annan, Peebles, Kirknewton and Alnwick, plus 1 information control.
A relatively easy and very scenic route on good, mainly quiet roads. The evening/night sections have relatively easy navigation. Overnight control at Kirknewton Village Hall if needed.
Anyone riding this? Come on, it's less than 7 months away!
It looks like a tweak of the
Hot Trod route (same club, different organiser?), but I can't quite tell how much of a tweak ... Seems to be less climbing overall, but adds the
Devil's Beef Tub*.
Although I've ridden a leeeeetle in the area, I'm pretty clueless of the local geography; this may be a good chance to rectify that, without taking on an absurdly hard ride (and July is SOMETIMES nice weather).
*I feel this should be spoken in a deep echoey voice, preferably with a church organ backing.