For those that are interested we are setting out Monday week, just after you have all finished swearing at Stu:-

Finalised route is here: http://www.gpsies.com/map.do?fileId=uaqgmcmhnkaazcpr

Our schedule is:-

Day 1 - Monday 12th October - Penzance - Newquay
Day 2 - Tuesday 13th October - Newquay - Barnstaple
Day 3 - Wednesday 14th October - Barnstaple - Nailsea
Day 4 - Thursday 15th October - Nailsea - Knucklas
Day 5 - Friday 16th October - Knucklas - Llangollen
Day 6 - Saturday 17th October - Llangollen - Melling
Day 7 - Sunday 18th October - Melling - Sedberg
Day 8 - Monday 19th October - Sedberg - Annan
Day 9 - Tuesday 20th October - Annan - Ardrossan
Day 10 - Wednesday 21st October - Ardrossan - Oban
Day 11 - Thursday 22nd October - Oban - Mallaig
Day 12 - Friday 23rd October - Mallaig - Contin
Day 13 - Saturday 24th October - Contin - Armadale
Day 14 - Sunday 25th October Armadale - John O’Groats

1365'ish miles in 2 weeks with a smattering of type 2 on the way. A mixture of B&B, pubs, bunkhouse and kindly Barebones floors will act as accommodation on the way

Wish us luck,

Here is the SPOTWALLA link https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id ... 1902b7df4d and if you are bored you can come and laugh at us in the pissing rain. Last chance to point out any fatal errors in our route plan.

As you come out of Bishops Castle, don't go straight up the hill...take the dogleg around to the south and join the route a few miles further down beyond Lydbury North. Save you a little bit of a climb...and as you're going up the Shropshire Way from the Plowden end, you'll want your legs in shape.

Hope that helps.

Greetz

S.

Dave, living on the Wirral I can meet you just as you cross the River Dee and ride round until you reach the Mersey (are you getting the ferry or train?)

I know lots of decent cafe's, pubs etc. in the area should you need to stop for refreshment.

cheers

Dave you on the Cross bike for this???

Barney

Keep an eye on the SPOT we'd love to see you

Yes Bigface it's a CX route and I'll be astride by Croix de Fer

If my legs are still working after the BB200 I might join you for a while from Newport up on Thursday 15th. For as long as I can keep up with you on your CX bikes anyway.

Scattamah wrote:As you come out of Bishops Castle, don't go straight up the hill...take the dogleg around to the south and join the route a few miles further down beyond Lydbury North. Save you a little bit of a climb...and as you're going up the Shropshire Way from the Plowden end, you'll want your legs in shape.

Hope that helps.

Greetz

S.

Good spot. Altered ;-)

I'll come over and meet you on the Wirral on the Saturday and ride you in to mine.

No swearing but your route will be 2 or 3 miles longer as we will follow the Leeds Liverpool canal to mine rather than the direct route you've plotted on your map.

See you soon

Thanks John. I'll be on best behaviour but I can;t vouch for Andy as he is from Essex

Good luck Dave and Andy for your big trip that starts tomorrow.

Just spent 2 hours cleaning all the "paperwork" up from my home office/spare room to make room for one of you.

See you on the Wirral on Saturday afternoon

This weeks weather forecast on Countryfile say's the next 7 days should be dry with cold Easterly winds from Tuesday, followed by Northerly cold (head winds) the week afterwards but still dry.

https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id ... 1902b7df4d

http://www.findmespot.com/spotadventure ... pid=340692

Cheers John. Currently in the YHA in Penzance, Andy is on the sleeper train. Not sure we are going to enjoy those winds but has to be better than rain. See you Saturday.

Good luck both of you. Sounds like a cracking ride

I look forward to the tales of woe on Wednesday.
Good luck.

Good luck chaps

Good luck, watching the SPOT track with interest

Good luck, if the weather is too bad for my.bouldering trip to Northumberland, I might.come join you for a bit in the dales on Sunday

Good luck Chaps, ride safe.

I'm definitely going to be there on Sunday: Sweary Dave meets The Occupation Road is not something I want to miss! Foul Moss is well named

ye looks like im not doing anything sunday , so if you make it to the bowland and dales leg i will probably come allong for the bit across the forest of bowland to ingleton as have been meaning to ride that , will see where you get to

whitestone wrote:I'm definitely going to be there on Sunday: Sweary Dave meets The Occupation Road is not something I want to miss! Foul Moss is well named

Bob, after going over it on the yd200 in the other direction it's worse than I remember! Much worse!

So with apologies to swear-o-philes everywhere I have strongly advised Dave to F*****g omit it...

Might be a bit late now but if you want a bit more off-road/gravel action then the The West Loch Awe Timber Haul Route runs parallel to NCN 78

ianfitz wrote:

whitestone wrote:I'm definitely going to be there on Sunday: Sweary Dave meets The Occupation Road is not something I want to miss! Foul Moss is well named

Bob, after going over it on the yd200 in the other direction it's worse than I remember! Much worse!

So with apologies to swear-o-philes everywhere I have strongly advised Dave to F*****g omit it...

I did it on Saturday in the same direction you did - type 2 fun on an MTB, probably close to type 3 on a CX. I suspect it's close to or possibly above Barter451 (the point at which Dave spontaneously explodes )

Defiantly would have gone from.Ingleton to ribble head and over to dent from little dale if.it was me, cool.decent and much less bog, bit rough.on a cx Maby.but.ye I did offer my advice for the dales part haha

[/quote]I suspect it's close to or possibly above Barter451 (the point at which Dave spontaneously explodes )[/quote]

Dave has already had a Barter451 on the climb out of Widdecombe !!

He is also spontaneously exploding and blaming the energy bars.

I was warned by @edaleskyline about the track above dent on Twitter. Not sure who that is on here but I did modify it.