A 200km audax through varied countryside; forest, pastoral, orchards, hop country, Cambrians and a megalithic monument.
Start/Finish: Stourport-on-Severn
Controls: Kington, Hay, Leominster
Info controls: Erwood, Arthur's Stones.
AAA: None but there is approx 3000m of ascent.
Allocated starting times between: 07:45 & 08:25
Facilities: X Rated
Topography: Separated sections of very hilly route with level sections between.
Remember to wear a jersey with very large rear pockets to carry home your book purchases from literary capital of Europe, Hay-On-Wye.
Whilst not eligible for audax altitude award points, this x-rated event does have some clumps of large hills to cross but the gaps between. It is a challenging day-out. As an x-rated event, it has minimal facilities with a car park start and requirement to sent proofs-of-passage to the organiser afterwards. Whilst x-rated, there are plenty of shop and cafe opportunities en-route.
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