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The Great Tour
« on: 16 April, 2010, 01:24:10 pm »
Yes, it's yet another "do what AUK does, but for charity" ride.  Strangely there isn't one of these for the Mille Cymru yet :)

The Great Tour : Homepage

Note that the event is limited to 100km a day(!) so the "funded" places couldn't be used to get AUK points

If my job goes tits up around this time however, it could be fun to ride the event at randonneur pace

Chris N

Re: The Great Tour
« Reply #1 on: 16 April, 2010, 01:26:31 pm »
Can't be that great - it goes to Skegness.

Weirdy Biker

Re: The Great Tour
« Reply #2 on: 16 April, 2010, 01:29:35 pm »
George Berwick did the Peniperipheral as a bone fide audax ride.  He is a god.  Or at least the patron saint of tramps.

Pete Mas

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Re: The Great Tour
« Reply #3 on: 16 April, 2010, 04:23:07 pm »
Have always wanted to do a similar (round the coast)  ride, ever since reading the Nick Saunders book in the 80's.

Not til after I finish working, though (no, not 5.30pm!)
''It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive."

R.L.Stevenson

Re: The Great Tour
« Reply #4 on: 16 April, 2010, 04:44:22 pm »
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Keeping the sea to their right for 64 days the riders will never lose the sight, smell or sound of the sea during their epic 6600km pedal for charity.

This should prove pretty interesting down the west coast of Scotland.

And Wales

And Devon and Cornwall and Dorset...

Pete Mas

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Re: The Great Tour
« Reply #5 on: 16 April, 2010, 05:02:35 pm »
87,500m of climb... :)
''It is better to travel hopefully than to arrive."

R.L.Stevenson