The Midlander Super Grimpeur Series
Saturday 28th June 2008
Mere Green, Birmingham
Travel the length of the Peak District in a day - twice!
Welcome to the 2008 Midlander Super Grimpeur rides. This year I'll be running two events that take you from the outer suburbs of Birmingham right through the rugged scenery of the Peak District.
The Midlander Super Grimpeur is a 300km audax event riding north from Birmingham to Holmfirth and back, with the shorter 230km ride passing through Longnor and Bamford.
These are challenging rides, with incredible scenery throughout. The 230km ride has over 3,000 metres of climbing as it passes through Staffordshire and Deryshire. The 300km presses north to Yorkshire, taking in a couple of the larger passes in area, pushing the climbing up to 5,100 metres!
As these rides will be taking place in the middle of summer, you've as good a chance as ever of finishing either ride in daylight!
Your entry includes breakfast at the start of the ride, soup and cake at Bamford, cakes at Ashbourne and a hot meal and snacks at the end. Not to mention a full day of scenic cycling pleasure!
The Midlander Super Grimpeur
313km - 4.25AAA points
Start 07:00
Starting from Birmingham, travel the length of the Peak District in a day, twice. The ride starts in Sutton Coldfied, heading to Holmfirth via Uttoxeter, Longnor and Glossop. You return via Bamford, Monyash and Ashbourne. The ride includes some of the most famous climbs in the park, including Holme Moss, Mam Nick and Jenkin's Chapel.
You'll encounter bleak moorlands in Derbyshire, enjoy a break in the best cafe in West Yorkshire, and cycle across the rolling hills and dales of the Staffordshire Moorlands.
The route sheet is available to give you an idea of the route, Alternatively, you can downline it as a GPX file.
Click Here to see the Audax UK Calendar Listing
The Midlander Super Grimpeur
230km - 1.75AAA points
Start 08:00
Follow the riders of the 300km ride to Uttoxeter and Longnor, before heading off to enjoy great climbs at Crowdecote and Tideswell Dale before the dramatic and breathtakingly beautiful descent to Bamford. You'll return via Abney Moor, with challenging climbs and descents through Monsal Head and Kirk Dale, before meeting up with the riders of the 300km to head home via Ashbourne.
Enjoy some of the best of the Staffordshire and Derbyshire Peak District and be home before dusk!
The route sheet is available to download. You can also download a GPX file of the route.
Click Here to see the Audax UK Calendar Listing
Location
The rides start from:
St James Church
Mere Green Road
Birmingham
B75 5BW
Click here for an area map
There is ample car parking at the start.
Trains
The nearest train station is Blake Street, which is approximately 1 mile away. There are frequent services between Blake Street and Birmingham New Street.
How to Enter
Enter Online using Paypal
Online entry is quick and simple, and you can pay using any major credit or debit card.
Audax UK, CTC or British Cycling members
Non Audax UK, CTC or British Cycling members
If you are not an Audax UK, CTC, or British Cycling member, you'll need to pay an additional £2.00 for temporary insurance.
Enter by Post
313km Super Grimpeur Entry - £6.00 | ENTRY FORM
230km Super Grimpeur Entry - £5.00 | ENTRY FORM
Please send an application form, together with a cheque or postal order and two stamped addressed envelopes to:
Danial Webb
77 Wood Lane
Harborne
Birmingham
B17 9AY
If you are not an Audax UK, CTC, or British Cycling member, you'll need to pay an additional £2.00 for temporary insurance.