event hub

On Saturday register at Mytholmroyd Community Centre from 8am-11am.

Address: Caldene Avenue, Mytholmroyd, HX7 5AF

routes

The four GPX files are emailed to riders a week prior to the event. This is so each individual route can be checked right up to the last minute.

registration process

At the Community Centre we hire the Gloucester Room. Inside the room we set out tables against the far wall and envelopes with riders names are placed there in alphabetical order.

Inside each envelope are items such as registration form, bike stickers and tracker if a rider has selected that option.

Sign the registration form, hand it to Adrian at the start line and once you are fueled up on tea / coffee and cakes and you are happy with your bike / luggage then go ride.

event room

Tea, coffee, juices, porridge pots and Yorkshire Fat Rascals from 8am

There is a large map display on the wall showing the full scale of the route marked out on OS maps.

Tracker

There is an option to hire a GPS tracker and have friends and family ‘dot watch’ your progress across the route.

Start line

Once registered riders can depart any time after 8am from the start line marked out at the front of Mytholmroyd Community Centre. There is no mass start as the first 2km involves you navigating:

- along very narrow cycle lane

- over a narrow packhorse bridge

- through a stone masons yard

- through the park in Hebden Bridge

- along the even narrower canal towpath

- and under two low slung stone bridges

- at the Stubbing Wharfe pub come off the towpath and turn right along the main road to get to Colden

first 2km of the route

The start of any new route is often tricky and the Calder Divide is the same with several turns and different types of tracks combined. Its worth studying the map below and of course looking at your preferred GPX when you receive it a week before the event.

luggage transfer

If you have opted to have your luggage transferred to the campsite then there will be a luggage tag in your registration envelope. Write your name on the tag (pens will be on the table) and attach it to your bag. Place your bag in the event room on the right hand side.

It will be there again when you return on Sunday.

Please bring just the single bag. On this occasion size doesn’t matter. I have hired a Crafter VW van so it will fit an enormous amount of gear. Pack what you need to make the event and your night at the campsite comfortable.

Marsh farm, Shepley

Half way around the route is the campsite where all riders are welcome to pitch up in the farmers field. Each of the GPX files take you directly to Marsh Farm:

Address: 114 Marsh Lane, Shepley, Huddersfield, HD8 8AS

We hire in three portable toilets with cold water sinks but there are no showers. There are two water taps and a cosy barn where riders register, lock their bikes up and we gather on Saturday night to have the quiz at 8pm.

When you arrive at the campsite make your way to the large barn where your luggage is stored and we have a hot water urn for tea / coffee. Paper cups provided. Tables and chairs as well.

We have booked an artisan pizza van run by Alex of Crust n Crumb. You can buy one of five types of hot pizza from 5pm on Saturday. Alex also has cold drinks and alcoholic beverages for sale. Shepley has two pubs with the Farmers Boy serving food (booking advisable). There is a Coop.

On Sunday morning there is a hot water urn and porridge pots plus tea and coffee inside the barn from 6.30am.

On Sunday when you head back to the Calder Valley, at the 25km mark you are in Marsden with its many shops and cafes.

saturday evening

At the campsite on Saturday evening we gather in the barn for a quiz from 8pm. No master mind type questions, its a social thing about bikes and the landscape. We have tables and chairs.

Marsh Farm: 114 Marsh Lane, Shepley, Huddersfield, HD8 8AS

event Room on Sunday

We are fortunate to have two volunteers - Kate and Richard - who on Sunday will welcome you back to the Event Room and hand you:

An embroidered cloth badge made in Leeds
Your Overgate Hospice Certificate
Your A5 poster illustrating the ‘Landscapes of the Calder Divide’
Take your order for the pie n peas

Pie n Peas

Served hot in the Event Room at MYCC on Sunday from 12 noon till 5pm.

There are meat, veggie, vegan and gluten free pies.

event badges

Green badge - completing either of the two short routes (mtb / Chelburn or grvl / Coxley)

Black badge - completing the ‘Whirlaw’ (long) mtb route

Gold badge - completing the ‘Washlands’ (long) grvl route

poster

On the event weekend every rider that crosses the finish line will receive an A4 print of this poster.

I have selected a series of features that can be found along the route of the Calder Divide Trail and Judith Broug aka missyredboots@mac.com has designed a set of icons and a stunning poster to illustrate these unique and much loved aspects of the Pennines.