Summary
Where
Warmley Station
Bristol And Bath Railway Path
Warmley, BS30 5JB
Who
Organiser: Will Pomeroy
What
Series: Great Western Randonnées
Brief
Chasing after the Sorcerer takes you south from Bristol to the West Wessex Downs before into the magical Wyl[y]e Valley then climb onto Cranbourne Chase. Returning via more #wills_hills.
Event Info
£0.00
Audax Awards
200
209 km
15-30 kph
13h56
Silver Grimpeur
3022m
Facilities
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Overview
New for 2025 - Chasing after the Sorcerer - what devious magic will I bestowed upon you...
Description
Heading south along the Bristol & Bath Railway Path to Bitton where you turn off and head to the Chew Valley and up onto The Mendips passing the source of the Chew. Pass Glastonbury Festival site as you make your way to Bruton and climb up onto the West Wiltshire Downs.
Then into the Wylye Valley you go for a stop at Ginny's before south again across the hills; down Dinton's little gorge and on to Fovant with views of the badges. Over Shaftesbury Drove and up onto Cranbourne Chase to head back north. Descend the old Roman Road into the upper reaches of the Nadder Valley for beautiful lanes on to Hindon and back to Maiden Bradley for your final stop.
Skirt Frome and head over yet more #wills_hills to Wellow before finishing off on the Colliers Way to the 2Tunnels and once again the Bristol & Bath Railway Path back to the Arrivee.
And the magic I bestow on you? Views, lots of views!
Caution: A section of the Colliers Way from Wellow to Midford is unpaved and can get muddy. I have done this on 25mm tyres in the past. An alternative will be provided.
Reviews
What others think.
Excellent route, really enjoyable, great views.
Quiet roads, lots of hills, good fun. Friendly audax riders all having a good time.
Challenging and rewarding
A challenging and rewarding route, with some stiff climbs and fantastic views.
What a stunning route
A beautiful scenic route on lovely quiet lanes. Very well organised. Lots of Wills Hills but a nice flat run in from Wellow at the end. We’d recommend having a coffee stop at Rocky Mountain garden centre in Maesbury to keep the legs well fuelled until the official control at Maiden Bradley. We were also very grateful for 28mm tyres are there are plenty potholes
Chasing Sorcerer 2026
Second time out for me on this ride and my comments have to be the same as 2025. A challenging ride with spectacular rewards. Well done Will and thanks chap
Lovely route, spoilt only by poor road surfaces
The route takes some quiet roads south through some beautiful hills. The only issue is that the road surfaces are sometimes bad, or even very bad, and there was still lots of water on some of them despite it not having rained for 2 weeks. The organisation was spot on.
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