Tour of the Borders and Galloway
Carlisle
Andy Berne
600 km
Summary
608Km cycling event starting from Carlisle.
Controls at
- Start
- Kirkmichael Community Cafe
- Newton Stewart
- Abington Services
- Johnstonebridge
- Kirkpatrick Fleming
- Moffat
- Peebles
- Eskdalemuir
- Kingstown, Carlisle
- Plus 2 information controls
E-Brevet permitted.
Description
New and improved for 2027
A scenic route with generally very little traffic, a loop around Galloway followed by a loop through the Borders with a functional bit along the B7076 with its 24 hour services for the night section.
For 2027 in addition to the usual control at Johnstonebridge there will be an additional overnight control at Kirkpatrick Fleming.
Event is currently planned to start and finish in Kingstown, Carlisle. Its planned to be a roadside start next to McDonalds and finish in a nearby pub.
The current plan is to use Johnstonebridge Community Centre 345km and Kirkpatrick Fleming 376km as overnight control. Therell be food available and floorspace if you want to get a few hours sleep. Therell be a drop bag option from the start to Johnstonebridge or Kirkpatrick Fleming and back to the finish. The route also passes near the Johnstonebridge Community centre again at 408km so any quicker riders could stop on the way back north whilst the control is still open
The route is on mainly very quiet roads, even the A roads are quiet. Its not a flat route but most of the climbing is gently graded and other than the overnight section is very scenic. There are long sections of the route which are remote, with very little traffic and very few facilities.
There are also 24-hour commercial facilities at Abington, Johnstonebridge and Gretna Services just off route. There is nothing open after Johnstonebridge Northbound until 6am at Moffat or Peebles.
Eskdalemuir will be staying open later on Sunday for the event so there will be something available later on Sunday.
With some sensible planning there will be plenty of opportunities to get food at shops and cafes on the route. The route has been planned so that most riders will have a number of choices for places to eat and drink. If youre a quicker rider and dont stop for a bit overnight then you should be prepared to ride some long distances up to 100km potentially with very little option for commercial facilities. It is intended that most of the riders will use the event facilities at the services or nearby.
If you are intending to ride and dont intend stopping at the Community Centre and are looking for accommodation at a commercial facility then you may want to consider booking this on a fully flexible basis before entering.
Entries for this event are limited and may close before the closing date. If you intend to enter and ride this event then early entry is encouraged to secure a place. Max number of riders is calculated to include an expected number of DNS and a withdrawal does not mean entries will be reopened. See Audax UK Ts and Cs
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A scenic route with generally very little traffic, a loop around Galloway followed by a loop through the Borders with a functional bit along the B7076 with its 24 hour services for the night section.
For 2027 in addition to the usual control at Johnstonebridge there will be an additional overnight control at Kirkpatrick Fleming.
Event is currently planned to start and finish in Kingstown, Carlisle. Its planned to be a roadside start next to McDonalds and finish in a nearby pub.
The current plan is to use Johnstonebridge Community Centre 345km and Kirkpatrick Fleming 376km as overnight control. Therell be food available and floorspace if you want to get a few hours sleep. Therell be a drop bag option from the start to Johnstonebridge or Kirkpatrick Fleming and back to the finish. The route also passes near the Johnstonebridge Community centre again at 408km so any quicker riders could stop on the way back north whilst the control is still open
The route is on mainly very quiet roads, even the A roads are quiet. Its not a flat route but most of the climbing is gently graded and other than the overnight section is very scenic. There are long sections of the route which are remote, with very little traffic and very few facilities.
There are also 24-hour commercial facilities at Abington, Johnstonebridge and Gretna Services just off route. There is nothing open after Johnstonebridge Northbound until 6am at Moffat or Peebles.
Eskdalemuir will be staying open later on Sunday for the event so there will be something available later on Sunday.
With some sensible planning there will be plenty of opportunities to get food at shops and cafes on the route. The route has been planned so that most riders will have a number of choices for places to eat and drink. If youre a quicker rider and dont stop for a bit overnight then you should be prepared to ride some long distances up to 100km potentially with very little option for commercial facilities. It is intended that most of the riders will use the event facilities at the services or nearby.
If you are intending to ride and dont intend stopping at the Community Centre and are looking for accommodation at a commercial facility then you may want to consider booking this on a fully flexible basis before entering.
Entries for this event are limited and may close before the closing date. If you intend to enter and ride this event then early entry is encouraged to secure a place. Max number of riders is calculated to include an expected number of DNS and a withdrawal does not mean entries will be reopened. See Audax UK Ts and Cs
Event Date and Location
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Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2027 Add Event to my Personal Calendar
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Event Opens:
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Time: 07:00 to finish by 23:00 (+1 days)
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Distance: 600 km (608 km) in 40h00
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Starting from: Carlisle
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Closing Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2027
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Entries close at: 120 riders
Event Information
Speed:
15-25 km/h
Climb:
5294m
AAA:
0
Category:
BRM[PBP]
Body:
Tyneside Vagabonds
Audax Points:
6
Event No:
27-557
Facilities
Toilets at Start
GPS files available from organiser
Mudguards not required
Parking at start
Downloads
The organiser may only provide these to event entrants