I took up fell running a few years ago with my wife and we've taken to doing that instead of walking/hiking. Out are the heavy walking boots and heft backpacks full of extra supplies and spare clothing options and it's light trail running shoes, thin fell running wear, camelbak,bit of food and possi...

Aye - that twin climb of Broad Town and Hackpen Hills is a bit of a beast. Nice reward down the other side though.

Are you headed out on the Ramsbury road?

The maps on it are OK but can be a bit fickle. Symbols are inverted so long dashes are footpaths and short dashes are bridleways. Sometimes the paths it indicates don't really exist or are of a different class and sometimes it puts in things that are there that don't show up on OS. By and large you'...

A bit late to this but if you were looking for a roadie route, the back end of the Severn Across audax gets you mostly in the direction of Egham from Chepstow and picks up some fairly nice roads. http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Severn-Across-Audax-2009 Mind you, full disclosure, I never did the...

I think the mrs and I will be on 29ers. I can see the appeal of CX bikes for a route like this but mine's SS only and I can imagine its appeal, and my kneecaps, might wear a bit thin by the end of the trip. Also I'm pretty sure the mrs won't want to risk her pride and joy ahead of the 3 Peaks CX a c...

That looks pretty wonderful, feeling excited about this already.

A delightful absence of straight lines.

Hello, Another intended rider for this event. Just considering travel options. Looking like flights in and out of Gatwick for us. Going to be looking for a place to stash bike bags/boxes in Turin if anyone has any suggestions/recommendations. Subject to timings I'm thinking we'll see about hopping l...