Summary

When

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Sat 13th July 2019
06:00 - 02:52
Sun 14th July 2019

Where

Headquarters
Berwick Road
Easton, BS5 6NG

Who

Organiser: Will Pomeroy

What

Series: Great Western Randonnées

Brief

A fast ride with a handful of hills; one being Titterstone Clee, its trig point and radar stations.

Event Info

Cost:
£/no_bookings

Type:

Eligible:

Award Distance:

Total Distance:
313 km

Speeds:
15-30 kph

Duration:
20h52

AAA: 1.75

Climb:
3620m

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Overview

Description

I clearly remember my first calendar 200 in 2014. I came around a corner and there was Titterstone Clee Hill. The next day I had a route! Then in January 2015 I dragged some Audax Club Bristol members, and soon to be, up to the top; there was snow!

A flowing route with a few #wills_hills. Head up onto The Cotswolds and loop round to Birdlip for a wonderful descent to the outskirts of Gloucester. Over The Severn making your way to Tenbury Wells with views of Titterstone Clee in the distance. Cross The Teme and begin the climb, a false summit as you get to the main road then climb again for the actual summit. All the way to the top passing old quarries, their workings and air traffic control radar domes; 10m of grass and you are at the trig point for an amazing view. Then back down, flowing through Leominster and on to the Wye Valley. Another cracker of a climb at Symonds Yat then roll to Chepstow, back across the bridge and into Bristol for the Arrivee.
**Ending may change depending on access through Chepstow at the time.

What others think.

wind,Wind,WInd,WINd,WIND and then more wind

23rd January 2022

We rode this it was the 1st Audax I found in the post lock down dawn, England was able to open and start Audaxing (?) before Wales.

The weather wasn’t looking great with rain and wind forecast pretty much all day, but given our enforced lack of rides because of “One thing and Another” we were keen to ride.

Unfortunately “Derek the Weatherman” was right and the rain as a constant, the wind however was something I hadn’t checked and up on Clee Hill the gate was horizontal when we took it off the hinges to pass. Riding around the Trig. point was bracing but it added up to a feeling of a proper adventure for our first Audax in months.

As always Will kept a few hills back for the return leg and we finished with a feeling of deep satisfaction.

Dai

Summit special

4th February 2020

Great weather conditions contributed to making this another classic GWR route, spinning out mostly solo over the Cotswolds before jumping on the ACB train up through the first control at Brockworth. I stopped for a decent lunch in Tenbury Wells, knowing that the ascent of Clee Hill was coming up. In fact it looked a lot worse from a distance than in reality, with nothing crazy steep, and the view from the top more than makes it worthwhile. At Leominster I caught back up with the ACB group from the morning, and shared some great miles through some lovely lanes to the final checkpoint, before the brutal Symonds Yat climb. Tough at the best of times, but especially so after a punchy 250km. All in all a great ride, and really good for a first 300 IMO.

beaut route and stunning views

3rd February 2020

my first ride of this distance, and it was a good choice. what a summit! loved it.

Laura

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