Cycle The Solway important information

Important information

Tea and coffee will be available at the Border Reiver pub at 0830hrs, and a light buffet after completion of the course.

Signing On – For the 100k signing on is from 0900hrs, as the start is at 09300hrs. please ensure that this is done quickly. There will be a short briefing at 0920hrs. inside the pub.

For the 50k (start 10.30hrs) and 25k (start 1100hrs.) signing on will be after 0930hrs. There will be a briefing 10 minutes before the start of each ride.

Signing Off – on completion of your ride each individual rider must sign off in the Border Reiver. Anyone not completing the course must immediately advise Cycle the Solway HQ on 07796885172. All riders must complete the ride and sign off by 1630hrs.

Course directions – All routes will be signposted (courtesy of Border City Wheelers), and signage will be checked on the Sunday morning by our motorbike marshal, Rob Grant, to avoid the directional errors on the 100k that we had last year.

Feed Stations – Once again there will be water, bananas, and amazing flapjacks   (courtesy of Dalston Bakery) available at each of our feed stations. These are situated at -    Abbeytown, outside the Wheatsheaf pub, unfortunately the pub is closed but we have arranged porta loos.

Port Carlisle, outside the Hope and Anchor, and Moorhouse, in the Royal Oak’s carpark.

Don’t bonk! Please stop off, rest, refresh, and socialise with other riders, and chat with our marvellous feed station volunteers. Perhaps, even take Sunday lunch at one of the pubs. 

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Less than 4 weeks to go until Cycle the Solway 2013

Cycle the Solway takes place on Sunday 29^th September. Cycle on flat bike friendly roads through a unique corner of Cumbria. Choose either 25km, 50km or 100km routes. All three routes start and finish at The Border Reiver Pub in Carlisle. All monies raised go to the Eden Valley Hospice.

·         100km route – The route heads west from The Border Reiver Pub in Carlisle towards Abbeytown in the same direction as stage two of this year’s Tour of Britain. The ride then heads towards Allonby and then up the coast road to Silloth. The riders then head back towards Abbeytown and then north towards Kirkbride where they will then complete a loop heading through Anthorn, Bowness on Solway and Burgh by Sands before heading back to the finish at The Border Reiver Pub.

·         50km route – The route heads towards Thurstonfield through Little Orton from the start at The Border Reiver Pub. The riders will then join up with the 100km participants at Kirkbride where they will complete the same loop through Anthorn, Bowness on Solway and Burgh by Sands before heading back to the finish at the Border Reiver Pub.

·         25km route – The route heads in the same direction as the 50km ride with a shorter loop where the riders go through Easton heading on to Burgh by Sands, then towards the finish at The Border Reiver Pub.

The three beautiful routes on offer should challenge any participants who would like to take part and help the Eden Valley Hospice. You can enter online through British Cycling https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/80714/Cycle-the-Solway or you can print off a registration form from http://www.scottselfstorage.co.uk/cyclethesolway.asp where any additional information can be found too.

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