1/6. The Event

  • Any gravel bike / mountain bike / E-bike is welcome.

  • Each of the GPX files are emailed to you by the Monday before the event.

  • Ar registration pick up your tag to display on your tent / campervan.

  • Riders choose which trail to ride, on what day and a what time.

  • Minimum age of 12 years old when accompanied by a parent / guardian.

  • Each trail is a personal challenge and we do not time your ride.

  • Tent, bivy bag, campervan and motorhome welcome.

  • Two fields with flat grass pitches to choose.

  • Cars parked separate to the tents.

  • The event is are NOT a race.

  • No ‘on the day’ entry.

  • Entry opens: 9th November.

 
 

2/6. The routes

  • Each route is self-guided with no way markings saying ‘Pennine Skyline’.

  • Riders navigate their way across their chosen trail using the GPX file provided.

  • Each GPX file for the event will be sent to your email address prior to the event.

  • We ride on bridleways, farmers tracks, forest trails, urban greenways and canal towpaths.

  • Routes maps on a separate page.

 
 

3/6. Keeping in touch: Whats App group

Around the end of January we will set up a Whats App group. 

An email with the details will go out nearer the time. 

 
 

4/6. On the event weekend

  • Sign on from 5pm on Friday or Saturday from 7am.

  • There’s a cosy barn where riders register, get their bike sticker, route info and pick up their tag to display on their tent / van on the grass pitches.

  • Head off on your chosen trail when you're ready as there is NO ‘mass start’.

  • There are portable toilets with cold water hand basins.

  • Three trails are suitable for gravel bikes and mtbs.

  • One trail for mtb or adventure gravel bike riders (Ladybower Trail).

  • Each trail is at least 100kms and there are shorter versions of two of the trails.

  • We are delighted to have the artisan pizza Crust n Crumb at the event on Saturday evening offering six types of hot, fresh pizza and on Sunday morning offering a hot breakfast sandwich. Book your breakfast when you sign on at SiEntry.

  • There are tracks across open moorland so appropriate layers and waterproofs are vital.

  • Kit that you should carry is listed below:

 
 

5/6. Minimum Kit List

  • Wear a helmet that complies with the latest EN1078, ANSI Z90/4 or SNELL standards

  • Waterproof clothes including full length trousers and jacket

  • Warm layers for changing into stored in a dry bag

  • Snacks and water

  • Front and rear lights

  • Puncture repair kits, spare inner tubes and trail side tools such as tyre levers

 
 

6. sientries

It is a vital that when a rider signs onto an event they record an accurate and up to date contact name and phone number with SiEntries for the Event Organisers to use in case of an emergency.

 
 
 
 
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INspirational bit

 

Ride as much or as little, as long or as short as you feel. But ride

Eddy Merckx

 

You either love spinning the pedals and watching scenery whiz by, or you don’t. And if you love it, not much can sour you on the idea of riding your bike.

Keith Mills

 

I have fled my country and gone to the heather.

Emily Bronte

Wuthering Heights (1847)

 

And the moors were always there and never without their promise.

J.B.Priestley

Bright Days (1944)

 

Water, that strong white stuff, can here be seen at its origins. It wells from the rock, and flows away. For unnumbered years it has welled from the rock and flowed away. It does nothing, absolutely nothing, but be itself.

Nan Shepherd

The Living Mountain (1977)