816 miles in Great Britain, September 2006
A collection of 13 cycling routes, created by Ian Clark.
Overview
About this collection
A 2006 cycling holiday from John o'Groats to Lands End organized for four Canadians by Colin Langdon of Cycling Solutions
- 13
- Routes
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- Duration
- 1,316.3 km
- Distance
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- Avg. speed
- 14,338 m
- Ascent
- 14,168 m
- Descent
Ian Clark
created this 4 years ago
816 miles in Great Britain, September 2006
Routes in this collection
All 13 routes in this collection can be opened on the map or in the Bikemap App for more details, where you can adjust them in the route planner, or download them as GPX or KML file. Use them as a template for planning your own rides, or let Bikemap navigate you along them directly.
Day 1, 56 warm-up miles from Bonar Bridge to Betty Hill
September 1, 2006. The south westerly wind was mostly from our backs which made it easy to get through the occasional showers. Soup and sandwiches at the Crask Inn. As we entered Strathnaver (the valley of the Naver River) we were greeted by a spectacular rainbow. The sunshine produced marvelo…
- 89.5 km
- Distance
- 615 m
- Ascent
- 564 m
- Descent
Day 2, 53 miles from John o'Groats to Betty Hill
September 2, 2006. After breakfast at the Seaview Hotel and photos at the John o'Groats touching post, we got underway at 9:30 in a cool southwest wind and light rain. Down to the shore at the Castle of Mey and then inland through Westfield and Shebster - some of the best farmland in Caithness …
- 85.8 km
- Distance
- 850 m
- Ascent
- 854 m
- Descent
Day 3, 76 miles from Betty Hill to Evanton
September 3, 2006. The 76 miles from Bettyhill to Everton, over the 900 foot pass north of Crask and the 700 foot Struie into the strong wind from the southwest, left us happy to arrive at the Novar Arms Hotel in Evanton before 6 pm. The day had all types of weather from 12 degree rain to…
- 123.3 km
- Distance
- 946 m
- Ascent
- 976 m
- Descent
Day 4, 70 miles from Evanton to Newtonmore
Cycling route in Evanton, Scotland, United Kingdom
September 4, 2006. We left on schedule from Evanton and our SE direction took some advantage of the SW wind. It was our first experience on a "real" A road (as opposed to the upper Highland A routes that often have room for only one vehicle and so have a "Passing Place" eve…
- 112.8 km
- Distance
- 1,162 m
- Ascent
- 947 m
- Descent
Day 5, 42 wet and windy miles from Newtonmore to Pitlockry
Cycling route in Kingussie, Scotland, United Kingdom
September 5, 2006. This was our first really wet day. We left Newtonmore in light drizzle at 11 degrees to climb the 1513 foot Drummochter Pass into a SW wind. After a few hours in heavy rain and persistent wind with the temperature dropping to 8 degrees, those of us without rain booties …
- 67.9 km
- Distance
- 423 m
- Ascent
- 570 m
- Descent
Day 6, 70 miles from Peebles to Carlisle
Cycling route in Peebles, Scotland, United Kingdom
September 6, 2006. Today the weather was near perfect for cycling. We started from Peebles, a very beautiful little town, in Scotish mist and about 16 degrees, which warmed up to the low twenties with only very occasional periods of light rain during the day. The hard SW wind had softened and moved…
- 112 km
- Distance
- 1,237 m
- Ascent
- 1,374 m
- Descent
Day 7, 78 miles from Carlyle to Lancaster
Cycling route in Carlisle, England, United Kingdom
September 7, 2006. The weather was almost perfect, leaving Carlisle in clear skies at 16 degrees and warming to low 20s with the light wind from the northwest or even the north - basically at our backs - for the whole day. This was postcard Cumbria and Lakes District scenery as we followed the A6 (…
- 124.9 km
- Distance
- 1,361 m
- Ascent
- 1,337 m
- Descent
Day 8, 37 hilly miles from Lancaster to Tockholes
Cycling route in Galgate, England, United Kingdom
September 8, 2008. Today we started a half hour earlier than normal (8:00 instead of 8:30). It was a glorious day and we had not realized how pastorally "green and pleasant" is northern Lancashire just a few miles from the (former) dark satanic mills of Preston, Blackburn, Manchester…
- 58.4 km
- Distance
- 660 m
- Ascent
- 458 m
- Descent
Day 9, 74 miles from Shrewsbury to Monmouth
Cycling route in Shrewsbury, England, United Kingdom
September 9, 2006. We had ideal weather to enhance the picture-perfect countyside of Shropshire and the Welsh Marches and all put Shrewsbury, Ludlow and Monmouth on the list of places to which we would like to return with our significant others in the future. We stayed at the Pu…
- 119.6 km
- Distance
- 1,256 m
- Ascent
- 1,298 m
- Descent
Day 10, 72 miles from Monmouth to Huntspill
Cycling route in Monmouth, Wales, United Kingdom
September 10, 2006. We left early and arrived at Tintern Abbey around 10 as the morning haze on the River Wey was still still lingering. We pedalled the 2 miles over the Severn Bridge and, after a hilly ride thorough the west of Bristol, crossed River Avon on the Clifton Suspension Bridge, bui…
- 115.3 km
- Distance
- 1,291 m
- Ascent
- 1,311 m
- Descent
Day 11, 65 miles from Huntspill to Moretonhamstead
Cycling route in Highbridge, England, United Kingdom
September 11, 2006. The weather was good all the 73 miles of hills from West Huntspill (Somerset) to Moretonhampstead (Devon). Our route took us through Bridgewater, and then through rural roads north of Taunton and then along the B3181 (much of the "old A30") along the M5 to downtow…
- 104 km
- Distance
- 1,513 m
- Ascent
- 1,319 m
- Descent
Day 12, 67 miles from Moretonhamstead to Carlyon Bay
Cycling route in Bovey Tracey, England, United Kingdom
September 12, 2006. There was some light rain in the morning but it turned out to be a warm, muggy and occasionally sunny day. Among the recurrant hills in the 65 mile route from the White Hart to the seaside Porth Avellen just west of St. Austell, we saw many traffic warning signs for th…
- 106.9 km
- Distance
- 1,707 m
- Ascent
- 1,848 m
- Descent