"We’ve called this the Source to Sea Trail as it takes you from the Pennine moors where many of our rivers begin and many miles later onto the Yorkshire coast and then over the Humber Estuary where the rivers flow into the body of the North Sea. And back to the starting line in Hebden Bridge.
The trail is 909kms long with 12, 950 meters of climbing and the start date is Saturday 25th May, 2024."
I personally love riding in Yorkshire and have enjoyed the longer MTB events - YD200/300, Dales Divide, NYM300 and the Calder Divide Trail. This is quite a step up for me but I've entered and will be looking forward to it.
i mapped a route last night, taking in all the sources mentioned, i got near the mileage.
it would make a lovely 7 to 9 days tour for me at a leisurely pace, visiting a few hostelries along the way.
so on that not, i may enter, just for the route, and take my time.
On the entry page it does say the event runs for 5 days. It's quite a commitment to ride nearly 200km/day off-road for 5 consecutive days. Especially if we get a bit of weather.
I cancelled my entry for this to take a bit of time off the bike and help a long term injury recover. Not cycling didn't seem to help and just meant I added a few Kg's and lost even more fitness.
Anyway... fat, injured and slow, I've decided to have a go regardless
It's still barely stopped raining and half of Yorkshire appears to be under water, so I'll be packing lots of gear tonight, pumping the tyres up and hoping for a miracle. If not a miracle, at least enough luck to get to a suitable train station
I took enough shortcuts to turn my ride into a great 3 day, 341 mile tour - Enjoyed it and don't regret the shortcuts one bit
However, Hyppy of this parish is taking things a bit more seriously. He's at the end of day 4, not far from the finish (although the next bit will be tough) and currently at the head of the tracked riders. And it's still raining... Go Pete!
I'd convinced myself I was being chased down and buried myself late on, only to have misread my GPS (I lost my glasses early on day 2) and to learn I still had 30km left. A slow and painful trudge from there on in, but well pleased with the outcome. Grabbed some much-needed sleep then caught Jade coming in behind me.