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July 8th & October 6th-8th 2017 150 mile ride (3.5 days) Unfortunately we had no 3-day weekends left in the year, so this ride was done over two weekends. Both yielded great conditions however, and it turned out to be a pretty and surprisingly flat route - definitely the flattest of the coast-to-coasts I have completed so far. Day 1 - Moor Row to Silloth  (with 37 mile, 1,500ft add-on via Aspatria, Cockermouth & Loweswater) 35 miles, 1,050 ft climbing As we were staying in Dovenby, this route was planned as a loop from there, capturing the Hadrians cycleway from Moor Row and following it North to Silloth. After a small section of busy road through Cockermouth to start, we soon found ourselves on quiet roads, skirting Loweswater with some typically beautiful lake-district scenery. Soon after this, the bulk of the climbing was done (we weren't finding it too bad anyway as we were sans-pannier) and we made a gradual descent towards Moor Row, enjoying similarl...

August 27th - September 8th 2017 950 mile ride 12 days Sun 27th - Day 1 - Land's End to Liskeard - Premier Inn Liskeard 76 miles, 6000 ft Mon 28th - Day 2 - Liskeard to Taunton - Premier Inn Taunton 88 miles, 7000 ft Tue 29th - Day 3 - Taunton to Quedgeley - Holiday Inn Express Quedgeley 97 miles, 4700ft Wed 30th - Day 4 - Quedgeley to Telford - The Fallow Field 78 miles, 4300 ft Thu 31st - Day 5 - Telford to Preston - Premier Inn Preston South Craven Drive 85 miles, 2800ft Fri 1st - Day 6 - Preston to Tebay - Tebay Services Hotel 61 miles, 3300 ft Sat 2nd - Day 7 - Tebay to Dumfries - Holiday Inn Dumfries 72 miels, 2500 ft Sun 3rd - Day 8 - Dumfries to Kilmarnock - Premier Inn Kilmarnock 75 miles, 3900 ft Mon 4th - Day 9 - Kilmarnock to Crianlarich - Craigb...