Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
England : Bristol Tasty Cheddar?
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I've heard it's not too bad, but last year when I did it I was on 23s and didn't fancy the portway option so went through some different roads shadowing the pill path.
Pm me and If I can find it I'll ping you the gpx.
That's quite a nice Audax actually, I forgot about that one.
Pm me and If I can find it I'll ping you the gpx.
That's quite a nice Audax actually, I forgot about that one.
Banjo
Fuelled with Jelly Babies
- Location
- South Wales
Im hoping to do it this year.will use the path unless weather has been wet prior to the event.
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Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
Firing off my application tomorrow. Reckon I'll be sticking to the official route all the way (however muddy) and treating it as an experience. I've done the Strawberry Line and the Pill path and Cheddar Gorge before, but don't know the rest of the route. Will be nice to see some of you guys again.
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Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
Donger
Convoi Exceptionnel
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos.
Nice to see you again James, and to meet your friends. Not sure quite where I lost contact with the group, but it was all a bit Keystone Cops for a while there, with different groups going left, right and straight on. It carried on like that for me pretty much all the way. A miracle I found my way round at all. Every time I was certain I was irredeemably lost I either hit upon a landmark that was on the route, or someone else came by to rescue me and point me in the right direction. My first half was half a mile short, and my second half included an extra half mile (up a hill I didn't need to climb), so it balanced out at the correct distance somehow!
Some of those hills were just brutal. What a sadistic route. Crawled home in 6 hours 55 mins. For me that was just about the toughest ride I've ever done. Was well impressed with the speed Niall kept up on that fatbike. See you again on the circuit some time.
Donger.
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Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
The first half was comparatively easy but I found the parts after Cheddar very tough and navigation wasn't easy at all. Without the Garmin and Martin's GPS maps we'd have gone wrong. Watching the fat bike scalping roadies on the descents was fun but the climbs slowed it up somewhat! Glad you got round OK.. One to remember and perhaps revisit.
Sorry mate, I never emailed you the alternate route gpx. Been looking after a sick family member and not been near my home computer for weeks.
Sounds like you enjoyed it though...
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Arjimlad
Tights of Cydonia
- Location
- South Glos
No worries Pikey, we took the Pill path anyway and it was fine. It had been dry for ages. The Portway/Pill Path are familiar anyway. It was the latter half which was more "interesting" - luckily the Edge 200's breadcrumb trail was pretty useful but a pal had GPS with maps on too, even more useful. Still recovering...
Glad it went well.
The last time I rode the pill path, about six years ago, it was a foot or two under water in places
Last year the alternative route took me up some bloody great hill, but I was on skinny little 23's so didn't want to chance it.