Drover's Roads & Vale Tracks.
Tewkesbury
Mark Rigby
200 km
Summary
212Km cycling event starting from Tewkesbury.
Controls at
- Tewkesbury- The Royal Hop Pole Hotel.
- Mitchell Troy - Red Door Deli.
- Sebastopol, Open Hearth.
- Shepherd's Patch
- Tewkesbury - The Royal Hop Pole Hotel.
- Plus 3 information controls
E-Brevet permitted.
Description
Spend a summer day exploring a mixture of roads and tracks all public rights of way. The roads undulate, the tracks are on the flat. Dust-off your gravel bike for an adventure to places vias not often travelled
Originally a new event for 2022. Back for another running. An eclectic mix of rolling roads one good climb and nine off-road tracks all by-passable - though extra distance incured. The controls are well experienced with audax events, hot cold food drink available at each. The first stage follows a drovers route west from Tewkesbury. Following a road stretch, you cross numerous river vallies, following quiet lanes to the second control at Usk. after a warm-up, the rides major climb over Wentwood before dropping down to the Caldicot levels and some off-roading. Following some more roads and paths you cross the M48 Severn Bridge, quickly picking-up lanes and tracks highlight cyan on map on the way to The Black Shed at Shepherds Patch. Continuing on Tow paths, lanes and traffic-free cycle routes you make your way to Gloucester Cathedral. Leaving the City centre on more traffic-free tracks, and lanes following the ancient droving route all the way back to the arrivee at Tewkesbury. Route can be ridden on a normal road bike. A gravel bike would be ideal for the optimal progress, a hard tail MTB with lockable forks for road might make for easier track passage, but possibly slower progress when not on tracks. In either case, road tyres rather than out out off-road rubber would be recommended.
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Originally a new event for 2022. Back for another running. An eclectic mix of rolling roads one good climb and nine off-road tracks all by-passable - though extra distance incured. The controls are well experienced with audax events, hot cold food drink available at each. The first stage follows a drovers route west from Tewkesbury. Following a road stretch, you cross numerous river vallies, following quiet lanes to the second control at Usk. after a warm-up, the rides major climb over Wentwood before dropping down to the Caldicot levels and some off-roading. Following some more roads and paths you cross the M48 Severn Bridge, quickly picking-up lanes and tracks highlight cyan on map on the way to The Black Shed at Shepherds Patch. Continuing on Tow paths, lanes and traffic-free cycle routes you make your way to Gloucester Cathedral. Leaving the City centre on more traffic-free tracks, and lanes following the ancient droving route all the way back to the arrivee at Tewkesbury. Route can be ridden on a normal road bike. A gravel bike would be ideal for the optimal progress, a hard tail MTB with lockable forks for road might make for easier track passage, but possibly slower progress when not on tracks. In either case, road tyres rather than out out off-road rubber would be recommended.
Event Date and Location
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Date: Sat, 29 May 2027 Add Event to my Personal Calendar
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Time: 08:00 to finish by 22:49
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Distance: 200 km (212 km) in 14h49
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Starting from: Tewkesbury
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Closing Date: Thu, 27 May 2027
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Entries close at: 75 riders
Event Information
Speed:
14.3-25 km/h
Climb:
1747m
AAA:
0
Category:
BR
Body:
BlackSheep CC
Audax Points:
2
Event No:
27-1169
Facilities
Toilets at Start
Mudguards not required
Camping near start
Secur(ish) luggage storage at start
Parking at start
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