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Restrap are running their Winter Solstice ride again this year. I completed this yesterday on what felt like one of the warmest days recently. I went to bed on the Sunday evening and slept awfully - probably not helped by the Grinch MacDonald’s meal that I consumed earlier that
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Today I tested my route for the Northwich Dawn Patrol ride. This is a road ride suitable for all bikes * Starts at Davenham Roundabout. * Travels through Kingsmead. * At Northwich Town Centre it has its first small, but steep hill into Castle. * From Castle is heads into Weaverham along a main
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Restrap’s Solstice Century is back for another year. Restrap are encouraging riders to make the most of the shortest days of the year over the Winter Solstice between 19th and 28th December. The challenge is to ride one 100 mile/160km ride over those days. Everyone who completes a
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Another very wet weekend led to a last minute decision to do this route on Saturday morning. I rode this with my brother who is planning to complete the Centurion in July with me. The route originally came from Gravel Biking with Coffee and Cake around Cheshire which I highly
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After last weeks Peak District ride I decided to stay local this week and explored the Middlewood Way, an old train track that ran from Macclesfield to Marple. Most of this route is along quiet lanes and tracks through Lyme Park and then towards Macclesfield before the Middlewood Way back
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Glorious Gravel have released their Spring 2026 line up of rides. If you’ve not ridden a Glorious Gravel ride you’re missing out - they are well organised and have excellent food stops at key locations around the course. There’s always a (minimum) medium and long route and
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The Glorious Gravel Peak District X is described as “A late season classic in the Hope Valley, one of the most spectacular parts of the Peak District! The route takes in wild sections of the moors, the fun & flowing Monsal Trail, gravel tracks around the national park, back roads
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Following a discussion with @ancewen about how the marshes are worth a visit in South Wirral I set of to find a route. I wanted to include some of the Millennium Greenway as well as I hadn’t cycled on that before. While searching I came across a great route
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Glorious Gravel have launched the 2026 Centurion ride today: “One of the biggest rides of the year on the best gravel in the South of England with a weekend packed full of brilliant cycling. Take on the Centurion (100km) or Double Centurion (217km) on the tank tracks, fire roads &