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Elementary 50 Poynton Mike Wigley
50Km

Summary

65Km permanent cycling event starting from Poynton.

Controls at

  • Poynton
  • Holmes Chapel
  • Poynton

Permitted forms of proof of passage are: GPS, E-Brevet, Paper

Description

Welcome to Long Distance Cycling with a short trip from Poynton to Holmes Chapel (It’s the Elementary 50 my dear Watson). Lots of quiet Cheshire Lanes, the iconic Jodrell Bank, and a golden ‘Olympic’ pillar box. It might only be a 50km ride, but it could be the start to some truly Long Distance Cycling up to 100km, 200km, 600km … who knows how far you can go?

This Perm can be ridden with the eBrevet app and can count towards the Peak Audax Round The Year award (PARTY).

The ride starts from Poynton, near Stockport where there is Pay and Display parking off Park Lane (near Waitrose).

You can even ride this Perm in either direction, the eBrevet works without the need to customize it. There is a GPX file supplied for both directions.

Even as ‘just’ a 50km ride, it offers a few hours pleasant dalliance in the Cheshire lanes, and will count towards the Brevet 250 award from Audax UK. While you could complete this Perm in just about 50km as a straight out and back, the route is much more interesting than that. ‘Interesting’ means it becomes 64km.

The interesting bits include:

• a ‘golden’ pillar box to commemorate the gold medal achieved by Sarah Storey in the 2012 Olympics for the 500m Time Trial (that’s only half a kilometre but you’ve got to start long distance cycling somewhere). Dame Sarah is currently the Greater Manchester Cycling Commissioner.

• a short bit of off-road cycling at the Hermitage just after Holmes Chapel, and another short stretch of bridleway at Chelford. Both can be avoided by consulting a map.

• Jodrell Bank telescope (showing us what Long Distance truly is. To them, 100km is mere fraction of a light-millisecond).

• lots of lovely Cheshire lanes and some delightful villages.

Event Date and Location

  • Date: To be created by the rider
  • Distance: 50 km (65 km) in 5h12
  • Starting from: Poynton
  • Reversible: No
  • Start at any control: Yes
  • FlexStart: Yes

Event Information

Speed:
12.5-30 km/h
Climb:
0m
AAA:
0
Category:
BP
Body:
AUK[P]
Audax Points:
0.5
Event No:
MW25

Downloads

Route Sheet Gps File