End of the Lines 130
2021

End of the Lines visits four defunct local terminus towns; Calne, Malmesbury, Tetbury and Thornbury. Use some old railways, pass an old engine shed, eat cake at a goods shed, roll across the Cotswolds and into the Severn Valley.

Fishponds, City of Bristol | Sat 8th May 2021 @ 08:00

Summary

When

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Sat 8th May 2021
08:00 - 18:48

Where

Fishponds Fish
Bristol & Bath Railway Path, nr Hockeys Ln
Fishponds, BS16 3RX

Who

Organiser: Will Pomeroy

What

Series: Great Western Randonnées

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Brief

End of the Lines visits four defunct local terminus towns; Calne, Malmesbury, Tetbury and Thornbury. Use some old railways, pass an old engine shed, eat cake at a goods shed, roll across the Cotswolds and into the Severn Valley.

Event Info

Cost:
£0.00
CLOSED
Type:
Eligible:
Audax Awards
Award Distance:
100
Total Distance:
135 km
Speeds:
12.5-25 kph
Duration:
10h48
AAA: 0.00
Rainbow Flat
Climb:
1379m

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Overview

Description

End of the Lines was inspired mainly by two things.

Firstly was the appearance of a funky bridge over the A4 at Black Dog Halt near Calne that I remember happening when I was a kid. This resurrected the Chippenham to Calne GWR branch line as a traffic free shared path which you will get to enjoy.

Secondly The Whistlestop Cafe at the old goods shed in Tetbury as who doesn't like cake!

There had to be something I could create in that.

Throw in the short GWR branch to Malmesbury with its solitary engine shed and road name as the reminder.

Then Thornbury, at the end of the Midlands Railway Co branch, where very little remains other than a few references to Midland in place names and a short bit of embankment; which you get to enjoy as a metalled cycle path.

Link them all up over the Cotswolds and across the Avon & Severn valleys and you have a nice amble through the countryside; of course there are a few #wills_hills in there for good measure!

Reviews

What others think.

A wild day on Wiltshire!

22nd January 2022

Great ride out into Wiltshire in high winds and rain. Lots of fun, some beautiful lanes and some hills that were a challenge! A good one if like me you’re not a veteran Audax rider but want a taste of longer distance riding.

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Katharine

Amazing stuff

18th April 2021

Thanks to daddy for making this route. It has hills to make it fun and is good for wildlife such as birds of prey. The birds of prey you will find are Red kites, Kestrels, Common buzzards and small chance of Tawny owl in the evening which I did not see. Most of the wildlife was found between Dyrham hill and Tetbury. In Tetbury at the cafe, we stopped and I had some blueberry frangipani cake which was the best cake I have ever had.

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