Peak District Cycle 2016
June 18-19th 2016 100 mile cycle Day 1 Gain - 4525 ft Distance - 51 miles Leaving Sheffield After all the racing, this weekend I fancied something different. I decided that it would be a bright idea to catch the train to Sheffield and cycle home over two days. Thankfully, a friend of mine agreed that this did indeed sound like a reasonable plan (I'm sure she later changed her mine!) and said she would join me. Packing my bike, I realised that this would be the heaviest load I had cycled with to date, as I had yet to tour with a tent! The tent itself was fairly poorly attached as the carabinas I had were a little large, but it looked like it would stay put. We set of from our houses early on Saturday morning, meeting at New Street and catching the train to Sheffield, a journey of about 1 hr 15 mins. Once we arrived, we stocked up on food (I bought an *enormous* Cornish pasty which was to easily last me all day) and made a quick loo trip (for 30p, humph) before depart...